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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
Engineering program’s huge expansion includes Milwaukee area schools
A project-based curriculum known as Project Lead the Way has seen widespread expansion across the U.S., including within the Milwaukee Public Schools, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
ED announces student video contest
To get students invested in their education, President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have announced a new video contest, asking students to "inspire" them with their…
Another step forward for common standards
In a move that could help states procure part of the $4.3 billion Race to the Top Fund, the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief…
‘Schools of Distinction’ honored by Intel
In the spirit of innovation, education stakeholders gathered Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the six schools that were named Intel's Schools of Distinction for 2009. Located…
3-D video coming to education
Imagine you're back in school, and you're learning about the human body. You open your book and see the flat image of a skeleton on your page. You…
New program teaches students about 9/11
Schools in seven states will be trying a new curriculum this week that uses online videos and interactive lessons to teach middle and high school students about the…
Free classroom-management software available
In what could be the first steps in a movement sure to please educators and IT administrators alike, two makers of classroom-management software programs are offering "light," or…
SchoolMAX cited in back-to-school nightmare
It's every district's nightmare: thousands of students arrive on the first day of school with no schedule and nowhere to go ... and parents, teachers, and the media…
Poll: Americans favor Obama’s school reforms
Most Americans want to change No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and they favor several education reforms backed by the Obama administration, such as charter schools and teacher merit…
Site spurs debate over required courses
Should American colleges and universities require students to take courses in certain core subjects considered important to a 21st-century education, such as science, economics, history, and foreign languages?…
Teacher quality under the microscope
It's no secret that one of the keys to creating better schools is to raise the quality of teaching in the nation's classrooms. But how to identify, and…
Gates Foundation seeks keys to effective teaching
Ever since Americans sent their children to one-room schoolhouses, parents have known what makes a good school: inspiring, organized, and creative teachers. But researchers haven't been able to…
Film series profiles visionaries in 21st-century education
The nonprofit Pearson Foundation hopes to start conversations and get people thinking about educational innovation with a new film series that profiles remarkable people and their accomplishments in…
School IT chiefs mull Windows 7
Software giant Microsoft Corp. is hoping to erase the bad memories of its last major upgrade to the Windows operating system, Vista, with its release of Windows 7…
NECC 2009: Video highlights
The rise in mobile technologies, how to lobby Congress successfully for more ed-tech support, and how Baby Boomers can help meet the need for 21st-century teachers: These were…
Online program connects Idaho students with NASA scientists
Bright, advanced Idaho high school juniors now can compete to get into a new online science and math course offered in partnership with NASA, reports the Spokesman-Review --…
Coach sued for requesting Facebook logins
In a case that could set a precedent for whether school officials can legally peek into students' private social-networking accounts without justifiable cause, a high school cheerleader is…
Wyoming PBS launches digital library
This fall, teachers and students in Wyoming will be able to use a newly launched PBS Digital Learning Library to supplement their instruction, reports the Billings Gazette.
$5 billion carrot for schools overhaul
Dangling the promise of $5 billion in grants, President Barack Obama on July 24 pressured states to embrace his ideas for overhauling the nation's schools -- ideas that…
The rise of digital textbooks
As schools shift to 21st century learning in a time of budget crunches, digital textbooks in classrooms are on the rise. To help educators and administrators efficiently implement…
Bill Gates: Better data mean better schools
The U.S. must improve its educational standing in the world by rewarding effective teaching and by developing better, universal measures of performance for students and teachers, Microsoft co-founder…
What educators can learn from brain research
As technology advances, new discoveries based on brain mapping are helping researchers understand how students learn. And those discoveries, in turn, are enriching and informing classroom practices in…
Trying to learn how learning works
Is our children learning? Bad grammar, but still a good question. Long before President George W. Bush posed his ungrammatical query on the 2000 campaign trail, debate simmered…
November: Drastically change ed-tech role
Author and longtime education technology advocate Alan November told educators and IT administrators last month that schools and colleges should reassess how they fund their ed-tech initiatives. Asking…
Software promotes a new way to learn math
This fall, researchers at the University of California-Irvine will implement an experimental program at 50 elementary schools in Orange County, Calif., that uses spatial reasoning to help teach…
NECC 2009 looks to education’s future
