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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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    OFSTED School Inspectors “Not Qualified”
    Source: The Telegraph
    July 20, 2012

    At least five “lead inspectors” who are carrying out inspections on behalf of the U.K.’s Office of Standards in Education, Children’s Services, and Skills (OFSTED) do not have qualified teacher status, which is a requirement for state school teachers in England. According to a leaked e-mail, Tribal, a company that carries out inspections for OFSTED, currently uses five lead inspectors who are not qualified teachers.  Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
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    President Obama Proposes $1-Billion Program for Elite STEM Teachers
    Source: EducationNews.org
    July 20, 2012

    U.S. President Barack Obama has announced a $1-billion plan to create an elite group of math and science teachers. The money will be spent on bonuses for teachers considered high-performing, with the goal of improving student achievement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Those who are selected for the Master Teacher Corps will receive a salary bonus if they commit to multiyear participation. Members of the Corps will assist…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning
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    NAEP Scores Still Stalled for U.S. Native American Students
    Source: Education Week
    July 5, 2012

    Students of American Indian and Alaskan native descent are in an academic rut according to a new Nation’s Report Card from the U.S. National Assessment of Education Progress. Achievement gaps have remained stagnant for Native American students in reading since 2005, and in mathematics the gaps have actually increased.  The study did note that a majority of American Indian and Alaskan native students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, considered a…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    U.K. Ed Sec Gove Speeds Up Conversion of Failing Schools to Academies
    Source: EducationNews.org
    June 28, 2012

    U.K. Secretary of Education Michael Gove has announced 300 additional “inadequate” primary schools–that is, those given the lowest possible rating by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services, and Skills (OFSTED)–will become independent academies run by third-party sponsors. This adds to the 220 schools already in the process of converting to academy status. Once the primary schools are converted, they are placed under the control of education chains, charities, and faith groups that…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    U.S. NAEP Reveals Shallow Grasp of Science
    Source: Education Week
    June 20, 2012

    U.S. elementary, middle, and high school students failed to demonstrate a deep understanding of science concepts when they performed activity-based science tasks and investigations, concludes a new Nation’s Report Card assessing both hands-on and interactive computer-based science activities. The hands-on tasks, which required students to use materials and laboratory equipment to perform science experiments, and the new, interactive computer tasks, which simulated an environmental or laboratory setting and asked students to…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Research, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning
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    ATC21S Celebrates Launch
    Source: ATC21S
    June 6, 2012

    The Assessment & Teaching of 21st-Century Skills (ATC21S) program will hold its official launch in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on July 2. Since 2009, the program’s international team has been researching, developing, and creating innovative new resources for assessing and teaching 21st-century skills, and for tracking student progress from novice to expert. ATC21S now has produced an integrated system of assessment, reporting, and teaching of 21st-century skills, including: A system of cloud-based tasks used…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Professional Development, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    Australia’s New Civics Curriculum Calls for Students to Be Citizens of the Web
    Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
    June 5, 2012

    Australia’s students will be encouraged to use Twitter, Facebook, and blogs as study tools as part of the new Civics and Citizenship national curriculum. The draft curriculum was released for public consultation yesterday. If it is adopted, students would be taught skills including research, analysis and synthesis, collaborative problem-solving and decision-making, and communication. Communication skills would include “using both traditional and social media and the Internet in socially constructive ways as communication…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, ICT in Education, Media Literacy, Teaching & Learning
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    Scottish Teaching Union May Strike over New Exams
    Source: BBC News
    June 4, 2012

    Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), Scotland’s largest teachers’ union, is asking its members to consider striking over exams that will make up a portion of the country’s new Curriculum for Excellence. The exams are scheduled to replace Standard Grade and Intermediate qualifications from 2013-14. An audit published last week by the government agency Education Scotland said most schools are ready for the new exams, but teaching unions claim that Education Scotland’s survey was…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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