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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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    Hungarian Students Protest Education Reforms
    Source: Mercury News
    December 19, 2012

    Hungarian high school and university students went ahead Wednesday with protests against changes in the education system despite the government’s acceptance of some of their demands. In the capital Budapest, several thousand students gathered outside the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Calling their protest the “Winter Rose Student Revolution,” they later marched downtown and threw rose petals into the Danube River. Government spokesman Andras Giro-Szasz said that the Cabinet had decided to…

      Related to: Education Reform, Higher Education, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, 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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    NAACP Pushes for Biggest U.S. Education Overhaul Since Brown v. Board of Education
    Source: The Huffington Post
    December 7, 2012

    The NAACP is deploying volunteers across the U.S. in its biggest push for a public education overhaul since the nation’s classrooms were ordered desegregated in 1954. The volunteers, who have been trained for the past two years, will lobby at the state and county levels for four educational priorities: Extended school hours and years in school Improved teacher training Improved preschool programs Better targeting of spending to the neediest of students…

      Related to: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Seven Districts Split $25 Million in Gates Education Grants
    Source: ABC News
    December 6, 2012

    Seven U.S. school districts committed to working with charter schools to improve student achievement will split approximately $25 million in grants from the Gates Foundation. The funding is designed to deepen collaboration among educators in Boston, Massachusetts; Denver, Colorado; Hartford, Connecticut; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Spring Branch, Texas. “These cities are particularly committed to advancing college-ready strategies in both district and charter schools,” said Vicki Phillips, education…

      Related to: Education Reform, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Basic Education in South Africa Gets Poor Grades
    Source: Voice of America
    December 6, 2012

    South Africa’s government tested some 7 million students in 24,000 schools, and this year tested ninth graders for the first time. The conclusion of those tests: Young South African students are being left behind, especially in math. The average 1st grader scored 68% on the math test, while a 9th-grade counterpart scored a just 13%. That 1st grader scored 58% on a test in his or her first home language; the…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Pay Rises Pegged to Performance for Teachers in England and Wales
    Source: BBC News
    December 5, 2012

    Teachers in England and Wales will no longer receive increases based on length of service; instead, pay raises will be linked to annual performance appraisals per the School Teachers’ Review Body. Education Secretary Michael Gove welcomed the change for its “greater flexibility.” The idea has been attacked by teachers’ unions, with one saying it would be “a disaster for children’s education,” but head teachers’ leader Russell Hobby said it was a “reasonable…

      Related to: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Cisco Awards MIND Research Institute $102k to Expand Math Education Improvements for Silicon Valley Children
    Source: PRWeb
    December 5, 2012

    The Cisco Foundation is awarding a $102,000 grant to the education nonprofit MIND Research Institute to bring a results-driven blended-learning program designed to close the achievement gap in math to 650 students at five additional schools located in California’s Silicon Valley. Students and teachers using the program have on average doubled or tripled their growth in math proficiency on state standardized tests. Cisco’s total support of MIND Research’s efforts to improve math…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, E-Learning, ICT in Education, Primary/Secondary Education, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning
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    One Laptop Per Child Cancels XO 3 Tablet, Continues Work on XO 4
    Source: Liliputing
    December 3, 2012

    One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has cancelled development of the XO 3 tablet, a rugged, low-cost table announced nearly a year ago. The XO 3 prototype featured a 1-GHz ARM-based processor; an 8-inch 1024 x 768 pixel Pixel Qi display, and a rugged rubber back. OLPC is still working on an XO 4 device, which is expected to ship in 2013. Like earlier models, the XO 4 will have a rugged design,…

      Related to: ICT in Education, Primary/Secondary Education
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