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.
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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.
Low-income California Latinos get computers from Latino Community Foundation for health, education
As part of a campaign to help increase low-income and monolingual Latinos' access to online education, as well as health care information, some groups in California are providing…
The impact of Google on our memory
What is the last time you memorized something? do you still retain it in your memory or has it faded away? Memorization, though severely undermined in progressivists works,…
Md. schools need $100 million in technology upgrades for new testing
Maryland schools will be scrambling to make $100 million in technological and other upgrades to give new state tests aligned with the Common Core standards next year, according…
Chromebooks take other mobile devices to school
Chromebooks have come from nowhere to grab nearly a fifth of U.S. school purchases of mobile computers, posing problems for Microsoft Corp. and possibly even Apple Inc., the…
Erased answers on tests in Philadelphia lead to a three-year cheating scandal
The first sign that something was wrong appeared more than two years ago when a company grading student tests from Philadelphia noticed that erasures from wrong to right…
Bill Gates: I assume my phone’s not being tapped
In some fascinating comments about privacy and security, the Microsoft co-founder admits that he does use e-mail to send confidential messages. And he expects a level of security…
The defiant parents: Testing’s discontents
Anna Allanbrook, the principal of the Brooklyn New School, a public elementary school in Carroll Gardens, has long considered the period of standardized testing that arrives every spring…
Will “disease-like” Facebook lose 80 percent of users by 2017?
There’s some non-peer-reviewed “research” (PDF) going around that claims Facebook will have lost 80 percent of its users in a few years’ time, based on the idea that…
For your child’s sake, don’t hate on math
Admit it – given the choice between reading a book and solving some algebraic equations, you’d pick the book, according to this Teach for American blog post.
Why Eton, Britain’s 574-year-old high school, is embracing ed-tech
What does a nearly six-century-old private school that charges $54,000 a year in tuition do when confronted with start-ups with bright ideas about how education should work? If…
Ex-NC Gov. Perdue unveils education tech effort
Former North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue says she wants to jump start collaboration among teachers, students and entrepreneurs to develop electronic technology that improves learning for adults and…
Beware Chinese data: Its schools might not be so great
For much of my life, I have been obsessed with China, Jay Mathews reports for the Washington Post.
Welcome to the wild, wild web? Fewer parents enforcing internet rules for kids
Canadian children are increasingly being left to their own devices – both literally and figuratively – when it comes to accessing the internet, according to a major new…
7 crippling parenting behaviors that keep children from growing into leaders
While I spend my professional time now as a career success coach, writer, and leadership trainer, I was a marriage and family therapist in my past, and worked…
5 reasons you should be teaching digital citizenship
Students buzzed about the latest uproar on Instagram, TeachThought reports.
L.A. Board of Education approves next phase of iPad plan
The Los Angeles Board of Education approved the next phase of a $1-billion effort to provide computers to every student, teacher and administrator, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Around the world, net neutrality is not a reality
Net neutrality—the idea that all Internet traffic should generally be treated equally—suffered a setback last week when a federal court struck down the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s latest…
5 Newark principals suspended indefinitely, allegedly for opposing One Newark plan
Five Newark public school principals were suspended indefinitely on Friday, including four who spoke at a community meeting opposing proposed changes to the state-run school district, according to…
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley blasts Common Core, wants state to scrap it
Gov. Nikki Haley urged South Carolina lawmakers to scrap the national Common Core curriculum that is being phased in at schools throughout the state, KnowNews reports.
Joy & rigor: The And-Both solution
Is it possible to create a high-engagement school where students do interesting and relevant work and meet high expectations? Erin Mote and Eric Tucker are a smart duo…
Fon raises $14 million from Qualcomm to boost sharing of Wi-Fi, music
Spanish Wi-Fi sharing company Fon has raised $14 million from Qualcomm Ventures, VentureBeat reports.
Apple settles with FTC after kids blow millions on the app store
Apple agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday after a formal complaint said the company was billing customers for millions of dollars worth of App…
Technology is not driving us apart after all
In September 2008, two graduate students working for Keith Hampton, a professor at Rutgers, raised a camera atop a 16-foot tripod to film down into Bryant Park, the…
New York wants to give special education kids easier tests
Should students with disabilities be held to the same academic standards and tests as other kids their age? asks the Huffington Post.
Some schools need $100 million for online Common Core tests
A new report from Maryland’s Education Department to the legislature says that the vast majority of schools in many of the state’s counties are not technologically prepared to…
Does middle school need an image makeover?
Middle school has a terrible reputation, The Atlantic reports.
62 interesting ways to integrate iPad in your classroom
iPad is making huge inroads in education with more and more school districts embracing it as a learning and teaching device, Educational Technology and Mobile Learning reports.
NYC wants to teach kids how to not ruin their lives on Facebook
The New York City Department of Education (DOE) wants to make sure teens know how to use social media responsibly, the Huffington Post reports.
A real school reform agenda for 2014
If you remember your No Child Left Behind history, 2014 is the year that all children were supposed to be scoring proficient on standardized tests, the Washington Post…
Blackboard acquires MyEdu to retool the LMS
Ask students what they remember from their learning management system (LMS) in college, and they’ll likely recall a clunky interface used to register for classes, download course PDFs…
LeVar Burton’s plan to revolutionize reading with tech
LeVar Burton is no stranger to CES. Although he's best known for his work in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Roots and Reading Rainbow, the actor, director and…
America’s oldest working teacher turns 100 years old
"See my two legs?" Agnes Zhelesnik, America's oldest working teacher, asks. "They still move." The home economics teacher, better known as "Granny," celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday,…
Funding formula shows potential to help disadvantaged
Weighted student budgeting comes and goes in American school districts, the Washington Post reports.
11 note-taking tips for the digital classroom
With less books, paper, and pencils and more laptops, smartphones, and tablets gracing our classrooms these days, it would be logical to say that the nature of note-taking…
Governors include digital learning initiatives in State of the State addresses
With the start of the new year, governors across the country are delivering their State of the State addresses, which outline their priorities for the upcoming legislative sessions,…
7 things we should start teaching in schools ASAP
Americans typically learn a lot of things in school--spelling, math, why plants are green--that are actually useful in our day-to-day lives, the Huffington Post reports.
America’s most challenging high schools
America's Most Challenging High Schools ranks schools through an index formula that's a simple ratio, reports the Washington Post.