Beware the consequences of blogging! A top aide to Governor Deval Patrick scolded Transportation Secretary James Aloisi Jr. last week after Aloisi made an unauthorized blog posting that strongly criticized the Globe, saying the move was "not smart" and admonishing Aloisi to follow directives from the governor's office when making future public statements, according to e-mails obtained by the Globe
Great! Obama is aware of the issues. How to we get policy change so that we aren't just throwing technology at a problem?
The Nebraska ban on affirmative action is likely to impact technology-related programs that target women.
The National School Board Association calls for funding and policy to support 21st century skills, instruction, and assessment in schools.
According to Clay Christensen and Michael Horn, while Republican
Presidential candidate McCain and the Democratic candidate, Senator
Barack Obama (D-Ill.), both see the benefits of using technology in
revamping how classrooms run, McCain's campaign early on embraced
the benefits of nontraditional online education in some key ways.
The current policies both Presidential candidates would advocate for education
Yet as a new school year begins, the time may have come to reconsider how large a role technology can play in changing education. There are promising examples, both in the United States and abroad, and they share some characteristics. The ratio of computers to pupils is one to one. Technology isn’t off in a computer lab. Computing is an integral tool in all disciplines, always at the ready.
Until recently, the impact of Title IX, the law forbidding sexual discrimination in education, has been limited mostly to sports. But now, under pressure from Congress, some federal agencies have quietly picked a new target: science.