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Channel: Teacher Magazine: News and Information for Teacher Leaders
Channel: NYT > Education
- Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in Education
Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to say an office ?has not been as vigilant as it should have been? on discrimination.
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- College Acts to Disregard Fiscal Need in Admissions
As some schools favor applicants who do not require financial aid, Hamilton College has decided to swim against that tide.
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- Job Market Stabilizes for Business Students
Unemployment and public anger over bailouts remain high, but aspiring bankers find they can now get a foot in the door.
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- School?s Shake-Up Is Embraced by the President
A Rhode Island school board?s decision to fire the entire faculty of a failing school may have lasting ripples on the nation?s education debate.
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- Bill Perkins Opposes Charter Schools Popular in Harlem
Backers of charter schools see Bill Perkins as their biggest stumbling block in the State Legislature.
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- The Female Factor: Risk and Opportunity for Women in 21st Century
If progress has been dramatic since the Nobel physicist Marie Curie was barred from France?s science academy a century ago, it has been slower than in other parts of society.
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- The Female Factor: After Harvard Controversy, Conditions Change but Reputation Lingers
Harvard has changed in the five years since Lawrence H. Summers suggested that innate differences might explain why fewer women than men succeed in science and math.
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- Big City: Priority Candidates Wants Graduates Off Sofa and Into Job
A new company in New York is offering coaching, at a price, for college graduates who are struggling to find a job.
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- In California, a Day of Protests Over Education Budget Cuts
The demonstrations, which are backed by a range of groups, are taking place on college campuses and at public schools.
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- 16 Finalists Are Named for ?Race to the Top? School Grants
The competition, known as Race to the Top, offers states a chance at a share of $4 billion in school improvement money.
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Channel: U.S. Department of Education
- Investing in Innovation
The grant application and final priorities for the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) are now available. More
- Duncan Visits Selma
Secretary Arne Duncan visited Selma, Alabama, where he announced plans for a reinvigorated Office of Civil Rights to ensure equal educational opportunities for all children. More
- High School Commencement Challenge
The White House and ED announced the Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge, inviting public schools to compete to have President Obama speak at their graduation this spring. More
- Detroit Discusses Turnaround Efforts
More than 250 community leaders, educators, parents, and students gathered to discuss turning around the Detroit area's lowest-achieving schools. More
- WNET.org Celebration of Teaching and Learning
Secretary Arne Duncan participated in the Celebration of Teaching and Learning in New York City, where over 8,500 educators across the nation took part in discussions about the future of our schools. More
- Additional Recovery Act Funds
Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey will receive additional funding under the Recovery Act, ED announced earlier this month. More
- WhiteHouse.gov Features Education
Each day this week WhiteHouse.gov will highlight ED efforts to help reach the President's goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. More
- Child Nutrition Act
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's priorities for reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act "would be a major step in the right direction for the health and well-being of our school children," Secretary Duncan said. More
- Restraint and Seclusion Information
ED published a summary of state laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines regarding the use of restraint and seclusion techniques in schools. More
- Recovery Act Anniversary
Secretary Duncan and Congressman Connolly visited Riverside Elementary School in Virginia for the one-year anniversary of the Recovery Act. More
Channel: Teacher Magazine: News and Information for Teacher Leaders
Channel: Techlearning
- March 10: STEM online marathon for girls and women
The National Engineers Week Foundation?s Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering and Technology begins at noon Eastern time on Wednesday, March 10 More
- New release of animation software
Emmy® Award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the upcoming release of Toon Boom Animate 2 More
- Virtual guided tour of state of Virginia
Travel with a group of hardy teachers, the Virginia Trekkers, as they explore this beautiful state. Virtually visit areas of geological and historical significance across the five regions Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont Region, and the Coastal More
- Going 1:1: Top 5 Insights from ASB Unplugged by Kim Cofino
Cross posted on Always Learning Last week I was extremely fortunate to attend the ASB Unplugged Conference in Mumbai, India at the American School of Bombay, with my lovely colleagues, Chrissy Hellyer, Heather Vlach, Dana Watts and Jean Williams. Not More
- Educational game, computer companies partner
- Access online professional development every day
Math Solutions® announces
ePD™, a web-based professional development resource that offers quality
instruction for educators More
- Are schools prepared for the digital classroom?
Six out of ten teachers and school administrators from across the country
attending the ASCD Critical Transformation Show && Conference
believe the printed textbook will soon be completely replaced by
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- Can we move beyond Integrating Technology as a tool?
Image via Wikipedia When talking about lifelong learning, I often reference Project Integration and how we need to get away from this model. I refer to project integration as what many others describe as integrating technology as a tool. This More
- Caged molecules
This activity (aka "snack") provides instructions for making a highly visual model of kinetic molecular theory using table tennis balls, a rodent cage, and a hair dryer. More
- A Fish Tale
Learn about Pacific salmon from Sammy Salmon and his friends. Come along with Starfish as he follows Sammy the Salmon's life cycle. Authors provide links to other fun sites such as a salmon story, games, information about Sammy and more. There is More
Channel: NPR Topics: Education
- Cost Of Medical School Rises In Recession
A New Jersey family is struggling to pay for their daughter's medical school education. They know that the average doctor graduates with about $150,000 of student loans, and wonder how they're ever going to pay it. More
- States Weigh Four-Day School Week To Cut Costs
Legislation being proposed in many states would change the school week from five days to four. As states fight to balance their budgets amid the recession, they are looking for ways to save money. Mike Griffith, the senior school finance analyst for Education Commission of the States, offers his insight. More
- Students 'Stand And Deliver' For Former Teacher
Former students of Jaime Escalante, the math teacher portrayed in the 1988 movie Stand and Deliver, are raising money for the man who worked tirelessly to teach them what he believed was the portal to success. More
- Duncan To Step Up Civil Rights Enforcement
The Education Department is launching 38 investigations into possible civil rights violations by schools and colleges in more than 30 states. Secretary Arne Duncan makes the announcement Monday in Selma, Alabama, where he will join civil rights leaders to commemorate the 45th anniversary of one of the bloodiest clashes between protesters and state police. More
- School's Bid To Punish Off-Campus Acts Draws Suit
A New Jersey school district is being sued for disciplining students caught drinking at weekend parties. Opponents say it potentially violates students' constitutional rights to punish them at school for off-campus behavior that does not affect school safety. More
- Bringing In Bystanders To Stop Campus Assaults
One out of five women will be sexually assaulted during her college years. The University of New Hampshire has a novel approach to prevention: bringing in bystanders, encouraging them to speak up and intervene before an assault. More
- States 'Race' To Adopt Obama's Schools Policies
The Obama administration is prodding states to adopt a new set of education policy ideas. And with billions of dollars at its disposal, it's enjoying considerable success — despite some resistance from teachers unions. More
- Myths That Make It Hard To Stop Campus Rape
One reason colleges have a hard time stopping sexual assault is a misconception about who is committing these crimes. The assumption is that rapes are often committed by young men whose judgment is impaired by drinking. But one researcher says many rapists are serial predators and intentionally look for vulnerable women. More
- How Far Have We Come Since 'Bloody Sunday'?
Since the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, some argue that we are now living in a post-racial America — no more racism, no more color-coded strife. Kumbaya? Not so fast. More
- Teachers Feel Ignored In Education Debate
The survey "Primary Sources: America's Teachers on America's Schools" asked some 40,000 U.S. public school teachers for their opinions on testing, merit pay and other issues. The results show many teachers feel ignored in the debate over how to improve America's schools. More
Channel: 21st Century Collaborative
- More Reflection On TedxNYED - Learner First
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- Lessig on Openness
Lawrence Lessig, at a talk given at TEDxNYED March 6, 2010, does a wonderful job of modeling how we can work together to accomplish copyright policy change that is in the best interest of freedom and our kids’ future, rather than reinforcing the polarizing type of rhetoric heard from both conservatives and liberals alike. He [...] More
- TedxNYED: Learner First
I am driving home from NYC and while I know I should be devoting my time to the PLP communities, I couldn’t help myself- I had to come here first and reflect.
It is such a rare thing when I have a chance to attend an event as a learner only and at TEDxNYED I was [...] More
- Dream Catcher and Value Adder
I had an epiphany today. For most of you who lead change, run a company or ministry this is probably obvious. But for me– not so much. I was listening to John Maxwell on TV today and he shared something I had never considered. My mission, my purpose in all the work I do, whether [...] More
- The Notion of Leadership is Shifting
What do you think of when you try and define the concept leadership? I surveyed my Twitter community recently and was struck with the diversity represented as they grappled with the idea. Most of the definitions spoke to leadership belonging to a group broader than individual leaders. Which is a shift from the dictionary definition:
lead?er?ship
1.
the [...] More
- Smarter- for being at Educon
Definitions of smart on the Web:
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
chic: elegant and stylish; “chic elegance”; “a smart new dress”; “a suit of voguish cut”
bright: characterized by quickness and ease in learning; “some children are brighter in one subject than another”; “smart children talk earlier than the average”
fresh: improperly forward or bold; “don’t be [...] More
- Fruits of Labor
In education we do not get to see the fruit of our labor until many years have gone past. But when it happens it always makes a profound impact. Today was just such a day. As many of you know I worked with the Alabama Best Practices Center for four years in Alabama with schools [...] More
- Leadership is?
Lately, I have been thinking quite a bit about the shift in educational leadership that has occurred or has to occur in these changing times. What aspects of leadership works in this new era and what needs to shift in order to help school remain relevant in the lives of the students we serve.
I turned [...] More
- Why Are We Here?
Photo credit: http://thenewpostliterate.blogspot.com/2009/01/dr-john-m-bennetts-solo-and.html
In the PLPNetbooks community (Australia work) this blog post surfaced after my interview with Steve Hargadon on The Future of Education
The Title of the post is the same as mine.. Why Are We Here? It follows:
Ok … Now I’ve got your attention
I’ve just finished listening to the lastest episode of the [...] More
- PLP Described in Under a Minute.
Ever wondered what PLP is all about?
Susan Carter Morgan shares about her PLP experience.
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