http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/all/policy Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2008/11/the_education_departments_edte.html cherylforman Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:39:52 +0000 t561 educational technology policy margaret spellings http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=55941 The Nebraska ban on affirmative action is likely to impact technology-related programs that target women. sarahfield Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:52:59 +0000 t561 digital divide gender policy http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=55881 The National School Board Association calls for funding and policy to support 21st century skills, instruction, and assessment in schools. sarahfield Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:51:24 +0000 t561 policy assessment funding digital divide http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=55790 Policy recommendations to advance online learning chris_dede Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:05:46 +0000 t561 online learning virtual schooling distance education policy http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2008/tc20081020_821328.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_computers According to Clay Christensen and Michael Horn, while Republican Presidential candidate McCain and the Democratic candidate, Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.), both see the benefits of using technology in revamping how classrooms run, McCain's campaign early on embraced the benefits of nontraditional online education in some key ways. cherylforman Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:55:54 +0000 t561 disruptive technology politics obama mccain policy http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20080910/Next.President.Education/print/ The current policies both Presidential candidates would advocate for education chris_dede Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:33:34 +0000 t561 presidential campaign policy education http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/technology/17essay.html Yet as a new school year begins, the time may have come to reconsider how large a role technology can play in changing education. There are promising examples, both in the United States and abroad, and they share some characteristics. The ratio of computers to pupils is one to one. Technology isn’t off in a computer lab. Computing is an integral tool in all disciplines, always at the ready. mniemitz Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:16:27 +0000 policy educational technology k12 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15tier.html?ref=education Until recently, the impact of Title IX, the law forbidding sexual discrimination in education, has been limited mostly to sports. But now, under pressure from Congress, some federal agencies have quietly picked a new target: science. mniemitz Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:05:37 +0000 science science education policy http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/education/21endowments.html Actually, what buys that education is Berea’s $1.1 billion endowment, which puts the college among the nation’s wealthiest. But unlike most well-endowed colleges, Berea has no football team, coed dorms, hot tubs or climbing walls. Instead, it has a no-frills budget, with food from the college farm, handmade furniture from the college crafts workshops, and 10-hour-a-week campus jobs for students. mniemitz Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:13:47 +0000 higher education financial aid policy http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=54073;_hbguid=ef715bbc-2444-47f4-890c-06aa0d6c71c6 Education advisors for presumptive presidential nominees John McCain (R) and Barack Obama (D) outlined the candidates' stances on key issues June 6, with both emphasizing a larger role for technology in schools. mniemitz Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:18:34 +0000 k-12 educational technology policy http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/magazine/09roundtable-t.html?ref=magazine For as long as wealthy Americans have given their money away, education has been a leading recipient of their largess. Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller: the biggest philanthropists of the 20th century all gave significant portions of their fortunes to schools, teachers and libraries. mniemitz Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:33:37 +0000 education philanthropy charity policy http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/nyregion/07charter.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin A New York City charter school set to open in 2009 in Washington Heights will test one of the most fundamental questions in education: Whether significantly higher pay for teachers is the key to improving schools. mniemitz Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:44:47 +0000 charter school nyc teacher pay policy http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/arts/television/17mcgr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin FOR the eighth straight year the Bush administration has ritually proposed taking a hefty whack out of the federal subsidy for public broadcasting. The cuts would in effect slice in half the money that public television and public radio get from the government. If we follow the usual script, this means it’s time for upset listeners and viewers to rally to the cause, as they have in the past, and browbeat Congress into restoring the budget. mniemitz Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:38:32 +0000 pbs government funding policy television education http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/28/critics_say_no_child_law_hurts_the_gifted/ Washington Post / November 28, 2007 WASHINGTON - Some scholars are joining parent advocates in questioning whether the No Child Left Behind law, with its goal of universal academic proficiency, has had the unintended consequence of diverting resources and attention from the gifted. dan.donato Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:28:13 +0000 t502 t529 policy nclb http://www.setda.org/web/guest/maximizingimpactreport New report released from a collaboration between ISTE, SEDTA, and P21 jgroff Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:07:26 +0000 t529 edtech policy reform