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Cybersecurity learning standards offer a new look at a consistent threat
New K-12 cybersecurity learning standards aim to build awareness and create a more diverse talent pipeline
IU professor to deliver free online course on online teaching
Curt Bonk, professor of instructional systems technology at the Indiana University School of Education, will deliver a free, five-week internet course about teaching online for a company that…
MIT launches student-produced educational video initiative
MIT has launched an initiative encouraging its students to produce short videos teaching basic concepts in science and engineering to K-12 students, the university reports.
Experts: Collaboration tools hold big promise for education
Social networking and educational gaming ignite spirited debates regarding their practicality in the classroom: Some educators say those technologies can engage students in new ways, while others question…
Ohio looking to overhaul 12th grade so students are ready for college, training
Ohio's top education leaders want to "reinvent" the senior year of high school so that instead of cruising through their final year, students get involved in technical training,…
Students put tech to good use in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup contest
Teams of high school and college students competed April 23 in using technology to help improve education, health care, the environment, and other pressing issues, reports the Seattle…
Why Khan Academy is so popular—and why teachers shouldn’t feel threatened
Sal Khan wants to reassure teachers that his free Khan Academy service isn’t out to take their jobs—nor is it a statement about a teacher’s ability to deliver…
New: 10 of the best Apple apps for education in 2012
Last year we presented “10 of the best apps for education,” which highlighted some of the best apps for iPhones and iPods. However, with new upgrades in touch…
Feds release blueprint to spur career, technical education
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has released a blueprint to transform career and technical education (CTE) in order to provide high-quality job-training opportunities for students. These efforts…
Tutoring surges with fight for middle school spots
As their parents sat anxiously in a waiting room, five children were sharpening their test-taking skills in a tutoring center in TriBeCa, underlining words that might hold clues…
Graphic material found in online library for elementary students
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Report: STEM education needs more money, support
The latest in an annual series of surveys about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education reveals that funding remains a barrier to better STEM integration in schools—and…
Innovative educators wanted for Microsoft!
Microsoft's global educator recognition program aims to seek out and showcase innovative K-12 U.S. educators who are positively impacting student learning with technology in the classroom.
Schools find time for art amid test prep, education reform
Arts leaders who fear that testing is squeezing out creative learning may find some hope in an after-school program in the Hill--and the reaction of one 4th-grader who…
How secondary school principals can master the Common Core
As states move toward implementing the Common Core State Standards, school principals must ensure they are fully equipped to help classroom teachers incorporate the standards as effectively as…
Teaching software flooding into New Jersey classrooms
A computer voice guides 12-year-old Amir Accoo to spell the words he hears through his headphones: emergency, bulldozer, minutes. Accoo spells "minutes" wrong and is asked to try…
New initiative offers digital media ratings
A new learning ratings initiative will evaluate the learning potential of websites, video games, and mobile apps and will offer ratings and reviews to give parents, teachers, and…
Readers: Financial literacy is a school’s responsibility
In a time where budget cuts are the norm, student loan debt has reached an all-time high, and the economy shows slow improvement, a recent report reveals that…
Opinion: Teachers should steer clear of politics, court cases
According to Local Detroit news, a middle school teacher in Pontiac, Mich., has been fired after helping create a fundraiser in support of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin,…
Tennessee bill on teaching evolution, climate change to become law
Tennessee's Republican governor says he will let a bill become law effective April 20 that protects teachers who allow students in their classrooms to criticize evolution and other…
Educators win Mega Millions, decide to keep teaching
In an inspiring story, two public school teachers and a school administrator are sharing the spoils of last month's record Mega Millions jackpot, while continuing their jobs in…
Ed-tech best practices: April 2012
Ten creative ways that schools are teaching students about internet safety … tips for making one-to-one computing a success … a national project that aims to inspire the…
Sex education stagnating in U.S. schools, CDC says
Public schools in the United States are making "little progress" in expanding instruction in how to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV, a new federal…
Ten education blogs worth following
Education blogs, on any and every topic, abound online. Unfortunately, educators are probably the last people who have the time to go out and search for them. Which…
Conference to explore best practices in flipped learning
This summer, educators will have the chance to delve into some of the finer points of one of the largest and most popular trends to hit classrooms in…
‘My teacher didn’t believe my cat ate my homework, until I showed him this’
It's the oldest excuse in the book (though we wonder who the original user could have been) but in this student's case, there may be some legitimacy, the…
‘The Daily Show’ ridicules ban on Mexican American Studies program
It’s frightening how uninformed some of the people who are responsible for making education policy in the U.S. appear to be.
Parents, educators want more from assessment
Thanks to the federal No Child Left Behind Act, K-12 educators are spending more time than ever before on testing their students' skills—but is all this testing doing…
Google Art Project expands, with 32,000 works of art now online
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Tennessee governor ‘probably’ will sign evolution bill
Tennessee, where the nation's first big legal battle over evolution was fought nearly 90 years ago, is close to enacting a law that critics deride as the "monkey…
2012 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award winners discuss the keys to their success
