K-12 Marketplace Has Major Flow of Venture Capital
Industry observers attribute the rise to heightened interest in ed-tech initiatives, decreasing technology costs, and the move to Common Core standards. (February 3, 2012)
Europe Seen Leading the Way in Hand-Held Computing
While hand-held mobile learning is viewed in the United States as a recent trend, its roots go further back in the United Kingdom and Western Europe, revealing different approaches. (February 3, 2012)
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The Case for Partisanship in Rewriting ESEA
Partisanship has a place in the No Child Left Behind reauthorization debate, says Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower. (February 2, 2012)
COMMENTARY
Common-Core Work Must Include Teacher PD
The professional development needed to support teachers' part in the common-core standards has remained an afterthought, Stephanie Hirsh writes. (January 31, 2012)
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Evaluate Teachers and Doctors the Same Way
Unless report cards account for the potential negative professional impact of working with those most in need of their respective services, doctors and teachers will avoid working with them, says Walt Gardner. (February 3, 2012)
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U.S. Education Pressured by International Comparisons
The latest Quality Counts looks at U.S. schools' international standing and lessons to be drawn from high-performing countries.
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Inside Canada's Education System
A principal, teacher, and student share their unique perspectives on the immigrant-student experience.
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Digital Directions
SPECIAL REPORT
This report, part of an ongoing series on virtual education, draws out many of the lessons to be learned from other countries regarding the deployment of virtual education. (January 30, 2012)
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How English-Language Learners Have an Edge
Non-native English speakers—who access meaning through more than one language—can offer novel insights during whole-class comprehension exercises, says one high school teacher. (February 1, 2012)
State of the States
Education is feeling the pinch as state budgets tighten. Read what the governors plan for education funding and reform in 2012 in our State of the State and budget address roundups. (February 2, 2012)
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