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Administration Unveils ESEA Renewal Blueprint
The plan aims to address complaints that the law’s current version—NCLB—is inflexible and sets the bar too low on academic achievement. ...
Texas Ed Board Adopts Social Studies Standards
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Recession Endangers Childhood Education Program
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Book Trains Critical Eye on AP Program's Impact
New research probes a broad range of questions about Advanced Placement courses and tests, as expectations for them continue to climb. ...
Lesbian Teen Sues to Force School to Hold Prom
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Pope Meets With German Bishop Amid Sex Scandal
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Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2010
Methedology Used: The rankings are based on data collected from two main sources, alumni and business schools. This year a total of 156 business schools met the criteria for participation and completed the school survey provided. Some 21,328 alumni, of the graduating class of 2006, were then asked to complete an...
Business Week Part Time MBA Rankings 2009
Following are the 2009 Part Time MBA Rankins from Business Week. Read Full Report Here Methedology Used to rank Part Time MBA Programmes: A student survey, sent to 12,414 part-time MBA students at 99 programs and completed by 4,222 (34%), measures general student satisfaction. The academic quality score consists of six equally weighted...
Oflate a lot of students have been coming up with basic queries related to part time MBA. Who must opt for part time MBA? Is part time MBA worth pursuing? Can I change careers after doing part time MBA? So on and so forth. So today we would be handling...
Go Grab those MBA Interview Opportunities
Samantha is an applicant for the MBA 2010-2012 session. She has an above average GMAT (say 680), 3.0 GPA, is a state level Tennis player, has a 4+ years work experience at a Software Company, and has some A grades in some quant course that she took at the community...
Business School Profiles of 18 European Business Schools
US MBA vs UK MBA has always been a topic of contention among MBA aspirants. Being a mathematician’s wife keeps my love for numbers alive and fresh all year round. We have already assessed some numbers for 40 US Business Schools in terms of age, class size, work experience, GMAT...
It’s been a long time since I last posted. Sindhoor came to my rescue again. Dagny Many of the questions in GMAT’s SC section are on pronoun- antecedent agreement or Subject-Verb agreement. When you look at it, the concept of “Agreement” is very simple to understand. Singular subject should...
TLN Teacher Voices
Taking the Words Right Out of My Mouth
A review of the Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software Reviewed by Karen Van Duyn High School English & Drama (IN) Teacher Leaders Network What does a teacher do when she starts to feel like an “old” teacher? Why, she......
Expert Advice about Parent Engagement: An Interview with Larry Ferlazzo
The ever-resourceful Larry Ferlazzo joined the Teacher Leaders Network in 2008, to our great benefit. Larry was already well-established as a leading edu-blogger, widely known for his daily outpouring of useful (most often web-based) teaching ideas and resources. Larry entered......
Powerful Teaching with Metaphors & Analogies
Metaphors and Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching in any Subject by Rick Wormeli (Stenhouse, 2009) Reviewed by Marsha Ratzel, NBCT Middle Grades Math and Science (KS) Teacher Leaders Network Metaphors and Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching in any Subject taught......
Caring Teachers and Confident Students
Teaching as an Act of Love by Richard Lakin (iUniverse, 2009) The Complete Guide to the Gap Year by Kristin M. White (Jossey-Bass, 2009) Reviewed by David B. Cohen, NBCT High School English & Counseling (CA) Teacher Leaders Network Newspapers......
PLCs at Work: An Interview with Teacher-Author Bill Ferriter
Bill Ferriter’s participation in the Teacher Leaders Network began in March 2003, on the very first day of TLN’s existence. We kicked off TLN with an email conversation among 200 accomplished teachers, mostly from states in the southeast. The idea......
Teachers as Senior Education Leaders
In a recent blog post at On the Shoulders of Giants, TLN member Ariel Sacks reflected on a new program planned by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, aimed at producing 21st century education leaders prepared with the business skills......
L.A. Times - Education
The Big Idea -- it's bad education policy
One simple solution for our schools? A captivating promise, but a false one. ...
Obama seeks to overhaul No Child Left Behind
The president, in his weekly address, says he'll send a blueprint to Congress to give high school grads 'the best chance to succeed' globally. Republicans insist the economy is being ignored. ...
Franklin High's Academic Decathlon team is first to compete at state tournament
The nine-member team, which represents a school that has struggled academically and faced gang problems, surprised many with its success at the LAUSD competition in February. ...
Serious lab accident at UCLA in 2007 was not reported
A student was injured in an incident similar to one in 2008 that killed a research assistant. ...
UC ordered to refund $38 million to professional degree students
The university violated a pledge that fees would not rise during students' enrollments, a judge rules. The refunds will apply to students who began law, medicine, nursing and other programs in 2003. ...
Minneapolis schools on lockdown for 2nd day
Minneapolis Public Schools is on lockdown for the second day after a threat was made on a social networking site. ...
Antonio Viva
edSocialMedia Bootcamp Keynote St. John's Prep
A word of thanks to the folks over at WhippleHill Communications for streaming my keynote at the edSocialMedia Bootcamp at St. John’s Prep in Danvers, MA. Over 20 independent school professionals in all areas of advancement came together to learn and discuss the power and potential of social media in...
A Conversation with Michael Stoner
A few weeks back I was contacted by Michael Stoner, one of the partners at mStoner, a leading edge marketing and communications firm based out of Chicago. Michael was researching and writing an article for the January 2010 issue of CASE Currents Magazine. We spent part of a late afternoon...
Presentation to WA Board of Visitors
I was recently asked to make a presentation to the Academy’s Board of Visitors on Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century. The focus of the presentation was to provide a context of how has the purpose of school changed, what skills, attributes and experiences do students need to be...
Sharing thoughts on 1 to 1 Laptop Learning
I was recently inteviewed by members of Worcester Academy’s Board of Visitors regarding 1 to 1 laptop learning. ...
Monday Morning Meditation – A Great Revolution
I came across this great quote by Daisaku Ikeda, who is president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist association which claims 12 million members in 192 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and research institutions. I was searching this past weekend for some inspiration around the...
Good Morning. I am Mr. Viva, the Associate Head of School here at Worcester Academy. And I know for a fact that many of you recognize me more from my voice than anything else. Does this sound familiar? “Good Morning, This is Mr. Viva, due to dangerous weather conditions, Worcester...
TerenceOnline: An eLearning Resource Center
Will the Bloom Box become the "Google" of Green Energy?
Google took the information age by storm. Could this be the black swan, the "google" if you will, of the green energy age? What do you think? Check out this video.Watch CBS News Videos Onlineoriginal source - http://mashable.com/2010/02/21/bloom-box/...
Google Vs. Apple - Who is better for the internet?
I was tweeting these thoughts but it's too complex for a series of tweets/sound bites so here is a blog post to elaborate. First the facts. Both Apple and Google are Corporations and therefore have the goal of making profit for their shareholders. Both are doing everything possible to...
This is another official update to the original "Shift Happens" video. This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://mediaconvergence.economist.com...
Google's New Real-Time Search Streams Breaking News and Live Twitter Updates
From lifehacker, "It's really amazing to see live updates in search results, but there's plenty of people that don't give a hoot about what the folks on Twitter or Facebook are talking about. It will also be interesting to see how Google keeps the signal-to-noise ratio down...
How does distance learning, social networking, and other new media enrich your life?
I was recently asked the question, "How does distance learning, social networking, and other new media enrich your life … your career?" and here was my reply:I define distance learning as any method of teaching and learning that is not dependent on a geographic location. Therefore, most of our...
A new kind of computer - A new generation of computing - Google Chrome OS
The power of web apps has ushered in a new generation of computing. Web apps like gmail, youtube, lala, pandora, mint, blogger, wordpress, google maps, netflix, twitter, facebook etc have us all glued to the internet. This is good news for Google. Ever wonder why google gives away almost...
ABCTE Blog
Solving Problems By Improving Education
Today, Newsweek asked people: "In 6 words, tell us your thoughts on the American educational system." I submitted: "Improving it will solve many problems." read more...
Teach & Inspire Scholarship Application Deadline Approaching
The next deadline to apply for ABCTE's Teach & Inspire Scholarship Program is fast approaching. If you're interested in teaching in a high-need school and subject in Florida, Mississippi or South Carolina, Teach & Inspire provides accepted participants with a full scholarship and materials needed to become certified teachers through...
Introducing ABCTE One-Day Sales
If you subscribe to the monthly ABCTE Circular email, then you may have read about this in the edition that came out last week. We receive a huge response anytime we offer a discount on the ABCTE program and we’ve decided to try something new—-we will now hold special one-day...
The blog has undergone a couple of changes but, before I write anything else about that, I want to take a minute to recognize Dave Saba, our former CEO who has been blogging here in this space for the last few years. Among the many things Dave accomplished at ABCTE...
As many of you know, I will be moving on next week to the American College of Education. For those that I have followed this blog, please continue to follow as the ABCTE team will keep you informed on education reform. For those that wish to continue to follow me,...
What spreads faster then H1N1 in elementary schools now? According to an article in Business Week entitled Female Teachers Pass on Math Anxieties it is a fear of math. read more...
Education News
Marty: And that's why they call it education
I finally figured out how to cut 90 percent of the cost of California's K-12 education for failing schools....
Firing of all teachers at RI school roils students
When Delgado's parents could not take her to visit Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass., her French teacher at Central Falls High School, Hope Evanoff, took her by train and helped her seek financial aid....
Are vouchers boon or bane to education?
Antoinette Ellington works in the office of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Asbury Park to defray tuition so her 7-year-old son Mikhai can attend classes there....
Tracking teachers: Education colleges tied to students' success
If Louisiana excels at one thing in education, it's accountability measures. Year after year, the Louisiana Department of Education is praised for creating meaningful standards for public school students....
Marion County teenager gets perfect SAT score
An Ocala-area teenager has recorded a perfect SAT score. Vanguard High School junior Vikash Sinha says his flawless 2,400 score on the exam was a bit of a surprise, because he hadn't achieved a perfect score in practice exams....
2 men charged in 2008 shooting death in SC
Two men have been charged with murder in connection with the 2008 shooting death of a South Carolina high school student....
Betty's Blog
Kiss a snake? I don't think so!
It amazes me that principals make these strange deals with students to get them to read, study for tests, etc. As my grandson said the other day, "Principals do some crazy things." Kissing a Burmese python has to be one of the craziest. When I saw this picture , my...
It is so hard for me to throw anything away. I still have some of my dad's former textbooks from his days back in the early fifties at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. For some reason, everything takes on sentimental value for me. Even as a former math teacher, I...
Yesterday the boys were in the back seat of my car having a conversation. We were driving back from Cici's Pizza after a trip putting quarters in a machine in an attempt to get rare squishy pencil toppers. Those things have become quite the rage around here. Kids collect and...
Still recognizable after all these years
Wednesday was an early dismissal day, so while a lot of teachers were busy working, I took my grandsons to a birthday party at Pizza Madness. That's not the real name, but you know what I mean. Kids are running in all directions swiping their cards to play games. Adults...
30 Ways to go green in the classroom
If you are looking for some pretty unique ways to go greener in your classroom , check out the creative ideas on this healthy green living blog. I especially like ideas #3 and #4 since they involve art projects and plants. The world has really changed since my childhood. My...
The snow is beautifully coming down in our neck of the suburbs, and the sub system is going nuts with calls. I know we must have a lot of upset kids who want to just pop out of those school doors and enjoy the snow. Most of the surrounding districts...
Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog
Statistical Errors in Medical Studies
I have written about statistics, and various traps people often fall into when examining data before (Statistics Insights for Scientists and Engineers, Data Can’t Lie – But People Can be Fooled, Correlation is Not Causation, Simpson’s Paradox). And also have posted about reasons for systemic reasons for medical studies...
Autonomous Underwater Robot Decides on Experiment Options
Ocean robot plans experiments the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) used a piece of software called “T rex”, which operates in a similar way to the software used to control Nasa’s Mars Exploration Rovers – helping them to avoid obstacles on the surface of the Red Planet. One main difference between the two...
IBM Fellow Grady Booch on the Value of Engineering?
In this webcast IBM Fellow Grady Booch discusses the critical role engineering plays in moving society forward. And he explores the history of science and engineering. This interesting webcast would be a good video to show children, or anyone, to bring out the desire to study engineering and...
Innovation, America and Engineering: NAE Grand Challenges Summit
Innovation, America and Engineering: NAE Grand Challenges Summit in Raleigh, North Carolina: Friday morning in Raleigh, a group of engineers from industry, academia and even government met to discuss the threat of America losing its global lead in innovation. The panel discussion was part of a Summit on the National Academy...
Norway Reduces Infections by Reducing Antibiotic Use
Norway conquers infections by cutting use of antibiotics Twenty-five years ago, Norwegians were also losing their lives to this bacteria. But Norway’s public health system fought back with an aggressive program that made it the most infection-free country in the world. A key part of that program was cutting back...
Antibiotics Breed Superbugs Faster Than Expected
We continue to endanger ourselves by using antibiotics inappropriately. This is one of many things that happen when the public at large is ignorant about science and ignores scientific evidence. I don’t believe people want to put other people’s lives in danger. But our behavior in the...
The Collegiate Way
Collegiate Reading Recommendations
Books to take to the beach or set beside your summer easy chair....
Australian Residential College Research Reports
The Australian Survey of Student Engagement looks at residential colleges....
Collegiate Confirmation from Macau
The University of Macau’s Hengqin campus will have a residential college system....
Contemplating Collegiate Plans for Pakistan
A strategy session with Ahmad Durrani of the Lahore University of Management Sciences....
Perhaps this means our revolution is complete....
Residential Colleges for the University of Macau?
The Macao Daily News recommends a collegiate system for the new Hengqin campus....
College Admissions Counseling
Medical School Essays for BS/MD Applicants
Last time we spoke about the college essay for the BS/MD applicant. Today we are going to discuss what is important for the medical school essay for the BS/MD programs. The medical school questions may change from year to year but in my experience they will fall into one of four...
College Essays for BS/MD Applicants
Students applying to BS/MD programs need to write essays for the undergraduate college as well as the medical school. Today I want to talk about what you need to consider to write the best college essay. I am not talking about general things to consider when you write a college essay....
Hamilton College Goes Need Blind for Admissions
Hamilton College in New York has announced that they will now be need blind for admissions. For those of you not up on your college financial aid jargon, this means that Hamilton will now make admissions decision without considering whether a student will need financial aid. Hamilton also meets 100%...
6 Steps to Make Yourself the Best BS/MD Candidate
Younger students who are potentially interested in BS/MD programs often ask what they can do to make themselves the best candidate. Here are 6 steps that freshman and sophomores can take to strengthen their eventual applications. Step 1, get good grades. At a minimum, you need to be in the top...
The Limitations of High School Counselors for College Admissions
A new survey out from Public Agenda and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has confirmed what I have said before here many times: don’t expect much college admissions help from your high school counselor. The survey involved 614 people between the ages of 22 and 30 who had...
Book Review-Life’s Little College Admissions Insights
Life’s Little College Admissions Insights-Top Tips from the Country’s Most Acclaimed Guidance Counselors is a new book by Eric and Cole Yaverbaum. Before continuing on to the review I want to disclose that I am one of the counselor’s quoted in the book. This book is a great place to start...
Facing History and Ourselves Feed
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Facing History Students from Rwanda to Travel to Boston and Washington, D.C.
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Hundreds Killed in Nigeria’s Religious and Ethnic Violence
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Armenian Genocide Vote Irks Turkey
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Nazi Film Still Pains Relatives
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Top School Fundraisers
School Carnival Guide, On Sale Til End of February
Whether your school is gearing up for a spring carnival or looking ahead to fall, the School Carnival Guide will help your event to be a great success. This is a book authored by Jim Berigan, who for over a year wrote for the Top School Fundraisers blog. Now...
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education Offers Grants to Public Schools
Over the past four years the Lowe’s Toolbox for Education program has provided more than $17 million to almost 4,000 schools across the country. They don’t just choose a few schools either. Lowe’s will provide grants to public schools and public school parent teacher groups – at more...
8 Tips from an Experienced School Carnival Organizer
Recently, I had a wonderful conversation with Barbara Rypkema, who is the organizer of the PTO Carnival for the Tomahawk Elementary School in Lynchburg, Virginia. We spoke for over an hour, and I learned a great deal from her. Below, I have listed eight of the best tips she shared...
How to boost the sales of your cookie dough fundraiser sale
Let your sellers and supporters know ahead of time about the sale. Make sure they know how much their support is appreciated. Create specific goals for the fundraiser. How much money needs to be raised? How many tubs per person will need to be sold to reach this goal? Set a reasonable...
Discounted Magazine Subscriptions as a Fundraiser
Offer discounted magazine subscriptions to people who would like to support your school or other group. Parents, families and students just go online to order their favorite magazines and 40% goes to the school. These magazines are all offered at discounted prices – up to 95% off newsstand prices –...
5 Reasons Why a Golf Tournament Can Benefit your School
Many nonprofit organizations host golf tournaments to raise funds, but it’s not as common with public or even private schools. Why? A golf tournament can be a significant fundraiser for your school so I would strongly recommend considering one. Here are five really good reasons to consider hosting a golf...
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Mr. Duncan: Save the National Writing Project
Dear Arne Duncan, The rumor on the winds that whispers through the halls is that funding for the National Writing Project will soon be threatened. I understand that the Obama administration is moving to consolidate expenses by merging a number of programs into one fund. I realize that the...
“Internet Literacy: The Genre” : CUE 2010
Thank you as well to those of you (wow! there were a lot of you!) who attended my “Internet Literacy: The Genre” session at CUE. As promised, here is the keynote itself to peruse at your leisure. As with everything on my site, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons...
“Podcasting with 70 Middle Schoolers”: CUE 2010
Thank you to everyone who attended my session today at CUE on “Podcasting with 70 Middle Schoolers.” As promised, here is the keynote itself to peruse at your leisure. As with everything on my site, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported...
Part 3 of 3: The Future of Teacher Prep Programs
Well, what began as mere musings, seems to have become a fully fleshed fantasy for what a teacher prep program of the future may look like. It all began in Part 1 of this series of posts. It continued in Part 2, and now it concludes in this,...
Part 2 of 3: The Future of Teacher Prep Programs
In yesterday’s post, Part I of 3: The Future of Teacher Prep Programs, I fantasized about what a credential program might look like years down the line. Here is Part II of my post that will address the following points: The Staff Awards Towards a Differentiated Credential Again, I feel the need...
Part I of 3: The Future of Teacher Prep Programs
My credential program was more of a necessary hoop than a valuable preparation program. My Ed Psych professor read his screenplay to us all semester long. My Methods of Math professor hadn’t been in a classroom for 30 years, and before then, it was only for six months....
Cool Cat Teacher Blog
Daily Spotlight on Education 03/12/2010
YouTube - Social Networking: Horizon ProjectExcellent social networking video from the archives of FlatClassroom projects. Demoing this at MACUL.tags: education, digitalcitizenship, bestpracticesFunny or Die's Presidential Reunion from Will Ferrell, Chevy Chase, Ron Howard, Jim Carrey, Fred Armisen, Darrell Hammond, Dan Aykroyd, Maya Rudolph, Dana Carvey, FOD Team, Jake, and Antonio...
Daily Spotlight on Education 03/11/2010
Google GroupsA wonderful way to share information with a group of people. We use these behind the scenes to manage all of our flat classroom projects.tags: education, learningShare Documents and Files Online | Create a Free Website | Microsoft Office LiveIF you use office, you should set up the office...
MI-Champions: A phenomenal mentoring program in Michigan and other ponderings at #MACUL10
Hello, my friends, I'm in Michigan this lovely evening and just had a delightful chat with my good friends Anne Truger, Hall Davidson, Steve Dembo, and Rushton Hurley - all fellow spotlight speakers here at MACUL 2010. Attendance is up, which is delightfully great news - about 3,300 will be...
Daily Spotlight on Education 03/10/2010
Women of Web2.0.4 - Discussion with Patsy Lanclos | EdTechTalkGetting requests for information on keyboarding research - Patsy Lanclos, who worked with Texas Standards for years in this area gave the most comprehensive discussion I've heard back in an older archived version of the Women of Web 2.0 show that...
John Maxwell in his book Attitude 101 quotes a story from two artists David Bayles and Ted Orland about an art teacher who did an experiment with his grading system. The ceramics teacher told the left half of the room that they would just be graded on the quantity of what...
Daily Spotlight on Education 03/09/2010
EBook Trends and Information from the Horizon Report 2010eBooks are becoming more affordable and with devices like the Kindle, Nook, and soon to be released iPad, ebooks are becoming more practical (as well as environmentally friendly as they save paper.) This trend is predicted to move full scale into...
Kate Says
Look at how pretty and shiny it is!
Okay. I’ve embedded and attached a document here which took a LOT of work, a wee bit of loud language and a lot of ignoring of family members and friends to complete. To put it VERY plainly, the document is a unit plan/book club plan based on 3 novels by Natasha Friend...
Not only am I doing YA Lit this semester, but I’m doing my second round of Content Lit as well – can’t have too much of that, right? Hmmmm. Anyway, feel free to dig through my Delicious links for YA Lit and Content Lit – all kinds of good stuff there....
Booktalk: Perfect (Natasha Friend)
Title: Perfect Author: Natasha Friend Publisher: Scholastic Date published: September 2006 Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction Grade level: 6-12 Booktalker: Kate Olson Friend, N. (2004) Perfect. New York: Scholastic. Background note about the author/selection (Script for introduction to booktalk): Many teenagers deal with the issues that Isabelle struggles with in Perfect – body image, eating disorders, friendships, and grief. While there...
Book Review: Worst Case Survival – Middle School
Borgenicht, D., Winters, B. H., & Epstein, R. (2009). The worst-case scenario survival handbook: Middle school. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Title: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Middle School Author: David Borgenicht, Ben H. Winters, Robin Epstein Publisher: Chronicle Books Copyright date: 2009 Age/grade recommended: 6th – 8th grades I bought this book to have in my...
Book Review: Math Dictionary for Kids (Theresa Fitzgerald)
Fitzgerald, T. (2007). Math dictionary for kids. Waco: Prufrock Press. Title: Math Dictionary for Kids Author: Theresa R. Fitzgerald Publisher: Prufrock Press Copyright date: 2006 The Math Dictionary for Kids is a great resource for students. It states on the cover that it is for grades 4-9, but I use it quite a bit...
Book Review: The Luxe (Anna Godbersen)
Godbersen, A. (2007). The Luxe. New York: Harper Collins. Anna Godbersen has created a very enticing and addicting “teen” series – The Luxe. The books are set in turn-of-the-century Manhattan in the center of high society. The series starts out with the book The Luxe, which begins the drama-filled saga...