New web site connects K-12, higher-education communities
Achieve, an organization created by the nation’s governors and business leaders to ensure that students graduate from high school prepared for college and careers, has launched “Postsecondary Connection,” a new online toolkit to help higher-education leaders effectively engage with the K-12 community to ensure that high school graduates enter college ready for success. “The only way to ensure that high school graduates are prepared to succeed in college is if the K-12 and higher-education communities work together,” said Nevin Brown, director of Achieve’s Postsecondary Initiative.
Crowds flood National Mall to witness history
As more than a million people flooded the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 to watch Barack Obama become the first black president of the United States, many had high hopes for what he can do for education while in office–including the new president himself. Key concepts: inauguration day, presidential inauguration, washington mall, education policy, national mall, Barack Obama.
File-sharing hearing to be shown online
With oral arguments set to begin this week in a copyright-infringement lawsuit that pits a Boston University graduate student against the music recording industry, the federal judge overseeing the case has authorized the use of live video streaming to make the proceedings public.
Key concepts: RIAA, music file sharing, Boston University, copyright infringement
Schools make inauguration a teachable moment
Schools across the country used the inauguration of President Barack Obama as a teaching opportunity, broadcasting the historic event live in their classrooms and using web sites and other technologies to help provide historical context.
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New technology a big draw for school’s library
An injection of $30,000 worth of new computer technology into the Mifflinburg Area High School library has resulted in more student visits and nearly triple the amount of subject research, reports the Daily Item of Sunbury, Pa.
Tech giants vow to change global assessments
Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco–three technology giants that last year vowed to increase their efforts aimed at global education reform–have banded together to develop the next generation of assessments: tests that measure 21st-century skills and provide a global framework for excellence.
Key concepts: Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, 21st century skills, education assessments, Learning and Technology Forum
HP grants aim to redesign college engineering
Aiming to reinvent undergraduate computer science and engineering programs through the use of technology, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is accepting proposals from colleges and universities for a new grant program called “HP Innovations in Education”–and more than $2.4 million in cash and equipment is available. Key concepts: college grant, Hewlett-Packard, global economy, engineering technology.
Inauguration is inspiring classrooms nationwide
The inauguration of America’s first African-American president has captured the imagination of students and educators with an intensity that surpasses previous ceremonies, and schools from New Hampshire to Florida to California are working to bring the excitement and pageantry, the sheer history of it all, to life in the classroom, reports the New York Times.
Ruling backs school in internet free-speech case
A federal judge has ruled that Burlington, Conn., school officials acted within their rights to discipline a student for an internet posting she wrote off school grounds, reports the Boston Globe.
NYC education department set to give kids and parents eMail addresses
New York City public school kids and their parents soon could be getting their own free eMail accounts from the city’s education department, reports the New York Daily News.