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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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    Community Colleges Should Urge Women to Pursue Science and Math Careers, Report Says
    Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    March 21, 2012

    According to a new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (U.S.), not enough women at community colleges—especially low-income students and those with children—are studying for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Because these represent the nation’s fastest-growing fields, the result is that women are missing out on job security and the potential for higher wages. To remedy the situation, the report recommends that community colleges not only encourage…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Higher Education, Research, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Survey Says: Teachers Place Little Value on Standardized Tests
    Source: Education Week
    March 20, 2012

    According to a new report published by Scholastic and the Gates Foundation, most U.S. teachers do not believe standardized tests have significant value as measures of student performance. The report, which surveyed more than 10,000 public-school teachers, finds that only 28% of educators see state-required standardized tests as an essential or very important gauge of student achievement, and only 26% of teachers say standardized tests are an accurate reflection of what…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, ICT in Education, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    U.S. Makes Modest Gains in Graduation Rate
    Source: San Jose Mercury News
    March 19, 2012

    Aggressive efforts to prevent U.S. students from dropping out of high school contributed to a modest 3.5% increase to nationally in the graduation rate from 2001 to 2009 according to research presented today at the Grad Nation summit in Washington. The graduation rate rose to 75% in 2009, and the number of “dropout factories”–schools that fail to graduate more than 60% of students on time–decreased by more than 450 to 1550…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Research, Teaching & Learning
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    England’s Literacy Progress Has Stalled, Says OFSTED
    Source: BBC News
    March 15, 2012

    England is being overtaken by other leading nations because progress on literacy has stalled, according to Michael Wilshaw of the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services, and Skills (OFSTED). Reading standards have not improved since 2005, he said, and one in five 11-year-olds did not make the grade. Teaching unions, however, say big improvements have been made in the past two decades, and that OFSTED and the government are “playing…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    TED Offers Free Video Lessons for High School and College Students
    Source: The Washington Post
    March 13, 2012

    TED, a nonprofit organization that produces a popular annual conference on ideas, is launching TED-Ed, an online collection of lessons it hopes will bring the best educators to any classroom with an Internet connection. TED-Ed is the latest wave in a growing trend of free online education, which include offerings from the Khan Academy on YouTube and undergraduate courses from prestigious universities like Yale and MIT. Much of the current content,…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, ICT in Education, Teaching & Learning
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    U.K Education Secretary Michael Gove Wants OFSTED to Stop Pupils Taking Early GCSEs
    Source: eGov Monitor
    March 9, 2012

    U.K. Education Secretary Michael Gove wants to prevent early GCSE entry in what he termed a “damaging trend.” Said Gove, ”It seems likely that candidates are being entered before they are ready and ‘banking’ a C grade where their performance at Key Stage 2 [age 11]  would suggest that if they had continued to study the subject and taken the GCSE at the end of Year 12 they could have achieved…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning
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    Middle East Education “Well Below” Global Standards
    Source: Middle East Education
    March 7, 2012

    Delegates at the recent Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) said that education in the Middle East is well below international standards and need to be transformed to help develop the region’s economies. Despite great long-term strides in literacy, the region’s education today ranks below the global average. Recommended interventions include improving teachers’ skills, principals’ management skills, student assessments; providing proper pay for educators; and revising education laws and policies.

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Teaching & Learning
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    British Universities Cut Number of Degree Courses by 27%
    Source: The Guardian
    February 23, 2012

    The number of degree courses on offer at British universities has been cut by more than a quarter in the past six years. According to a study by the University and College Union, there are nearly 20,000 fewer full-time undergraduate courses available now than there were in 2006. England, where tuition fees will rise to a maximum of £9,000 a year this fall, has been the hardest hit, with almost a…

      Related to: Assessment & Curriculum, Higher Education, Teaching & Learning
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