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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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    Productivity Report Calls for End to Bonus Plan for Australia’s Teachers
    Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
    May 7, 2012

    Currently, Victoria is the only Australian state taking part in a pilot pay-bonus trial for top teachers–a scheme that has been unpopular with teachers. Last year, the federal government unveiled plans for a national performance bonus scheme starting in 2014, but Australia’s Productivity Commission recommends that bonuses for high-performing teachers should be shelved.  ‘Early results from these trials, together with the long history of mixed results from the U.S. and elsewhere, suggest…

      Related to: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Australia’s Annual Appraisal Plan includes Observing Teachers in Classroom
    Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
    May 7, 2012

    Australia’s teachers will be observed in the classroom and have to provide evidence of student outcomes as part of a yearly performance assessment under proposals released today. The proposals will provide the first national guidelines for performance assessments of teachers, giving them a clear understanding of what they will be expected to achieve each year and of how their performance will be measured, said School Education Minister Peter Garrett. The draft…

      Related to: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Australian Educators Call for Testing Boycott
    Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
    May 7, 2012

    A group of educators–teachers, consultants, and academics–is urging Australian parents to withdraw their children from this month’s annual National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, saying they are damaging children’s creativity. The group says the testing, now in its fifth year, provides poor-quality information about students’ abilities in the classroom and compromises students’ attitudes to learning.

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    England’s New National Music Plan
    Source: U.K. Department for Education
    May 3, 2012

    England’s  first National Plan for Music Education sets out the government’s vision to enable children from all backgrounds and every region to have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, to make music with others, to learn to sing, and to progress to the next level of excellence. This is part of a greater goal to ensure that all pupils have rich cultural opportunities along with academic and vocational studies. …

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    U.S. Magnets Reimagined as School Choice Option
    Source: Education Week
    May 1, 2012

    The term “magnet school” traditionally referred to schools whose curricula was linked to thematic or content-specific subject matter, whose student bodies remained unbound by neighborhood lines, and whose enrollment process relied on lottery systems. Once considered a solution to desegregate racially divided districts, magnet schools today have been forced to evolve, given legal barriers that bar using race to determine school enrollment and increasing pressure to provide more public school…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Petition Challenges Standardized Testing in U.S. Public Schools
    Source: The New York Times
    April 25, 2012

    Critics of high-stakes standardized tests in the U.S. have started an Internet campaign to petition for an overhaul of mandated testing. The 16 organizations banding together to draft a national resolution against high-stakes testing include FairTest, the Forum for Education and Democracy, the National Education Association, Race to Nowhere, and Time Out from Testing. So far, more than 100 organizations and 2500+ individuals have signed on. 

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Teaching & Learning
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    India Levels Its Education Playing Field
    Source: Knowledge Today
    April 24, 2012

    The Supreme Court of India recently gave the green light to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, better known as the Right to Education (RTE) Act, ensuring free education for children between the ages of six and 14 who belong to economically weaker segments of society. The main provision of the RTE directs all schools to reserve 25% of their seats for students from underprivileged backgrounds in…

      Related to: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    When It Comes to U.S. School Quality, Zip Code Really Does Matter
    Source: GOOD Education
    April 24, 2012

    A new report from the Brookings Institution reveals just how close the link is between housing prices and school quality in the U.S. Homes in neighborhoods with high-performing schools cost an average of 2.4 times as much as those near lower-performing schools. Because students of color are far more likely to live in lower-income communities than their white peers, the income disparity is also a a racial one. The report concludes that ending exclusionary…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Research, Teaching & Learning
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