As virtual school options expand, some worry about costs and quality
Supporters point to online learning’s ability to even the playing fieldSOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article
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White House makes ‘Digital Promise’ to schools
Obama administration officials will draw on expertise of tech industry, higher education to determine how educators can best use technologySOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full Article
Developing an Online Community of In-Service Teachers
Abstract Establishing an online community of professional learners was one component of a multiyear professional development project with an overall goal of improving the ability of career and technical educators to use and interpret technical assessment data. Educators from five states and nine different schools participated in a research-based workshop and were mentored for several […]
E-rate Goes Mobile
The FCC launches pilot program, “Learning On-the-Go”SOURCE: District AdministrationRead the Full Article
Florida virtual-school options expand
Some worry about costs, quality of online learningSOURCE: Orlando SentinelRead the Full Story
Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks
For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut’s suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer.SOURCE: Read the Full Article
Students Find Ways to Thwart Facebook Bans
BANNING Facebook at school? Ha!When Thom McKay realized that his son had figured out how to get on the social networking site even though his New Jersey middle school had blocked it, he asked the boy in astonishment how he had done it. SOURCE: The New York Times
Universal Service reform: What it means for schools
With broadband service becoming an increasingly essential tool for participating in modern life, federal policy makers are pursuing regulatory reforms that will fundamentally refocus the government’s “Universal Service” programs and related regulations to spur more broadband deployment and adoption—a marked departure from the historical primacy of circuit switched voice services.SOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full […]
The U.S. Department of Education Launches Version 2.0 of Education Data Web Site
The U.S. Department of Education today launched version 2.0 of ED Data Express, an interactive Web site aimed at making accurate and timely K-12 education data available to the public. The upgraded site adds new data visualization tools, enhanced documentation, and social networking options for users.SOURCE: US Department of Education Visit the New Site
Free curriculum resource helps educators teach to Common Core standards
A popular online education resource now provides interactive curriculum tools specially tailored to correspond with both state standards and the Common Core standards—and U.S. educators can use the product free of charge. SOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full Article
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