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Is the Stimulus Meeting Its K-12 Goals?

Friday February 12, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern
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The unprecedented $100 billion in education aid contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act had two goals: to stave off potentially draconian cuts to staff and programs, and to change America’s schools in ways aimed at improving student achievement for years to come. More than a year after the law’s enactment, where do we stand? How have districts and states used the money for economic recovery and educational change? What have been their challenges in spending so much money in a short time frame? And what do we have to look forward to in the second year of the law? Join two experts for an in-depth discussion of what the stimulus money is accomplishing.

Presenter:
• Alyson Klein, staff writer, Education Week
Guests:
• Maura Policelli, special assistant to Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller, U.S. Department of Education
Jack Jennings, president and chief executive officer, the Center on Education Policy

Complete coverage: Schools and the Stimulus



The 1-to-1 Computing Challenge: Overcoming Barriers

Thursday, March 4, 2010, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern
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Efforts to put laptops, netbooks, or other mobile computing devices in the hands of every student are gaining traction. The goal of such 1-to-1 computing initiatives is to customize students’ learning, and to enable anytime, anywhere access to Web resources. Despite budget shortfalls, Maine has been moving forward to expand its 1-to-1 computing initiative, and school districts around the country are following suit, saying the programs are having a positive impact on student learning in the digital age. Join three experts for an in-depth discussion of 1-to-1 computing.

Presenter:
• Michelle R. Davis, senior writer, Education Week Digital Directions
Guests:
Matt Federoff, chief information officer, Vail School District, Vail, Ariz.
Steve Garton, coordinator of educational technology, Maine Department of Education
Brion Deitsch, superintendent, Fairview Park City Schools, Fairview Park, Ohio

Complete coverage in the winter edition of Digital Directions.



On-Demand Webinars


Quality Counts 2010: The New Surge Toward Common Standards

This Webinar was streamed live on Monday, January 19 @ 2 p.m.
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Quality Counts 2010 explores the widening national debate over common academic standards. Join the report’s authors for an in-depth discussion of what they discovered through their research and reporting, as well as the EPE Research Center’s annual updates in four key areas of education policy and performance.

Guests:
Christopher B. Swanson, vice president of research and development, Editorial Projects in Education
Amy M. Hightower, Quality Counts project director, EPE Research Center director
Mark W. Bomster, assistant managing editor, Education Week



Using Data to Improve Student Achievement

This Webinar was streamed live on Monday, December 1 @ 3 p.m.
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Partly because of the No Child Left Behind Act and partly because of advances in technology, a major push is under way to gather data about student achievement that can be used to inform a wide range of educational decisions. But is the increased collection of student data yielding commensurate improvements in achievement? In this webinar, two experts have in-depth discussion of why data is helpful, how to collect it, and how it can be used to help support student achievement.

Guests:
Martha Greenway, deputy superintendent of organizational advancement, Fulton County, Ga. schools

Baron Rodriguez, director of state data systems, Data Quality Campaign



Can Web 2.0 Save Teacher Professional Development?

This Webinar was streamed live on Wednesday, November 18 @ 4 p.m.
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Many observers now believe that, when used effectively, digital technologies could ultimately break the grip of the one-shot, drive-by workshop in schools and spur the growth of teacher-learning opportunities that are truly collaborative and job-embedded. Yet many questions remain. In this webinar, two experts address these questions and bring you up to date on the latest ideas and trends in online teacher learning and how you can take advantage of them.

Guests:
Christopher Sessums, assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Florida

Barbara Treacy, Director, EdTech Leaders Online, Education Development Center


Premium Webinar: Driving Achievement With Ed Tech

This Webinar was streamed live on Thursday, Nov. 5
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Education Week’s premium webinar features innovative leaders who will share best practices for using technology to drive achievement along the spectrum of K-12 decisionmaking. Webinar guests detail specific tactics for deploying educational technology to improve student learning, including:

Guests:
Joe Kitchens, superintendent, Western Heights School District, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Barbara Greenstone, statewide integration mentor, Maine Learning Technology Initiative

Chris Small, vice president of curriculum and instruction, R. Frank Nims Middle School, Tallahassee, Fla.



Long-Term Strategies: Maximizing Your Stimulus Dollars

This Webinar was streamed live on Thursday, Oct. 15 @ 2 p.m.
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The $100 billion in economic-stimulus funds going to America’s schools present districts with a unique opportunity and a challenge. How can school districts spend the one-time funding in ways that bring lasting positive academic effects and ensure a good return on taxpayers’ investment? Join us as two superintendents describe how their districts are deploying their stimulus dollars to achieve the greatest long-term impact.

Guests:
Timothy Mitchell, Superintendent, Chamberlain School District 7-1, South Dakota

Benny Gooden, Superintendent, Fort Smith Public Schools, Arkansas



E-Learning's Role When the Flu or Other Emergencies Strike

This Webinar was streamed live on Thursday, Oct. 8 @ 2 p.m.
This Webinar was streamed live on Thursday, Oct. 8 @ 2 p.m.
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Concerns about school closings or significant absences caused by the H1N1 flu virus are pushing schools to use technology more heavily in their day-to-day activities and explore creative ways of ensuring continuity of learning. Some schools with e-learning tools or programs already in place are expanding or expediting their use. Such tactics are also being considered for use during closings prompted by hurricanes, snow, or other situations.


Related Content:
Swine Flu Plans Put E-Learning in the Spotlight
• Complete coverage: Schools and the Flu

Guests:
Susan D. Patrick, president and chief executive officer, International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL)

Debra S. Munk, principal, Rockville High School, Maryland

Alice E. Owen, executive director of technology, Irving Independent School District, Texas



Stimulus: The Second Wave

This Webinar was streamed live on Thursday, Aug. 20 @ 2 p.m.
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The U.S. Department of Education is gearing up to award $5 billion from the federal economic-stimulus package to school districts, states, and education nonprofit organizations through several competitive grant programs. What are the requirements for Race to the Top, innovation, and other grant programs? How can leaders best compete for those awards? And how can the money be used to drive education reform? Join our guests, two high-level officials from the education department and a state education commissioner, as they discuss the details of the grant competitions and the education reform challenges ahead for K-12 leaders.


• Related Content:
U.S. Dept. of Ed.: Race to the Top Fund
'Race to Top' Guidelines Stress Use of Test Data
Racing for an Early Edge
'Innovation' Push Raising Questions

Guests:
Joanne Weiss, Race to the Top director at the U.S. Department of Education

Susan A. Gendron, Maine’s commissioner of education and board president of the Council of Chief State School Officers

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Cellphones as Instructional Tools

This Webinar was streamed live on Thursday, July 23 @ 4 p.m.
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Cellphones have been called “the new paper and pencil” or “the new laptop,” and they could be in the hands of as many as 10 million to 15 million schoolchildren in the next few years. For their instructional potential and ability to connect students to the Internet, mobile devices are quietly making their way into schools in the United States and abroad. What does your district, school, or classroom need to make this technology leap? Guests will discuss policy and implementation issues and offer practical curriculum ideas for every subject.


• Related Content:
Students Turn On Their Cellphones for Classroom Lessons
Mobile Devices Seen as Key to 21st-Century Learning
Adding a Touch of Technology

Guests:
Elliot Soloway, professor, School of Information, School of Education, and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

Liz Kolb, education technology instructor, University of Michigan and Madonna University; author, Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education

Ron Myers, principal, Trinity Meadows Intermediate School, Keller, Texas

Moderator:
The webinar was moderated by Elizabeth Rich, online editor of teachermagazine.org and Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook

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The Nation’s Dropout Crisis: The Educators’ Perspectives

This Webinar was streamed live on Tuesday, July 7 @ 2p.m.
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Content provided by AT&T and the AT&T Foundation, in association with Civic Enterprises, America’s Promise Alliance, and Peter D. Hart Research Associates.


“On the Front Lines of Schools” is the latest chapter in a series of seminal reports that represent the critical voices in the dropout debate: students, parents, and now, teachers. The report identifies “expectation gaps” and the need for more support at home as major factors in the rising tide of high school dropouts. The study gives voice to hundreds of educators, including teachers, principals, superintendents, and school board members. This webinar will allow even more educators and education experts to weigh in on the debate with their unique perspectives.

Guests:
John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises

Geoff Garin, president of Peter D. Hart Research Associates

Moderator:
Laura Sanford, president of the AT&T Foundation.

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Diplomas Count 2009: Broader Horizons

This Webinar was streamed live on Thursday, June 11 @ 3 p.m.

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At a time when only seven in 10 American students are leaving high school with a diploma, President Barack Obama is demanding that the nation lift its educational sights by asking all Americans to commit to at least one year of education after high school. The 2009 edition of Education Week’s Diplomas Count report, produced with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, investigates the issue of college readiness, exploring national policy debates as well as state and local initiatives to prepare all students for postsecondary education. The report also includes the EPE Research Center’s latest graduation-rate analysis, which identifies several dozen big-city school systems that are exceeding expectations.


Join us for a discussion about the college-readiness agenda, the state of American high schools, and the future of the movement to improve them.


• Related Content: Diplomas Count 2009

Guests:
Christopher B. Swanson, director of the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center

Sterling C. Lloyd, senior research associate for the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center

Moderator:
Catherine Gewertz, assistant editor of Education Week and senior writer for Diplomas Count 2009

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Education Stimulus: A Progress Report

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Schools are starting to get their first checks from the initial round of federal stimulus funding. What tripwires have they faced so far in securing and sustainably spending the money as the U.S. Department of Education suggests? How have school districts responded to the surge of funding for Title I, professional development, and IDEA? As educators prepare for the next wave of funding, what lessons can they draw from the past three months?


Join our guests, two Education Week reporters who have been covering the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act since its inception, as they look at the law’s promise for education and the progress made to date.


• Complete Coverage: Schools and the Stimulus

Presenters:
Alyson Klein, Education Week Staff Writer and Politics K-12 Blogger

Michele McNeil, Education Week Assistant Editor and Politics K-12 Blogger

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Sponsored by:
Lindamood-Bell



Creating and Managing Powerful Professional Learning Teams

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Professional learning teams are small groups of educators working together at a school to improve instruction and learning. They are quickly gaining prominence as a model for teacher professional development. At their best, they offer educators onsite, research-based, embedded training with the shared objective of advancing student learning.

In this webinar, Anne Jolly and Nancy Fichtman Dana explain how to create the framework and establish ground rules for building successful professional learning teams. Together, they answer questions on how you can form powerful and productive professional learning teams at your school.

Presenters:
Anne Jolly, educational consultant and President of PLTWorks, LLC, former Alabama Teacher of the Year, and member of the Alabama Governor’s Commission on Quality Teaching.

Nancy Fichtman Dana, Professor of Education and Director for School Improvement at the University of Florida.



Stimulating Ed-Tech Investments: How to Maximize Stimulus Dollars

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contains several pots of money slated for educational technology. Those funding sources could be used to help K-12 schools to use new digital tools to improve teaching and learning.


This free, live webinar will help school leaders answer such vital questions as:

  1. What money is immediately available for schools to funnel directly into ed-tech projects?
  2. What types of ed-tech programs should schools spend stimulus money on?
  3. What parts of the stimulus bill, though not earmarked for ed tech, could help schools achieve their technology goals?
  4. How can the money be used to improve schools’ use of data management systems?
  5. How should schools target the money available for professional development?

Presenters:
Don Knezek, chief executive officer, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

Keith R. Krueger, chief executive officer, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

Mary Ann Wolf, Executive Director, State Educational Technology Directors Association (SEDTA)


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Sponsored by:
Excelsior Software


Technology Counts 2009

Breaking Away From Tradition: E-Education Expands Opportunities for Raising Achievement

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Technology Counts 2009 examines how online learning is disrupting traditional ways of delivering education and what this means for educators as they rethink the best ways to improve their schools and raise achievement. A 2007 report from the U.S. Department of Education, for instance, found that 25 percent of high school students attend schools that make no Advanced Placement courses available to them. E-learning advocates suggest that online courses can help fill that void.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about Technology Counts 2009, and how e-education is expanding opportunities for raising achievement in schools.

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Presenters:
Susan Patrick, president and CEO, International Association for K-12 Online Learning.

William R. Thomas, director of educational technology, Southern Regional Education Board.

Sponsored by:
SAS


Creating Effective Teacher Professional Development in Tough Economic Times

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Teaching experts don't necessarily see the current financial crunch in schools as all bad when it comes to teacher professional development. Many believe it could bring focus and innovative thinking to practices that are too often fragmented and hidebound by convention. This webinar looks at how schools and districts can rethink staff development programs in order both to control costs and improve effectiveness.

Presenters:
Stephanie Hirsh, executive director of the National Staff Development Council.

Regis A. Shields, director of Education Resource Strategies.

Sponsored by:
Blackboard, Inc.


Economic Stimulus & Powering Through the Recession

What will President Obama's stimulus package mean for K-12 budgets? How can you make best use of federal dollars to protect instruction and extend achievement amid cutbacks at the state and local levels?

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Presenters:
Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools.

Deborah Rigsby, director of federal legislation for the National School Boards Association.

Joseph Conaty, U.S. Department of Education.

Join our expert panel of practitioners and policy analysts for this free webinar on what’s coming down the pike and how to power your way through the recession.

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Sponsored by:
Compass Learning


Webinar: Making Algebra Easier

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Why do so many students find algebra so difficult, and what can districts and private curriculum-developers do to help? Many students fail or are barely able to keep up in their first algebra course, typically taught in 8th or 9th grade. State and school district officials, are trying to solve this problem in several ways, such as by encouraging better teacher preparation, including an emphasis on algebra, and by revamping courses and curricula to help struggling students, such as through the creation of “algebra readiness” classes aimed at girding students for the challenges of that class.

Presenters:
Jon R. Star, an educational psychologist and professor of education at Harvard University.

Mary Jo Tavormina, an elementary mathematics manager at Chicago Public Schools.

Jesch Reyes, an algebra coordinator for Chicago public schools and former algebra teacher.

Sponsored by:
Compass Learning


Webinar: Quality Counts 2009: Portrait of a Population

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Quality Counts 2009

According to Quality Counts 2009: Portrait of a Population, the nation and most states have failed to improve the opportunities for students to succeed throughout their lives. The report also details the urgent challenges posed by ELL students, and the often insufficient responses of federal and state policymakers.

Guests:
Christopher B. Swanson, Director, Editorial Projects in Education Research Center

Amy M. Hightower, deputy director, Editorial Projects in Education Research Center

Mary Ann Zehr, assistant editor, Education Week

Brought to you by the: EPE Research Center


How School Districts Are Enhancing Safety and Communication with Severe Weather Alerting Technology
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