According to a new report released Wednesday, more than 85 percent of teachers and principals want access to Web resources that will help them provide differentiated instruction to students. Does this mean that funds spent on instructional print materials should be shifted over to support digital media? According to ed tech firm Thinkronize, which commissioned the research, it does.
One teacher's creative - and controversial - solution for making up budget cuts: Sell ad space on his calculus tests and quizzes.
Early information on the Gates' education plan includes funding for professional development and a push for higher teacher salaries.
The National School Board Association calls for funding and policy to support 21st century skills, instruction, and assessment in schools.
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Blogger Elizabeth Sullivan looks at the efforts of Science Debate 2008 and breaks down where McCain and Obama stand on science education and funding for education research.
EdTech's "One Giant Leap for Kids" campaign is ralling support to ensure 21st century learning is part of the next president's agenda. Website compiles learning and technology success stories, links to tech resources for educators, petitions, samples of PSAs the group is currently running, and tools for promoting the cause.
A look at the rise of education technology spending, and what is being used for.
The Florida legislature is facing a huge budgetary shortfall - and the plan is to take a whole lot out of education to make up for it.
But in academia these days, that person is less a subject of ridicule than
of soul-searching about what can done to shorten the time, sometimes
much of a lifetime, it takes for so many graduate students to, well,
graduate. The Council of Graduate Schools, representing 480
universities in the United States and Canada, is halfway through a
seven-year project to explore ways of speeding up the ordeal.
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According to a new report released Wednesday, more than 85 percent of teachers and principals want access to Web resources that will help them provide differentiated instruction to students. Does this mean that funds spent on instructional print materials should be shifted over to support digital media? According to ed tech firm Thinkronize, which commissioned the research, it does.
One teacher's creative - and controversial - solution for making up budget cuts: Sell ad space on his calculus tests and quizzes.
The National School Board Association calls for funding and policy to support 21st century skills, instruction, and assessment in schools.
A look at the rise of education technology spending, and what is being used for.
The Florida legislature is facing a huge budgetary shortfall - and the plan is to take a whole lot out of education to make up for it.
But in academia these days, that person is less a subject of ridicule than of soul-searching about what can done to shorten the time, sometimes much of a lifetime, it takes for so many graduate students to, well, graduate. The Council of Graduate Schools, representing 480 universities in the United States and Canada, is halfway through a seven-year project to explore ways of speeding up the ordeal.
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