Posts tagged with "education"
How to Solve the ‘Women in Science’ Gap? Teach Girls to Love Science |
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by edReformer Staff August 2, 2011 Women in sciences – or the lack thereof – is a topic that draws constant controversy. No matter what’s causing such a low number of women to enter science-related fields, the numbers speak for themselves: women make up 46.5 percent of the U.S. workforce, but hold only 25 percent of math and computer science jobs, and 11 percent of engineering jobs. More » |
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Edtech Roundup: Online Learning, Deeper Learning Assessments and Digital Learning Growth |
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by Sarah Cargill August 1, 2011 This week in edtech, TheNextWeb announced its hub in the Silicon Valley, Texas approves new all-digital and online learning programs, NBC donated its “NBC Learn K-12″ resource to Delaware, AEE called for deeper learning assessments in its policy brief and Pearson poised for more acquisitions. More » |
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AEI Discusses Limitations and Challenges for Change |
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by Sarah Cargill July 28, 2011 Frederick M. Hess, Deborah Gist and other innovative leaders in education shared stories and anecdotes Wednesday around their experiences in state education departments working toward change. More » |
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AEE Digital Learning Policy Recommendations and Promising Practices |
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by Sarah Cargill July 28, 2011 AEE released their newest policy brief titled “Digital Learning and Technology: Federal Policy Recommendations to Seize the Opportunity– and Promising Practices That Inspire Them”, supporting the increased development and implementation of digital learning initiatives in K-12 education. More » |
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1.5 million reasons to get a grip on digital learning: Q+A with ISTE’s Don Knezek |
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by Susan Sawyers June 22, 2011 Susan Sawyers is a multimedia journalists and social media strategist. Sawyers conducted a Q & A with Donald G. Knezek CEO of ISTE, who is preparing for their annual conference in Philadelphia next week. More » |
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Ensuring the Bottom Line is Higher Achievement |
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by Carlos Contreras December 10, 2010 The bottom line is that we need to expose to students to a level of math and science that allows them to make an informed decision about the future of their own schooling. More » |
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Renee Lord: Adequate Funding Needed for Cyber Schools |
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by edReformer Staff December 9, 2010 “After today’s virtual education committee study group meeting, we are hopeful that the Commission is heading toward an appropriate funding level for Georgia’s cyber charter students. This meeting was a breath of fresh air; a very encouraging, open and positive dialogue with Charter Schools Commission and State Board of Education members. More » |
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From Drop Out to Push Out in Online Learning |
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by Andrew Miller December 9, 2010 We have the opportunity to avoid the replication of a broken system where the culture of “read and do” exist. We must take ownership of the walls that exist for students and seek to find ways to climb. More » |
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The JFYNet Theory of Transformative Change |
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by Gary Kaplan December 8, 2010 Gary Kaplan, CEO of JFYNet, says his org has provided math and science instruction to more than 30,000 students in middle and high schools throughout Massachusetts. Working in high-need districts with the most challenging students, he says they have achieved measurable performance gains year after year, within all subgroups. More » |
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Six Edtech Predictions for K12 |
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by Alex Hernandez December 8, 2010 Alex Hernandez is a partner at Charter School Growth Fund, a venture philanthropy that provides growth capital for high-performing charter school networks. He claims massive declines in state and local education funding will lead to a tsunami of blended learning programs, where students learn online in brick-and-mortar schools. More » |
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CCSSO Helms EdSteps Project for Promoting Learning |
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by edReformer Staff December 7, 2010 A project led by Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, EdSteps is being developed in partnership with state departments of education, school districts, institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, businesses, and individual participants from across the nation. More » |
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Gates Awards Tutor.com Professional Development Grant |
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by edReformer Staff December 7, 2010 Tutor.com, the largest online tutoring and homework help service, has been awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a completely new professional development model that will provide on-demand, one-to-one support for math teachers. More » |
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Top-Ranked Questions for Digital Town Hall |
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by edReformer Staff December 6, 2010 Here is the list for the top ten questions for the Intel-sponsored Digital Town Hall, which will be running on Tuesday morning. You can tune into edReformer.com tomorrow morning at 8.45 am to watch the live streaming video. More » |
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The Turnover Gap |
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by Education Equality Project December 6, 2010 This report examines the growing “turnover gap” between black and Latino teachers and their white counterparts. More » |
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Carlos Contreras: Education Policy Director, Intel |
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by edReformer Staff December 6, 2010 A day before the Intel Digital Town Hall on Innovation, we talk with Intel’s Education Policy Director Carlos Cantreras. The “Education for Innovation” digital town hall where be will Secretary Arne Duncan will make an announcement about the 2009 PISA results. He will be joined by OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría. More » |
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At The Education Barricades |
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by Joel Klein December 6, 2010 Here’s a portion of the Joel Klein Wall Street Journal op-ed. He looks back at his time “at the education barricades” and voices his opinion about a “self-serving approach” to training and keeping quality teachers, or not removing the bad ones. More » |
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No Teachers, Students Choose their Schooling |
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by edReformer Staff December 6, 2010 During a given day, some students at this school in Florida head over to the reading corner, some of them work on writing and drawing, and others tap into the computers to perfect their word processing and software-related skills. But, where are the teachers? More » |
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Rhee Launches Grassroots Movement, “Students First” |
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by edReformer Staff December 6, 2010 Michelle Rhee has decided to launch a national grassroots movement to rally teachers, parents, and students to transform the public education system. More » |
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Supporting Student Voice and Choice Leads to Equity |
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by Andrew Miller December 6, 2010 The trouble with some forms of assessment and curriculum is that the teacher still remains in control, argues Andrew Miller. More » |
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Ten Tools for Innovative Educators |
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by edReformer Staff December 6, 2010 The Innovative Educator shows teachers a few ways they can use technology to bring viable and dynamic learning opportunities to their students. The ideas are locally implemented in the classroom, but can also produce an impact globally. More » |
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