For best access to edweek.org, login. For mobile version, click here. To ensure delivery, add us to your address book.
Webinar--Advertisement (leaderboard)
Daily coverage of education news, commentary, special reports, and top jobs.
  August 20, 2012 [Mobile] [Online Version] [Printer-Friendly] [Login]
 
TODAY'S TOP STORY
As the party conventions near, Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan spurs debate on support for K-12 and colleges.
For more stories, visit Education Week's homepage.

Advertisement
Voyager -- Advertisement Buy New VmathLive® Now & Save 15%!
New VmathLive® is finally here! More action, new avatars and a graphic-rich environment to motivate, engage and keep your students coming back for more. Get your students ready for the 2012-2013 Math Mania Season and SAVE 15% off your purchase. Offer ends 09/11/2012. Enter and Save MATHMANIA15

TODAY'S COMMENTARY
Teacher pension systems need a significant overhaul, write Laura Overdeck, Arthur Levine, and Christopher Daggett.
View more Commentaries from Education Week.
Follow Education Week Commentary @EdWeekComm

Advertisement
School Play DVD and PD Guide --Advertisement Stage a memorable staff development experience with School Play, an award-winning documentary film that reveals the profound impact of knowing and nurturing students, both at school and at home. The PD Guide provides options for both full- and half-day workshops, discussion questions, handouts, and more. Click here for details!

TODAY'S MUST-READ
Commentary
Stanley S. Litow of IBM says the nation needs more innovative, STEM-focused schools.
Preview by clicking headline, or subscribe for full access.

MORE NEWS
State-Local Standoff Over Charters in Tenn.
(August 17, 2012, Charters & Choice Blog)
Judge Rules Kansas City Student Transfers Violate State Law
(August 17, 2012, District Dossier Blog)
Middle Income Students Incur Highest Student-Loan Debt
(August 20, 2012, College Bound Blog)
Bookshare Plans to Make Graphics, Math in Books More Accessible
(August 20, 2012, On Special Education Blog)
Pittsburgh Steeler Covers District's Pay-to-Play Fees
(August 17, 2012, Schooled in Sports Blog)

MORE VIEWS
Education, Not the Economy, Is the Most Important Issue
(August 20, 2012, John Wilson Unleashed Blog)
How to Get Kids to Work as a Team If the Adults Around Them Can't
(August 18, 2012, Finding Common Ground Blog)
Should Your School Replace Textbooks With Ereaders?
(August 18, 2012, Vander Ark on Innovation Blog)
Confusing Standards and Pedagogy
(August 17, 2012, On Performance Blog)
Competition Won't Work in Schools
(August 20, 2012, Walt Gardner's Reality Check Blog)

OUR COMMUNITY
Comment of the Day
The continued adversarial relationship between home education and public education is useless, pointless, and immature.
Susan.R

Weekly Forum Discussion
What are your favorite online teaching tools? What online resources, if any, have made your job easier? And how have you used them to improve your teaching?
Follow EdWeek on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news and insight. Education Week on Twitter Education Week Facebook Page

 
WEBINAR TOMORROW
Managing the Print-to-Digital Transition
Tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET
Officials, educators, and publishers have pushed for schools to replace print textbooks with e-texts and digital content, to save money and improve learning in the process. But how are school districts managing the digital transition right now, in a time of budget cuts and uncertainty about technology's effectiveness in education? Register now.
MOST POPULAR STORIES
1. Football or Music? What's the Best K-12 Investment? (Opinion)

2. Hurdles in Pairing General, Special Education Teachers

3. The Common Core Is Not the Problem (Leadership 360 Blog)

4. Why Ed Tech Is Not Transforming How Teachers Teach

5. Is Advanced Placement's Value in the Class or the Test? (Inside School Research Blog)

Some stories may require subscription.
Education Week Events

Chat Postsecondary Transition in Special Education: A Parent and Student Perspective Chat June 30, 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Sign up for e-mail reminder.

Search Education Jobs
Top Jobs from TopSchoolJobs.org
+ High School Math and Science Teachers (STEM-based High School) The Interdistrict Science Magnet Schools at the Fairchild Wheeler Campus, Bridgeport, CT
+ SAGA TUTOR SAGA Innovations, Multiple Locations
CUSTOMER SERVICE
LOG IN to access registered content and make changes to your account. Forgot password?
SUBSCRIBE to Education Week in print and online.
VIEW frequently asked questions about registration, access, and the website.
Still need help? Contact us.

This message was intended for %%to_email%%. You are receiving this free e-newsletter because you requested it when you registered on edweek.org or teachermagazine.org. To change your e-newsletter subscriptions or other email preferences, please click here.

This free e-newsletter is a service of Editorial Projects in Education, Inc., 6935 Arlington Road, Suite 100, Bethesda, MD 20814. EPE is the publisher of Education Week, Digital Directions, Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook, edweek.org, teachermagazine.org, DigitalDirections.org, TeacherSourcebook.org, and TopSchoolJobs.org.

Copyright © 2015 Editorial Projects in Education.

Update Preferences | Customer Care | Editor Feedback | Advertising
[Education Week] [Teacher] [Digital Directions] [TopSchoolJobs]