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Would Master Teachers Take on More Students Spread Over Several Classes for Higher Pay?
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 The education policy group Public Impact is suggesting a series of new approaches that leaders say are aimed at putting the best teachers in front of more students to increase their reach, and paying those talented folks more without dramatically increasing school bud...
By Lindsey Smith • July 31, 2012 -
N.H. Ed Report Shows High School Students Continuing
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 The New Hampshire Department of Education says there's been a 6 percent increase in the past decade of students choosing to continue their studies immediately following graduation from high school. The state released the information as part of its Status of Higher...
By Lindsey Smith • July 31, 2012 -
'Unacceptable' Louisiana schools list grows 33%
Higher state testing standards have given way to a higher number of schools that are not meeting requirements.
By Brian Warmoth • July 31, 2012 -
Why You Should Care About Keeping the Data Center Cool
Closer monitoring of various hardware components will have an incremental benefit when it comes to data center energy efficiency, but the biggest opportunities - and challenges - come with keeping the environment cool. "Cooling is by far the biggest user of electrical power in the data ce...
By Lindsey Smith • July 31, 2012 -
North Carolina school moving to Google Chromebooks for its one-to-one program
Educators at Millennium Charter Academy in North Carolina are seeing to it that their students will, so to speak, have their heads in the "cloud" this school year. The cloud refers to where students will store their work from new Google Chromebook model laptops that will be rolled ou...
By Lindsey Smith • July 30, 2012 -
Biden criticizes Romney on education in AFT speech
The VP accuses Obama's Republican opponent of not valuing education in front of 2,500 delegates.
By Brian Warmoth • July 30, 2012 -
Most Read Education News of the Week: Ed hashtags, online learning and sustainability
Catch up with Education Dive's most popular reads and up-to-the-minute discussions on Twitter in this week's rundown.
By Brian Warmoth • July 27, 2012 -
Maryland schools move to lower suspensions and expulsions
Changes come amid national debate about whether schools resort to suspension and expulsion too often.
By Roger Riddell • July 26, 2012 -
Apple OS X Mountain Lion upgrade advice for education offices
The latest version of Apple’s operating system is expected to launch on Wednesday.
By Lindsey Smith • July 24, 2012 -
22 Twitter hashtags for K-12 education news
Education Dive assembles a list of helpful hashtags for discussion K-12 issues on Twitter.
By Brian Warmoth • July 24, 2012 -
The District Leaders Have Spoken--They want iPads and Digital Textbooks
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Mobile technology has the potential to be the next boom industry for education. Companies interested in tapping into this market now have a resource that defines the wants and needs of district leaders related to mobile devices with the National Survey on Mobile Techno...
By Lindsey Smith • July 24, 2012 -
Louisiana private schools face tougher regulations for voucher program
Accountability plan to be presented to state education board Tuesday.
By Roger Riddell • July 23, 2012 -
News Corp. launching tablet education program through Amplify
Amplify, a new grade-school-focused business unit, will fund the project with AT&T to get tablets into more students' hands.
By Brian Warmoth • July 23, 2012 -
Is Your District Prepared for Sequestration?
Mon, 07/23/2012 - 2:41pm Is Your District Prepared for Sequestration? This time last summer, D.C. was abuzz with the “will they” or “won’t they” conversations surrounding the raising of the national debt ceiling. Ultimately, the debt ceiling was raised—but n...
By Lindsey Smith • July 23, 2012 -
Philadelphia for-profit education firm lays off all 50 of its teachers and administrators
Firm previously linked to son of U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah.
By Roger Riddell • July 23, 2012 -
Districts finding in-house programmers for apps
The buy or build question is leading some districts to hire employees instead of vendors.
By Brian Warmoth • July 20, 2012 -
7 more states granted waivers for No Child Left Behind provisions
A 2011 report revealed 48% of U.S. public schools were considered failing, judged by No Child Left Behind testing data.
By Lindsey Smith • July 20, 2012 -
Student engagement to be tested in Gates-funded research
A $498K grant from the Gates Foundation will help Clemson researchers understand students' levels of engagement via physiological responses.
By Brian Warmoth • July 20, 2012 -
Education social-networking startup Edmodo gets $25 million
Edmodo joins Coursera as an attractive startup for investment dollars.
By Brian Warmoth • July 19, 2012 -
New Oriental Education shares sink amid fraud allegations
A Muddy Waters report claims inaccurate financial statements were presented, distorting key numbers.
By Brian Warmoth • July 19, 2012 -
Study concludes that stimulus money saved teaching jobs
$100 billion in stimulus toward education in 2009 met its job goals, according to the Center on Education Policy's report.
By Brian Warmoth • July 18, 2012 -
$1B 'Master Teacher Corps' plan announced by Obama administration
$100 million will immediately be made available to incentivize teacher performance, congressional approval could be a roadblock the larger plan.
By Brian Warmoth • July 18, 2012 -
Bill Gates calls 'game-based' learning the future of education
Gates believes that video games can play a key role in modern classrooms, as evidenced by a new game that his foundation is funding.
By Brian Warmoth • July 17, 2012 -
NJ lawmakers want tuition aid for immigrants' kids
Lawmakers are pushing for the state to offer college tuition assistance to citizens - even if their parents are living in the U.S. without permission, the Associated Press reports. A bill was introduced in both chambers of the state Legislature after a U.S.-born high school student sued the st...
By Lindsey Smith • July 16, 2012 -
High schools may underutilize student feedback on teachers
A student survey system known as the Tripod Project is helping districts harness student feedback on teachers in an effort to improve academic achievement, according to U.S. News & World Report. Developed by a Harvard professor, Tripod presents students with statements such as, "My te...
By Lindsey Smith • July 16, 2012
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