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TEDxNYED 2013 Inside-Outside

April 27, 2013

TEDxNYED is a New York City-based TEDx event focused on education. The theme of this year’s TEDxNYED is Inside-Outside, a discussion about education from both inside...

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The 2013 School Leadership Summit

March 28, 2013

The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) and Steve Hargadon are pleased to announce the inaugural virtual and worldwide School Leadership Summit, Thursday, March...

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Designing Modern Learning Environments: Design Thinking for Education Leaders Hangout

February 20, 2013

GETideas.org seeks to help education leaders understand the impact of environment on learning and to leverage design when attempting to transform education systems. This Google...

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Midwest Educational Technology Conference (METC)

February 11 - February 13, 2013

  Midwest Education Technology Conference February 11-13, 2013 St. Charles Convention CenterSt. Louis, Missouri http://2013.metcconference.org/...

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U.S. Higher Education Leaders Call for Bold Action on Attainment

January 24, 2013

In an open letter released yesterday, leading U.S. college and university presidents called upon their colleagues to make retention and completion a critical priority to stem...

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Bringing It All Together: Empowering Education Leaders to Innovate Hangout

January 30, 2013

GETideas.org hosts this GooglePlus hangout to engage with noted thought leaders on how to help educators innovate. The discussion includes a dialogue on how innovation in...

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Public Universities to Offer Free Online Classes for Credit

January 23, 2013

In an arrangement with commercial company Academic Partnerships, dozens of public universities plan to offer an introductory online course free and for credit to anyone...

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State Spending on U.S. Higher Education Rebounds in Most States after Years of Decline

January 22, 2013

After falling nearly 11% since the 2008 fiscal year, state appropriations for U.S. higher education are on the rise in most states. Long-term effects of...

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    Alliance for Excellent Education Spearheads Digital Learning Day
    Source: Alliance for Excellent Education
    January 10, 2012

    As a follow up to the report The Digital Learning Imperative: How Technology and Teaching Meet Today’s Education Challenges, the Alliance for Excellent Education presents the inaugural Digital Learning Day, a U.S. national awareness campaign to celebrate innovative teachers and instructional strategies that leverage the powerful potential of technology in schools to ensure that every student experiences personalized learning and great teaching. On Digital Learning Day, the Alliance asks school leaders, teachers,…

      Related to: Education Reform, ICT in Education, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Saudi Arabia Taking Positive Steps toward Education Improvements
    Source: The Saudi Gazette
    January 5, 2012

    This year was named the “Year of the Teacher” by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education, which is taking steps to improve education in the kingdom. Among its many initiatives, one places female teachers working in government schools close to their place of residence instead of hours from home. The Ministry also raised salaries of teachers and is considering incentives and bonuses for exceptional teachers. Transportation fixes also are in the…

      Related to: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Half of U.S. Schools Fail under “No Child Left Behind”
    Source: The Washington Post
    December 15, 2011

    Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) law (also known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA) took effect a decade ago. According to a report released today by the Center on Education Policy, more than 43,000 schools—48%—did not make “adequate yearly progress” this year. The failure rates range from a…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Information Gap Hinders Coordination and Reform among Arab Universities
    Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    December 13, 2011

    The number of universities in the Arab world has nearly tripled in the last decade, yet a lack of information about institutional structure and quality remains an impediment to reform, regional coordination, and the kinds of international linkages Arab universities increasingly aspire to create. The just-released report “Classifying Higher Education Institutions in the Middle East and North Africa” attempts to address this dearth of information, and to lay the groundwork for…

      Related to: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Teaching & Learning
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    Number of Students Attending U.S. Charter Schools Soars
    Source: Salon
    December 7, 2011

    According to data released today from the nonprofit National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), the number of students attending U.S. charter schools has soared to more than 2 million as states pass laws lifting caps and encouraging their expansion. This growth represents the largest increase in enrollment over a single year since charter schools were founded nearly two decades ago. In all, more than 500 new charter schools were opened…

      Related to: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Chile’s Senate Approves Education Budget
    Source: The Washington Post
    November 29, 2011

    Chile’s Senate approved the government’s 2012 education budget late last week after 29 hours of debate in a vote in which the center-left opposition abstained. Students who have been protesting for more than six months for greater funding and reforms to the education system opposed the budget put forward by President Sebastian Pinera’s government. The government and opposition were close to reaching an agreement on a revised budget plan but ultimately failed,…

      Related to: Education Reform, Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Tanzania Policy Not Serious on Education, MP Says
    Source: The Citizen
    November 17, 2011

    Opposition MP Mohamed Habib Mnyaa has blamed Tanzania’s government for not taking higher-education improvements seriously. Said Mnyaa, “About 25,000 students in Kenya and 17,000 in Uganda are graduating from higher-learning institutions annually, compared to 9,150 students in Tanzania.” He then challenged the government to put emphasis on higher education if it wanted to compete with its East African neighbors.  

      Related to: Education Reform, Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Teaching & Learning
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    Colombian University Students Call Off Boycott
    Source: The Huffington Post
    November 16, 2011

    Student leaders in Colombia have called off a month-long boycott of classes at public universities after the government met their demand to withdraw educational reform legislation. The student leaders say, however, that their decision will not bring an end to street demonstrations, including a march set for November 24. Thousands have taken part in the boycott against legislation that student leaders say is meant to privatize public education. Top officials of President…

      Related to: Education Reform, Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Teaching & Learning
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