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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
Studying engineering before they can spell it
In a class full of aspiring engineers, the big bad wolf had to do more than just huff and puff to blow down the three little pigs’ house,…
Global firm to pay Montgomery, Md., schools millions for elementary curriculum
Montgomery County Public Schools could soon become a global brand, the Washington Post reports.
Wisconsin agency aims to transform education’s core
With support from all of its 45 superintendents, a Wisconsin regional service agency is determined to reinvent the very nature of public education so that all students are…
PTA joins with Facebook to promote internet safety
The national Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and Facebook are joining forces to promote internet safety through a set of tools and resources for children, schools, and parents.
New smart phones pave the way for mobile video chats
Apple's iPhone 4, unveiled June 7 and set for release June 24, features a mobile video conferencing application that could increase collaboration among students and make cross-district and…
Online safety report discourages scare tactics
Although internet safety education is essential, scare tactics do little to influence the behavior of children and teenagers, who spend a large part of their lives on social…
Internet-enabled ‘flexbooks’ replacing traditional textbooks
At Brandon Valley High School in South Dakota, bulky science textbooks soon might be replaced with slimmer science "flexbooks," a new model of textbook creation in which teachers…
Final common standards in English, math released
A year-long effort to define a common set of academic standards for English and math culminated on June 2 with the release of the final version of the…
Parent video protesting state budget cuts goes viral
A video produced by parents at a California elementary school to protest state budget cuts has become an online sensation, offering several lessons in internet advocacy for school…
House passes major science, technology bill
The U.S. House of Representatives gave its assent on May 28 to $84 billion in federal funding to help keep the country competitive in the fields of scientific…
Editorial: Media illiteracy
President Obama caused quite a stir among the technorati with his commencement address at Hampton University last month.
New assistive technology research focuses on iPad, communication skills
In what might result in great new strides for assistive technology, the National Center for Technology Innovation has announced the winners of its “Tech in the Works 2010”…
ASU’s education technology program top-ranked for productivity
With only a few graduate faculty members, the educational technology program at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College might be small, but according to a recent…
Web site of the week: NationalLabDay.org
May 12 was the first celebration of National Lab Day, a nationwide initiative seeking to encourage student learning in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through…
New computer games promote civics education
An "unintended consequence" of the No Child Left Behind initiative has been a decrease in civics knowledge, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said May 26 in…
Opinion: Texas textbook change can’t blot out Internet
The Daily News Journal columnist Jim Leonhirth writes that while the dust still is settling in the revisions of Texas Board of Education curriculum standards, the real winner…
Texas moves emphasize need to open source education
ZDNet writer Dana Blankenhorn writes that Texas’s controversial decision to change its history curriculum has created an enormous opportunity for states, for communities, for publishers, and for authors…
Arizona law worries non-native educators
Many Arizona teachers who learned English as a second language or who speak in accented English, and who are educating English language learners, are worried about their job…
The 21st century classroom
Imagine a classroom where the teacher can evaluate and analyze student performance in "real-time." Envision collaborative instruction on one side of a metropolitan area, using team teaching, with…
Texas board adopts new social studies curriculum
The Texas State Board of Education adopted a social studies and history curriculum May 21 that amends or waters down the teaching of the civil rights movement, religious…
Vote on social studies standards likely today
The Dallas News reports that social conservatives on the State Board of Education were poised on May 20 to push for a curriculum standard that would encourage high…
Ten winners snag $1.7M total in digital competition
A project to show youth-produced videos on 2,200 Los Angeles city buses, the next generation of a graphical programming language that allows young people to create their own…
Reading instruction: Getting it right the first time
In his sweeping 2004 article, Preventing Early Reading Failure, Joseph Torgesen established that the reading skills students acquire in their earliest elementary years are critical predictors of their…
Teaching in a socially networked classroom
Let’s face it: Social networking is here to stay. Whether it's Facebook, Twitter, or the next application to come along, social networking is a part of students' lives.…
Texas board swamped with criticism over curriculum plan
Conservatives on the Texas State Board of Education were defiant May 19 as a parade of critics came before them, most urging a fresh rewrite of new classroom…
Texas college teams up with digital signage industry
Students enrolled in Texas State Technical College’s Digital Signage Technology program will be able to network with digital signage professionals and stay up to date with the latest…
Will Skype eclipse fee-based videoconferencing?
With school budgets continuing to shrink, many educators are turning to free or inexpensive software such as Skype, along with the web cameras that now come standard on…
Arizona gov. signs bill targeting ethnic studies
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill targeting a school district's ethnic studies program, hours after a report by United Nations human rights experts condemned the measure,…
Ning stays free for educators, with restrictions
The social networking web site Ning will remain free for educators despite moving to a fee-based model this summer, the site announced May 4. But some education technology…
Augmented reality takes hold in classrooms
A small but growing number of schools across the nation are turning classroom lessons into engaging experiences with augmented reality (AR), a technology that overlays digital information on…
eBook restrictions vex users
As more and more eReading devices flood the market, users are beginning to feel the restrictions imposed by copyright and digital rights management (DRM)—restrictions that some fear could…
New language learning systems target K-12 schools
Recorded Books, a publisher of K-12 curriculum and independent producer of audio books, has teamed up with Transparent Language, a provider of language-learning software, to introduce three foreign…
Guest-teaching Chinese, and learning America
The New York Times reports that Zheng Yue, a young woman from China who is teaching her native language to students in this town on the Oklahoma grasslands,…
Feds turn to ‘crowdsourcing’ for educational innovation
Education technology advocates hope that a new national online community will inspire entrepreneurs and educators to team up in developing and funding innovative solutions to some of education's…
Free online curriculum expanding to middle grades
An online instructional resource for students in grades 8-12 that has been available to schools free of charge since December 2008 soon will include content for sixth and…
Survey reveals gaps in school technology perceptions
The results from a recent survey on education technology suggest that schools are making progress on integrating technology into the curriculum—but the survey also reveals key disparities in…
First lady: Math, science important to nation
First lady Michelle Obama told middle and high school science teams May 3 that the nation will need their skills and enthusiasm to prosper, reports the Associated Press.
Teacher of the Year: Education ‘must be learner-centered’
Facebook and digital video are among the many technology-based tools that Sarah Brown Wessling uses to engage her students—but just as important as that, it was her passion…
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