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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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    Political Fights, Court Battles Brew over School Vouchers
    Source: The Washington Post
    April 11, 2012

    In the U.S., Louisiana’s Republican Governor Bobby Jindal won a victory last week with passage of legislation that expands statewide a voucher program in New Orleans as part of broad changes to the state’s education system. In Virginia, lawmakers recently passed a bill backed by Republican Governor Bob McDonnell allowing a tax credit for contributions to private-school scholarship programs, and Florida’s Republican Governor Rick Scott signed a bill expanding a similar…

      Related to: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Rules to Measure Quality of U.S. Teacher-Training Programs Slowly Take Shape
    Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    April 9, 2012

    The U.S. Department of Education and teacher colleges are moving closer to agreement on a package of rules that would hold teacher-preparation programs accountable for their graduates’ employment outcomes and performance as teachers in the classroom. Under the proposed rules, states would be required to evaluate programs based on their graduates’ job-placement and retention rates, the academic “growth” of their future students (per test scores), and customer-satisfaction surveys. Only programs deemed…

      Related to: Policy & Governance, Professional Development, Teaching & Learning
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    U.K. Education Secretary Calls for Universities to Oversee A-Levels
    Source: BBC News
    April 3, 2012

    Stating that current courses do not properly prepare students for higher education, U.K. Education Secretary Michael Gove has called for a new set of A-levels to be developed and scored by universities. Gove said that while A-level grades continue to improve, universities say that new students increasingly lack new skills.

      Related to: Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Teaching & Learning
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    Kenya Closes 90 Illegal Colleges, Arrests Principals
    Source: The Star
    April 3, 2012

    More than 90 colleges operating illegally in Kenya have been closed, and 40 principals of the private colleges have been apprehended and will face the law. Higher Education Minister Margaret Kamar said the government will not allow colleges to operate without following proper procedures. Kamar further explained that several projects and programs are being implemented by the Kenyan government under Vision 2030 to address access, equity, quality, and relevance of…

      Related to: Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Teaching & Learning
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    Two-Year Colleges Leave Low-Income and Minority Students Behind
    Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    April 2, 2012

    According to a report released today by the Center for the Future of Higher Education, budget-driven tactics undertaken by many community colleges to restrict enrollment and limit academic programs is denying more than 400,000 prospective students, especially low-income and minority students, the opportunity to obtain a college education. The report also says that community colleges are “narrowing their educational purpose” by focusing heavily on job preparation versus transfer readiness.

      Related to: Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    Thousands of England’s Teachers Strike in Pension Dispute
    Source: The Telegraph
    March 28, 2012

    Thousands of England’s teachers and lecturers are staging a 24-hour strike today in the continuing dispute over the government’s controversial public-sector pension reforms. The action by members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and University and College Union (UCU) in London has closed colleges, universities, and schools across the capital.    The action follows last year’s strike by more than one and a half million public-sector workers, with most unions…

      Related to: Education Reform, Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Access to Teacher Evaluations Divides Advocates
    Source: Education Week
    March 28, 2012

    As the movement to overhaul teacher evaluation moves forward, an emerging question is splitting advocates of the new tools used to gauge teacher performance in the U.S.: Who should get access to the results? Some proponents of using student-achievement data as a component of teacher evaluations believe that such information should not be made widely public. Other proponents support the broad dissemination of such data.   States and districts, in the…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Teaching & Learning
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    Progress Checks for All Toddlers under England’s Nursery Shake-up
    Source: The Telegraph
    March 27, 2012

    All two-year-olds in England will be given a compulsory progress check under government plans to identify children who may be failing to develop properly at a young age. Toddlers will be assessed to see if they can use basic words, respond to familiar sounds, and interact appropriately with friends. Ministers are proposing that all parents be given a written summary of their child’s progress in key areas before their third birthday. Critics warned…

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