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The Future of Teaching: How technology is transforming public schools
The House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on Tuesday, June 16, to examine how technology and innovative education tools are transforming and improving education in America. Lisa Short, a middle school science teacher at a suburban Maryland school district was one of about a half dozen people who provided testimony to the committee.
When parents lose their jobs, children suffer. Just how this disruption can affect children — their emotions, self esteem, and yes, school performance — is the subject of a poignant New York Times article about a Texas family and the father’s layoff and months-long job search. See ...
For schools, the holiday season somehow seems to bring more legal questions and lawsuits instead of merriment...
When chocolate sales failed to produce the extra money a Goldsboro, N.C., middle school had hoped for, a group of parents decided to try a more novel approach to fundraising: selling 20 extra credit points for $20...
If you’re a kid wanting to pull a school prank, you were born 30 years too late. That’s my thought after reading about 25 students—ages 11 to 15—who were taken to jail for a food fight at a Chicago-area middle school cafeteria. Okay, I’m not saying a food fight is no big deal. A princi...
Today we thank the men and women who serve our country in peacetimeand in war. Veteran’s Dayoriginally wasArmistice Day — the official end of World War I and was meant to honor the veterans of that war. Th...
What started as a typical middle school food fight—a few pieces of fruit went flying, then came the cookies, and soon, students and adults were ducking for cover—ended with 25 Chicago students, ages 11 to 15, arrested and sent to jail. No...
A new report that graded states on their policies related to the Obama administration’s reform plans shows that the U.S. education system is sorely lacking innovation. The report was written by the Center for American Progress, the U.S. ...
There’s one bright spot in this ongoing recession, and we’re not talking about the Dow breaking 10,200. A new report from the advocacy group Pre [k] now says that, despite severe budget shortfalls, states have increased pre-k funding by more than $64 million. “I...
Every few years, it seems that school administrators are confounded by a new fashion trend that doesn’t explicitly violate dress codes but still causes disruption. ...
I’m not sure if it was calculated or it is just happened to falla year after he was officially declared president, but last week Pres. Obama did something many declared “historic.” Obama and his administration held his summit with leaders of the 564 federally recognized American Indian tribes. It’s...
Commandos. Terrorists. Leader of the Evil Snake Cult. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s fought them all. ...
Report cards are becoming the latest icon to convert from print to the online, according to NSBA’s technology director, Ann Flynn. She tells USA Today that districts making the change “are no longer the exception. Th...
At 51, I’m one of the few people my age who can boast of using an old-fashioned dip pen and inkwell in elementary school. Who remembers sitting at the back of a frigid classroom in winter, while the teacher snuggled up at the front of the room beside a cast-iron, pot-bellied stove. ...
Photo courtesy of Stockvault We’re all feeling more financial stress these days—whether it’s loss of a job or other income, mounting bills and floundering home prices, or just seeing other family and friends deal with the economic downturn. It’s...
There’s no doubt the prospect of $4.35 billion in federal Race to the Top grants is impacting education reforms across the country, and today President Obama (slightly wounded by last night’s election results) is talking about education reforms in 10 states that he likes. In...
