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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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    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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    UNESCO and Pakistan Launch Malala Fund for Girls’ Education
    Source: UNESCO
    December 12, 2012

    UNESCO and Pakistan this week launched the Malala Fund for Girls’ Education at a high-level event held as part of the celebrations for Human Rights Day. At the event, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari (pictured, with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova) announced that his country would donate the first $10 million. The occasion was dedicated to 15-year-old Pakistani school girl Malala Yousafzai,  who was the target of an assassination attempt by…

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    Mexico’s President Proposes Sweeping Education Reform
    Source: The Washington Post
    December 10, 2012

    Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is proposing sweeping reforms to the country’s challenged public-education system. Peña Nieto’s seeks to create a merit-based system of hiring and promoting teachers in a country where the positions often are bought and inherited. His plan would take much of the control of the education system away from the 1.5-million-member National Union of Education Workers, moving that control to the federal government. 

      Related to: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, 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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    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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    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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    Duke University Takes Two Paths on Online Learning
    Source: EducationNews.org
    December 5, 2012

    Duke University is working along two distinct paths to expand online education access on its campus. Duke is partnering with Coursera, an online education platform, to allow professors to design and offer free online versions of their most popular courses to a worldwide audience. Duke has also signed up with 2U to enable its own students to take smaller for-credit courses via its Semester Online effort. According to Provost Peter Lange, going with…

      Related to: E-Learning, Higher Education, ICT in Education, Teaching & Learning
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