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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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    Report Describes Big Gaps in Athletic vs. Academic Spending
    Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    January 22, 2013

    A new Delta Cost Project report that finds a large disparity between the amount spent on college athletes compared with the amount on regular academic students. The Chronicle notes, “Athletic departments in the Southeastern Conference—which have some of the swankest facilities and best-paid coaches—spent nearly $164,000 per athlete in 2010. That was 12 times as much as those institutions spent per student on academic expenses, and by far the largest gap among major conferences.”

      Related to: Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    Online Enrollments Grow Again, though Many Colleges Are Undecided on MOOCs
    Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    January 8, 2013

    The number of U.S. college students taking at least one course online grew by 9.3% from the fall of 2010 to the fall of 2011 according to the annual Sloan-C survey of online education. That increase builds on years of steady growth over the survey’s 10-year history. The proportion of students taking at least one course online also reached an all-time high of 32%. The latest survey also asked respondents…

      Related to: E-Learning, Higher Education, ICT in Education, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Conference
    July 1 - July 4, 2013

    The 2013 Higher Education Research and Development Association of Australasia (HERDSA) conference invites delegates to dwell on the theme of The Place of Learning and Teaching–considering place’s many different meanings and contexts–via the following sub-themes: Spaces and Places How do we ensure that the spaces of learning become places of learning? What strategies, approaches, and policies can support this? What is the student experience of place–formal learning spaces, informal spaces, social and living space, transport, balancing work and learning…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, E-Learning, Higher Education, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    International Conference on Higher Education
    June 27 - June 28, 2013

    The International Conference on Higher Education (ICHE) brings together leading academic scientists, researchers, and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of higher education, and to discuss practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted.  ICHE 2013  |  Jun 27-28  |  Paris, France

      Related to: Higher Education, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    Students in East Asian Countries and a Select Group of European Countries Lead in Primary Math, Science, and Reading
    Source: Boston College
    December 12, 2012

    Students from East Asian countries, in addition to a select group of European countries, outperformed students around the world in math, science, and reading at both the 4th and 8th grades according to results released yesterday by Boston College Lynch School of Education professors Ina V.S. Mullis and Michael O. Martin, executive directors of the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Primary/Secondary Education, Research, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Report: Cultivating Tech-Savvy Teachers Should Be Higher Priority
    Source: Education Week
    December 7, 2012

    According to a report released this week by the National Association of State Boards of Education (U.S.), there is a strong need to improve the technology skills of teachers and other school officials, and to help them understand how digital tools should be used in the classroom. The report covers many issues–from the need to improve educational infrastructure, and tailor learning to personalize instruction, to the need to use technology…

      Related to: ICT in Education, Policy & Governance, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    Best Education in the World: Finland, South Korea
    Source: The Huffington Post
    November 28, 2012

    Finland and South Korea top the list of 40 developed countries with the best education systems. They are followed by Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore, while the U.S. rates down at 17th place. This data is the results of Pearson’s global Learning Curve report. The rankings are calculated based on various measures, including international test scores, graduation rates between 2006 and 2010, and the prevalence of higher education seekers. Pearson’s chief…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    High School Grad Rates by State: U.S. Ed Department Releases First-Ever National Data
    Source: The Huffington Post
    November 27, 2012

    The U.S. Department of Education has released a first-ever list detailing state-by-state high school graduation rates. The data reflects figures from the 2010-11 academic year, the first year for which all states used a common, more rigorous measure. The new rate calculation cannot be compared to previously reported graduation rates due the change in formula.  Iowa had the highest graduation rate at 88%, followed by Wisconsin, Vermont, Indiana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North…

      Related to: Primary/Secondary Education, Research, Teaching & Learning
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