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EC unveils plans to make “every classroom digital” by 2020

September 26, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The European Commission (EC) has unveiled plans to reinvigorate the use of ICT in European schools, including providing more free and open digital learning platforms to educational institutions…

District Management

Will technology save public education?

September 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

There's no doubt that technology is the new "panacea du jour" for public education in America today, the Huffington Post reports.

Curriculum

How EdTech is now being used in music classrooms

November 5, 2013September 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A few months ago (and more recently), we asked for your help: we wanted real-life teachers to share what was happening in their classrooms technology-wise, says Edudemic.

Curriculum

Using QR codes to differentiate instruction

September 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

An expectation of the Common Core Learning Standards is that teachers differentiate their instruction to meet the needs of all children, Edutopia reports.

District Management

School superintendents speak out on key issues

September 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Have Washington area school systems been hurt by federal budget cuts? Are students being bombarded with too many standardized tests? asks the Washington Post.

District Management

Charges dropped against Maryland parent who spoke against Common Core standards

September 24, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Howard County father whose arrest became a viral web video and a cause celebre of conservative talk radio won't be prosecuted for disrupting a meeting on state…

District Management

Youth football league bars player for ‘being smart,’ mom says

September 24, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A youth football player in Lunenburg, Mass., has been kicked off his team for "being smart," his mother says, according to The Huffington Post.

Teaching Trends

The effect of parental involvement on academic achievement

September 24, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The influence of parental involvement on a student’s academic success should not be underestimated, TeachThought reports.

IT Management

Public schools in Fresno, Calif., to provide tablet computers to students

September 24, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A public school district in Fresno, California, in one of the first such programs in the country, will provide each of its 15,000 students with a tablet loaded…

IT Management

Technology poised to revolutionize education

November 5, 2013September 23, 2013 by Smurik

There is almost no aspect of life that has not been fundamentally changed and re-ordered over the past 100 years through new technology and innovation, the Vancouver Sun…

IT Management

The future of education: BYOD in the classroom

September 23, 2013 by Smurik

As children across the nation return to school, many are going armed with their own computational tools, Wired.com reports.

Curriculum

How computer science education can open doors for youth

September 23, 2013 by Smurik

The economic recovery is underway, but an important group is being left behind, the Huffington Post reports.

District Management

City plans to end guarantee for local high school slots

September 23, 2013 by Smurik

In a push that is alarming parents, the Bloomberg administration plans to stop guaranteeing eighth-graders a spot in the city’s remaining neighborhood high schools, the New York Daily…

IT Management

Louis C.K.’s case against kids having smart phones

September 20, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Louis C.K. spent an hour talking to his old boss, Conan O’Brien, Slate reports.

IT Management

Making our schools “SuperBetter” with GBL

September 20, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Jane McGonigal charged me up for more than the 7.5 minutes of life extension she promised, the Huffington Post reports.

District Management

Is education about increasing earning power?

September 20, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Washington Post reports: In “The Smartest Kids In The World,” journalist Amanda Ripley’s new book about effective educational systems around the globe, there’s a scene in which…

STEM & STEAM

Where are the black students in science, math?

September 20, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

“Stem for All. All for Stem” is the refrain heard throughout the nation and in Georgia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Curriculum

Making education more like real life through design thinking

September 19, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Design thinking asks students to become investigators in their world, attempt to solve problems, bridge gaps of knowledge independently, collaboratively, and resourcefully, the Huffington Post reports.

IT Management

Why you might want to wait before upgrading to iOS 7

November 5, 2013September 19, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Apple has finally released the official version of iOS 7, its major upgrade to the software that runs iPhones and iPads, ReadWriteWeb reports.

Curriculum

This board game aims to teach preschoolers how to code

September 19, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

These days, the effort to get more of us writing computer programs has become part of an "everybody should learn to code" ethos that folks like President Obama…

IT Management

eReaders may help people with dyslexia

September 19, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

CNN reports: People with dyslexia may have an easier time reading on an eReader than using traditional paper, a new study published today in the journal PLOS One…

IT Management

Why teachers should use education technology

November 5, 2013September 18, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

How do you respond to someone when they ask you WHY they should use education technology? asks Edudemic.

District Management

Magic Johnson launches initiative for at-risk kids

September 18, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Earvin "Magic" Johnson is getting a little help from Chicago rapper Common for his newest off-court endeavor, the Associated Press reports.

IT Management

Cyberbullying apps

September 18, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Last week, 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick jumped from a platform at an abandoned cement factory to her death after being tormented online and through cellphone apps, the Huffington…

District Management

What are educators talking about?

September 18, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

If you have ever tried to get through a meeting at school and struggled over the terminology that educators threw at you, you will share Liz Willen’s feelings…

IT Management

Disruptions: Minecraft, an obsession and an educational tool

September 17, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

If you were to walk into my sister’s house in Los Angeles, you’d hear a bit of yelling from time to time. “Luca! Get off Minecraft! Luca, are…

District Management

Getting students to engage — not just comply

September 17, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

I have students in my mainstream ninth-grade English and in my English as a Second Language (ESL) classes complete a simple “Reading Log” every Friday, the Washington Post…

Teaching Trends

Study: U.S. mobile web use has doubled since 2009

September 17, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

CNN reports: When your smartphone makes it so easy to connect to the internet, why bother firing up a clunky desktop or laptop computer?

Curriculum

New computer school makes French students teach themselves

November 5, 2013September 17, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A new computer school in Paris has been overwhelmed by some 60,000 applicants, NPR reports.

District Management

Is it time to redefine “gifted and talented”?

September 16, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Manhattan mom Heather McFadden is grateful that entrance into the prized New York City Gifted and Talented program has worked out for her two kids, Mind/Shift reports.

IT Management

Go ahead and freak out about the school with no books

September 16, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Atlantic Wire reports that an all-digital school means no more books, no more heavy backpacks full of textbooks, and no more lockers to store those books.

District Management

Should public libraries be welcoming homes for ingenuity?

September 16, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Public libraries are about books, right? Yes, books, PCWorld reports.

District Management

Expecting the best yields results in Massachusetts

September 16, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Conventional wisdom and popular perception hold that American students are falling further and further behind in science and math achievement. The statistics from this state tell a different…

District Management

SC online schools fear becoming “dumping ground’

September 13, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Leaders of the state’s charter school district fear its fledgling online schools are becoming a “dumping ground” for the state’s most at-risk students, The State reports.

Teaching Trends

Science, brains, & learning languages

September 13, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

We’ve known for several decades that there is a critical period for learning language: children are more likely to reach native (or native-like) fluency in language(s) that they…

IT Management

No child left untableted

September 13, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The New York Times reports: Sally Hurd Smith, a veteran teacher, held up her brand-new tablet computer and shook it as she said, “I don’t want this thing…

District Management

Technology will not replace teachers

September 13, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

There, I said it, Karen Cator writes on LinkedIn. And with these words, I am jumping with both feet into a debate that has alternately raged and simmered…

District Management

What is America’s broadband agenda?

September 12, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Huffington Post reports that as the birthplace of the internet, there are those who continuously clamor for the United States to be "Number One" when it comes…

District Management

Loud voice fighting tide of new trend in education

September 12, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Diane Ravitch made her name in the 1970s as a historian chronicling the role of public schools in American social mobility, The New York Times reports.

District Management

Report: Race to the Top isn’t delivering big results

September 12, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Obama administration’s signature education initiative, Race to the Top, can’t deliver much educational improvement in America’s public schools because there is a huge mismatch in its mandates…

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