ABC’s “This Week” presents Arne Duncan, U.S. secretary of education, and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, who debate the controversial use of student test scores to evaluate America’s teachers.
A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age
January 24, 2013EdSurge discusses a Bill of Rights and Principles, newly developed by a group of people passionate about learning, serving today’s students, and using every available tool to respond better to the needs of students in a global, interactive, digitally connected world....
Digital Content: What Does the Future Hold for Education Systems?
January 23, 2013GETideas.org hosted this GooglePlus hangout on the future of digital content. The online discussion featured a panel of education experts, including Nicole Allen, affordable-textbooks advocate, Student PIRGS; Una Daly, communication college outreach director, OpenCourseWare Consortium; and Cable Green, director of global...
Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement: A Realist Analysis
January 22, 2013In Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement, author Roy Nash argues that a realist framework for the sociological explanation of educational group differences can, and must be, constructed. A move to such an explanatory framework will allow society to take into account the...
Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools
January 14, 2013In Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools, renowned educator and technology expert Jim Lengel provides a refreshing and hopeful picture of what schools should look like, including a groundbreaking seven-step process for envisioning and building them that draws on the...
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August 30, 2010
This new briefing paper from the Economic Policy Institute cautions against the use of test scores–the Value-Added Model–to judge instructor performance. Authored by an all-star roster of education researchers–including Linda Darling-Hammond, Diane Ravitch, and Richard Rothstein–the paper not only lists negative effects of the model but also references studies indicating that test scores can be unreliable.
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August 24, 2010
The Australian reports on Australia’s new Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, fully operational in 2012, and the process of measuring the quality of university teaching and learning.
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August 20, 2010
Summary
Lake Washington School District serves 25,000 students in and around Redmond, Washington, a region entrenched in high-tech—25% of parents work for Microsoft. Starting in 2008-09, LWSD launched an ambitious five-year plan to drive more deeply into teaching the practice and use of technology as a day-to-day tool to encourage students to develop 21st-century skills.
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July 23, 2010
ICT in Education, noting that it is not enough to teach students how to understand information and communications technology, shares these strategies for assessment of student ICT knowledge and understanding:1. Set Open-Ended Rather Than Closed Tasks2. Use A Problem-Solving Approach Rather Than A Skills-Based Approach3. Watch What Students Do In The Lesson4. Avoid The Temptation To Atomize5. Assess What Students Say About The Work They Have Done
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July 22, 2010
This eSchool News article reports on Project K-Nect, a program designed to create a supplemental resource for at-risk high school students to focus on increasing their math skills with the help of mobile smart phones.
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July 14, 2010
Eurydice’s publications for 2010 include the following thematic studies:
- Education on Online Safety in Schools in Europe
- Focus on Higher Education in Europe 2010: The Impact of the Bologna Process
- Gender Differences in Educational Outcomes:
Study on the Measures Taken and the Current Situation in Europe
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July 13, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education has just released this video featuring West Carter Middle School, where student achievement was once persistently low in math and reading. West Carter has made a dramatic turnaround; the school is now in the top 15% of middle schools in Kentucky (U.S.).
