Analyzing Obama's proposals with regard to financial aid and higher education funding. What are we likely to see soon and what may take a while to see passed?
Since becoming D.C's first schools chancellor in summer '07, Rhee, just 38, has become the most controversial figure in US public education & the standard-bearer for a new type of schools leader nationwide. To Rhee & her fellow reformers, schools can, by themselves, produce successful students. To her opponents, schools aren't enough, however “successful” their students.
This article shares that technology giants such as Cisco Systems, Intel and Microsoft are investing heavily in global education reform initiatives in developing nations like India, Jordan, underscoring the need to prepare students for an increasing global, information-based workforce. It also shares some of the different technologies and pedagogical approaches that have been used so far.
10 Massachusetts public schools extended their school days. As a whole, schools with longer days boosted students' MCAS scores in math, English, and science across all grade levels, according to a report to be released today.
Harry Potter has cast a spell over pupils at a once-failing school with Hogwarts-inspired lessons said to be behind a dramatic reversal in fortunes.
Wizard-themed lessons are just one of the techniques woven into the curriculum at Robert Mellors Primary School, in Nottingham. Children dress as their favourite Harry Potter characters, chant spells and use their wands in maths classes.
American students even in low-performing states like Alabama do better on math and science tests than students in most foreign countries, including Italy and Norway, according to a new study released yesterday. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that students in Singapore and several other Asian countries significantly outperform American students, even those in high-achieving states like Mass
New report released from a collaboration between ISTE, SEDTA, and P21
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Analyzing Obama's proposals with regard to financial aid and higher education funding. What are we likely to see soon and what may take a while to see passed?
Since becoming D.C's first schools chancellor in summer '07, Rhee, just 38, has become the most controversial figure in US public education & the standard-bearer for a new type of schools leader nationwide. To Rhee & her fellow reformers, schools can, by themselves, produce successful students. To her opponents, schools aren't enough, however “successful” their students.
This article shares that technology giants such as Cisco Systems, Intel and Microsoft are investing heavily in global education reform initiatives in developing nations like India, Jordan, underscoring the need to prepare students for an increasing global, information-based workforce. It also shares some of the different technologies and pedagogical approaches that have been used so far.
10 Massachusetts public schools extended their school days. As a whole, schools with longer days boosted students' MCAS scores in math, English, and science across all grade levels, according to a report to be released today.
Harry Potter has cast a spell over pupils at a once-failing school with Hogwarts-inspired lessons said to be behind a dramatic reversal in fortunes. Wizard-themed lessons are just one of the techniques woven into the curriculum at Robert Mellors Primary School, in Nottingham. Children dress as their favourite Harry Potter characters, chant spells and use their wands in maths classes.
New report released from a collaboration between ISTE, SEDTA, and P21
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