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  • Solutions Products and Short Throw Projectors make learning faster and teaching easier

    Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, most regularly read publication for K12 distr...

    By Davide Savenije • Oct. 8, 2012
  • School Officials: Dip in West Hartford SAT Scores 'Inconsequential'

    School Officials: Dip in West Hartford SAT Scores 'Inconsequential' Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Students in the class of 2012 at Hall and Conard High Schools scored 16 points lower on the SATs this year compared to last year, but the dip is "inconsequential" when compared to sco...

    By Davide Savenije • Oct. 8, 2012
  • Oklahoma A-F grades for schools delayed

    Parents and administrators raise concerns, as a release of the grade is delayed until after an Oct. 25 board vote.

    By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 8, 2012
  • California districts warned to spend $66 million in tech vouchers soon

    Funds remain unspent after money was alotted from a 2004 anitrust settlement involving Microsoft.

    By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 8, 2012
  • Deep Dive

    5 education issues in the 2012 U.S. presidential election

    See where Obama and Romney part ways on issues affecting K-12 education and higher ed, as well as where they agree.

    By Oct. 8, 2012
  • Not Your Grandparents' Vocational School

    Not Your Grandparents' Vocational School Monday, October 8, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, m...

    By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012
  • Healthy Steps Forward

    Monday, October 8, 2012 Resource Centers Health and Wellness (sponsored by the Dannon Institute) About Us Professional Media Group LLC publishes District Administration and University Business . District Administration is the most widely received, most regularly read publication for K12 distri...

    By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012
  • ALAS Summit on Hispanic Education, October 10-13, Miami, Fla.

    Tuesday, October 9, 2012 From global competition and school funding to accountability and leadership, the waves of change impacting education are affecting us all. We can either be drowned by those waves or we can learn to surf; and what better place to start than here and now in Miami, at ALA...

    By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012
  • Ask Dr. Lynch: Handling Challenging Behavior Problems

    EducationWorld Q&A columnist Dr. Matthew Lynch is an associate professor of education at Langston University. Dr. Lynch provides expert advice on everything from classroom management to differentiated instruction. Read all of his columns here , and be sure to submit your own ques...

    By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012
  • Officials have strong words as Pennsylvania charter school fight gets ugly

    York Mayor Kim Bracey accused the school district of trying to "bludgeon" students back in.

    By Oct. 4, 2012
  • Complaints put Florida district's new grade system on ice until next August

    The district may have jumped the gun on introducing the new system, says District Advisory Committee chairwoman.

    By Oct. 4, 2012
  • St. Mary's school trades in textbooks for iPads

    Following similar developments at school districts across the country, the students at St. Mary's are taught primarily through their school-issued iPads.

    By Davide Savenije • Oct. 4, 2012
  • Pearson's new CEO focused on international affordable education

    Fallon compares Pearson's success in recent years to that of the Financial Times and Penguin.

    By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 4, 2012
  • Hackers hit university servers to make political statement about higher ed

    Dive Summary: Hackers calling themselves "Team Ghostshell" targeted servers at leading higher ed institutions, including the University of Michigan, Princeton, Harvard and Cambridge, among others. The group released a statement, explaining that they wanted to raise...

    By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 3, 2012
  • States push back against cyber-schools

    Advocates of online schools admit that accountability is an issue and that some for-profit programs running the schools are more concerned with their financial standing than with the education of the students.

    By Davide Savenije • Oct. 3, 2012
  • Chicago Board of Education's credit rating downgraded by Fitch

    Fitch's A+-to-A decision follows last month's teachers strike in the Windy City.

    By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 2, 2012
  • Duncan calls for end to paper textbooks

    Duncan's remarks were made before the National Press Club, where he also lashed out against Republicans.

    By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 2, 2012
  • Nonprofit could become a Consumer Reports for ed tech

    EDU STAR is seeking $5 million in funding to test educational technology while developers remain skeptical of its approach.

    By Davide Savenije • Oct. 1, 2012
  • McGraw-Hill exec says tech will necessitate a rethinking of K-12 age-grouping

    Are multiage, competency-based classrooms the way of the future?

    By Sept. 28, 2012
  • Swim tests and PE no longer a requirement at University of Chicago

    The University of Chicago is doing away with a required swimming proficiency test instituted in 1953, as well as its undergraduate PE requirements.

    By Sept. 28, 2012
  • ClassConnect becomes Claco, founder/AOL squatter explains switch

    The online curriculum-sharing tool is moving previous users over to a new site.

    By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 27, 2012
  • Janus Capital Group pledges $2.1 million to Denver Public Schools for blended learning

    Janus donates an initial $350 thousand with the rest of the $2.1 million to come if DPS meets certain benchmarks.

    By Davide Savenije • Sept. 26, 2012
  • Romney decries campaign funding from teachers unions

    Speaking on education issues Tuesday, Romney said the issue needs to be addressed.

    By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 25, 2012
  • Obama vs. Romney: Education policies broken down

    NBC News looks at the education issues that define Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's positions.

    By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 25, 2012
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    D.C.'s performance-based teacher firings set bar in national reform movement

    Similar evaluation policies, which are a central part of the national school reform movement and were recently part of the Chicago teachers' strike, are business as usual in D.C.

    By Sept. 24, 2012