Feds reach out to kids over online predators
Federal agents are reaching out to children to get them to use street smarts online in a nationwide push to prevent sexual exploitation cases. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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- ‘Buyer’s remorse’ dogging Common Core rollout - October 30, 2014
- Calif. law targets social media monitoring of students - October 2, 2014
- Elementary world language instruction - September 25, 2014
Budget for 2014 is a mixed bag for schools
Congress has passed a federal budget for the 2014 fiscal year that includes more money for early childhood education, a priority of President Obama. The budget also restores…
3 approaches to online assessments
Online assessments are a key part of the Common Core State Standards, but these new assessments don't come without obstacles. Adequate high-speed internet access, infrastructure, computers, funding, and…
Tips to safely navigate Valentine’s Day in your classroom
Valentine's Day is coming up, according to this SlideShare.net presentation.
Place your bets: An Apple tablet, laptop — or both?
Is Apple going to take a crack at a hybrid? Or is it eying a more conventional product? Those are burning questions that analysts and the supply chain…
Think big: How to jumpstart tech use in low-income schools
The challenges of rural schools are many of the same (though not all) that low-income public schools face across the country: inadequate access to technology and broadband, tight…
Volunteer pays for hot lunch for kids who can’t afford it
A volunteer at a Houston-area elementary school who noticed some students were getting a smaller lunch of cold cheese sandwiches is digging into his own pocket to cover…
4 ways educators are using Google Glass in the classroom
With the emergence of Google Glass onto the gadget scene, tech-lovers everywhere are itching to get their hands on the famous eyewear, edcetera reports.
Rich resources for celebrating Black History Month
In recognition of Black History Month, PBS LearningMedia offers a rich collection of multi-media resources, lesson plans and student guides that can complement educators’ teaching tools, MindShift reports
How to mine Sochi Olympics for teaching and learning
This is an updated version of a piece that Jeffrey S. Hacker, a teacher at Beall Elementary School in Rockville, wrote years ago for The Washington Post.
4 steps to making rigorous discussion a routine
For many of us who are intimidated by the idea of "rigor" and exactly what it means to make our lessons more rigorous, thinking about it as a…
Dying student still has to prove he can’t take a standardized test
Eleven-year-old Ethan Rediske has been in hospice care for the past month and is likely nearing the last days of his life, the Huffington Post reports.
Study: Single-sex ed may not actually be better for kids
Do students really learn better when separated by gender? New research indicates that they do not, the Huffington Post reports.
A really scary headline about kindergarteners
Rob Saxton is Oregon’s deputy superintendent of public instruction, reports the Washington Post.
30 education innovators worth following on Twitter
Yesterday, we wrote about the latest Forbes list of ’30 Under 30′ in the education field, noted Edudemic.
STEM program gives Coney Island elementary school students a leg up with Lego
A scrappy Coney Island elementary school is creating opportunity for disadvantaged students, with innovative academic programs that have kids fired up about science, technology, engineering and math, the…
Ravitch: The ‘White House’s obsession with data is sick’
Education historian and activist Diane Ravitch has been blasting the Obama administration for a long time for education policies that have expanded the importance of standardized tests and…
Then-and-now photos bring iconic Black History moments back to life
Every day, we walk in the very places where history was made years ago, the Huffington Post reports.
Get ready for Digital Learning Day with these resources
The third annual Digital Learning Day is on February 5, 2014, Edutopia reports.
Humble teacher shocks community by leaving $8.4 million
A retired teacher who worked with special-needs kids, the late Margaret Southern drove a 1980s Cadillac, lived in a modest home and had just one indulgence in life:…
Charter experiment ‘spinning out of control’
What is happening in Durham County, N.C., is exactly what charter school critics have long feared: the destabilization of the ... Read more
5 things you should know about flipped learning
Flipped learning — the name says it all. It’s a 180-degree shift in how we approach learning and teaching, reports the ISTE Connects Blog.
9 ways Facebook changed how we talk
"I'm gonna tag you in this hideous photo and then unfriend you if you don't stop oversharing and poking me." If you said this to someone 10 years…
Fight over effective teachers shifts to courtroom
They have tried and failed to loosen tenure rules for teachers in contract talks and state legislatures, The New York Times reports.
10 teaching with technology mistakes you don’t want to make
Are you tentative about how to go about integrating technology in your classroom? Are you already doing it, but want to make sure you’re doing the right thing…
How can data increase college access for all?
There are real questions about the value of a college education, Getting Smart reports.
CEOs join forces to support eRate modernization
A group of 50 executives, innovators, and entrepreneurs joined the nonprofit organization EducationSuperHighway on Jan. 30 to urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modernize the federal eRate…
How can we maximize the potential of learning apps?
Let’s dive directly into the world of educational apps. Our survey suggests that the majority — one might even say, the vast majority — of educational apps encourage…
The two-horse smartphone race
Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. should make it abundantly clear this week that the smartphone industry is increasingly dividing into the haves and have-nots, The Wall Street…
When this New Zealand school got rid of playtime rules, it actually got safer
One school has found that eliminating rules can actually be a good thing, The Huffington Post reports.
The Netflix of kids’ books? Epic launches on iPad for $9.99/month
The Netflix monthly subscription model is a hit for movies and TV, and is spreading to music with paid versions of services like Pandora and Spotify. In 2014,…
Schools need models for linking data, practice
States and school systems are making significant progress in building educational data systems and are starting to use these systems to improve student achievement, according to a new…
Why support for Common Core is sinking
“Hit the delay button.” That was the message New York’s senators sent to state Education Commissioner John King during last week’s hearing, the Washington Post reports.
Teaching the essential skills of the mobile classroom
Think back 20 years, Edutopia reports.
50 reasons it’s time for smartphones in every classroom
There are many ways to use a smartphone in the classroom, but it continues to be a touchy subject, TeachThought reports.