BlogNetNews.com » Education http://www.blognetnews.com/education/ BlogNetNews.com » Education BlogNetNews.com en Joanne Jacobs: Discipline quotas http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/discipline-quotas/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:07:43 -0500 http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/discipline-quotas/ <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47768" class="comments_val">2</span><br /><p>Tucson has adopted<a href="http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_4_snd-tucson-equity-plan.html"> racial/ethnic quotas for discipline</a>, writes Heather Mac Donald on City Journal.</p> <p>Schools that suspend or expel Hispanic and black students at higher rates than white students will now get a visit from a district “Equity Team” and will be expected to remedy those disparities by reducing their <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/discipline-quotas/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNHEC6CjtOS4W6S9ithoF-5PRDU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNHEC6CjtOS4W6S9ithoF-5PRDU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNHEC6CjtOS4W6S9ithoF-5PRDU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNHEC6CjtOS4W6S9ithoF-5PRDU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: 30-Minute Chat to Tenure http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/tenure Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/tenure <p>A president says he'll interview every candidate before making a recommendation to the board and that he won't be a rubber stamp. Professors say this isn't how faculty members should win job security.</p>' <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/tenure" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pq4NRcFwH4eJPXOEykthFfdBnoY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pq4NRcFwH4eJPXOEykthFfdBnoY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pq4NRcFwH4eJPXOEykthFfdBnoY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pq4NRcFwH4eJPXOEykthFfdBnoY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: And Now For Something Completely Different http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee264 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee264 <p>40 years ago, Monty Python brought deconstruction to the telly. Scott McLemee looks on the bright side of life.</p> <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee264" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MAFm4olXF4qYtLeiiTZxzcOMgjA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MAFm4olXF4qYtLeiiTZxzcOMgjA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MAFm4olXF4qYtLeiiTZxzcOMgjA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MAFm4olXF4qYtLeiiTZxzcOMgjA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: Those Humanities Ph.D.'s http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/leaving_academia/hikel6 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/leaving_academia/hikel6 <p>Sabine Hikel considers the implications of a major study and what its findings suggest for doctoral students who may want other options.</p> <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/leaving_academia/hikel6" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x_G5zxuIeK0VKWkS_79YsdLrz1s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x_G5zxuIeK0VKWkS_79YsdLrz1s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x_G5zxuIeK0VKWkS_79YsdLrz1s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x_G5zxuIeK0VKWkS_79YsdLrz1s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: Cal State Plans to Cut Enrollment, Citing State Reductions http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/cal_state_plans_to_cut_enrollment_citing_state_reductions Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/cal_state_plans_to_cut_enrollment_citing_state_reductions <p>California State University officials <a href="http://www.calstate.edu/PA/News/2009/enrollment-budget.shtml">laid out plans</a> Tuesday to reduce its enrollment by 40,000 next year in response to a $564 million decline in state funds. "You cannot see a 20 percent drop in revenue and serve the same number of students," Chancellor Charles B. Reed said in a <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/cal_state_plans_to_cut_enrollment_citing_state_reductions" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kD2R5jtAwjiL_8-V71AjL5RLkS8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kD2R5jtAwjiL_8-V71AjL5RLkS8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kD2R5jtAwjiL_8-V71AjL5RLkS8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kD2R5jtAwjiL_8-V71AjL5RLkS8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: 2 Universities, Citing Concerns of Blind, Hold Off on Kindle http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/2_universities_citing_concerns_of_blind_hold_off_on_kindle Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/2_universities_citing_concerns_of_blind_hold_off_on_kindle <p>The National Federation of the Blind will announce today that Syracuse University and the University of Wisconsin at Madison are holding off on expansions of Kindle offerings for students until the reading device is more accessible to the visually impaired, the <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jEvsVQEnfo1Y-ibxGgcsCqTzjOJwD9BT4BD81">Associated Press</a> announced. "These universities are saying, 'Our'" <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/2_universities_citing_concerns_of_blind_hold_off_on_kindle" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4YkqkiOgyOarU2IuUjPB_A_9fJE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4YkqkiOgyOarU2IuUjPB_A_9fJE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4YkqkiOgyOarU2IuUjPB_A_9fJE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4YkqkiOgyOarU2IuUjPB_A_9fJE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: Wheeling Donor Pulls Gift Over President's Firing http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/wheeling_donor_pulls_gift_over_president_s_firing Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/wheeling_donor_pulls_gift_over_president_s_firing <p><a href="http://www.insidehighered.com///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CJACKST%7E1.INS%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml">Following the controversial </a><a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/09/08/wheeling">dismissal of Wheeling Jesuit University’s president</a>, an alumnus has withdrawn a planned $200,000 bequest and the promise of three properties he says are valued at $450,000. In an Oct. 18 <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/content/download/324204/4141729/version/1/file/Haid_Wheeling+Letter+.pdf">letter to the university’s interim president</a>, Stephen E. Haid called the firing of the <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/wheeling_donor_pulls_gift_over_president_s_firing" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JzKv55bIs_jDuPHFN1EOQYmClbw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JzKv55bIs_jDuPHFN1EOQYmClbw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JzKv55bIs_jDuPHFN1EOQYmClbw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JzKv55bIs_jDuPHFN1EOQYmClbw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: Well-Paid 'Assistants' http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/coaches Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/coaches <p>USA Today analysis of football coaches' salaries shows many head coaches making $2 million-plus. But real revelation may be this: A quarter of all assistant coaches make $200,000 or more a year.</p>' <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/coaches" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QsVcCWnBZNrRmAhcQyWTI1nwBp8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QsVcCWnBZNrRmAhcQyWTI1nwBp8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QsVcCWnBZNrRmAhcQyWTI1nwBp8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QsVcCWnBZNrRmAhcQyWTI1nwBp8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: UMass Criticized Over Invitation to Convicted Bomber http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/umass_criticized_over_invitation_to_convicted_bomber Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/umass_criticized_over_invitation_to_convicted_bomber <p>Massachusetts officials, including Gov. Deval Patrick, are criticizing the University of Massachusetts at Amherst over an invitation to Ray Luc Levasseur, the founder of a radical group called the United Freedom Front, who was jailed and convicted for his role in a series of bombing attacks, <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/11/patrick_assails.html">The Boston Globe</a> <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/umass_criticized_over_invitation_to_convicted_bomber" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RmbJzjeb0ZtqJsnPop4H5cuekRk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RmbJzjeb0ZtqJsnPop4H5cuekRk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RmbJzjeb0ZtqJsnPop4H5cuekRk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RmbJzjeb0ZtqJsnPop4H5cuekRk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: Moms Focus on Academics, Not Finances http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/moms_focus_on_academics_not_finances Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/moms_focus_on_academics_not_finances <p>Women are more likely than men to be actively involved in their children&#39;s academic performance and to want to see their offspring go to college, but less likely to be involved in saving and investing to pay for college, <a href="http://www.collegewithinreach.com/SocMe/Content/Files/Women_and_College_Savings_Report_Final.pdf">a study released Tuesday by asset managers OppenheimerFunds suggests</a>. Women <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/moms_focus_on_academics_not_finances" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p6ResU59xbBiVWM3_GTMaZ8KF8o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p6ResU59xbBiVWM3_GTMaZ8KF8o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p6ResU59xbBiVWM3_GTMaZ8KF8o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p6ResU59xbBiVWM3_GTMaZ8KF8o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: Discussing Student Loan Bill, No Timeline for a Vote http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/discussing_student_loan_bill_no_timeline_for_a_vote Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/discussing_student_loan_bill_no_timeline_for_a_vote <p>Negotiations on health care reform have pushed virtually every other issue onto the U.S. Senate&#39;s back burners this fall. Though the House of Representatives acted two months ago to <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/09/18/aid">pass the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA</a>) -- which, among other provisions, stops funding the bank-based Federal Family <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/discussing_student_loan_bill_no_timeline_for_a_vote" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/shMlnGVVYS8eQ3IL2W54ga3DryA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/shMlnGVVYS8eQ3IL2W54ga3DryA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/shMlnGVVYS8eQ3IL2W54ga3DryA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/shMlnGVVYS8eQ3IL2W54ga3DryA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: First Foreign MBA Program in India http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/first_foreign_mba_program_in_india Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/first_foreign_mba_program_in_india <p>Canada&#39;s York University this week officially launched <a href="http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=13638">the first M.B.A. program in India</a> run by a university from outside India. The York program will involve a year of classes at the S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, in Mumbai, and a year in Toronto at York&#39;s Schulich <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/first_foreign_mba_program_in_india" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tBFcrw37hCqMtWcbj41kljPKt_s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tBFcrw37hCqMtWcbj41kljPKt_s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tBFcrw37hCqMtWcbj41kljPKt_s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tBFcrw37hCqMtWcbj41kljPKt_s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: Choose Your Own Freshman Composition http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/ccny Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/ccny <p>City College of New York ditches general writing courses for weightier discipline-specific writing courses team taught by upper-level professors and writing instructors.</p> <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/ccny" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YR1dUmsH8bl3Pq2E_91xKNtklQs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YR1dUmsH8bl3Pq2E_91xKNtklQs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YR1dUmsH8bl3Pq2E_91xKNtklQs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YR1dUmsH8bl3Pq2E_91xKNtklQs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: Columbia Prof Charged With Assaulting Colleague http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/columbia_prof_charged_with_assaulting_colleague Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/columbia_prof_charged_with_assaulting_colleague <p>Lionel McIntyre, a professor in Columbia University&#39;s architecture college, was arrested Monday and charged with assault and harassment of Camille Davis, a theater production manager at Columbia&#39;s arts college, <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/columbia-professor-charged-with-punching-university-employee/">The New York Times</a> reported. The alleged assault took place at a bar near campus and reportedly followed a heated <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/columbia_prof_charged_with_assaulting_colleague" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r4go2-456QMl6v3P6YCzOjKd4gQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r4go2-456QMl6v3P6YCzOjKd4gQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r4go2-456QMl6v3P6YCzOjKd4gQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r4go2-456QMl6v3P6YCzOjKd4gQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: Black History At Risk? http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/howard Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/howard <p>Howard University might not be closing the center that holds its celebrated historical collections after all, but some worry about staffing shortages and inadequate facilities there.</p> <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/howard" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-P8Om4cHO1hJuwncQRNyyqHVGQ0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-P8Om4cHO1hJuwncQRNyyqHVGQ0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-P8Om4cHO1hJuwncQRNyyqHVGQ0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-P8Om4cHO1hJuwncQRNyyqHVGQ0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: New Programs: Urban Sustainability, Wind Energy, Health Care Administration, Aviation Logistics, Landscape Architecture http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/programs Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/programs <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/programs" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XQyKSZzFV0wSg-gmMftuTZzdkzI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XQyKSZzFV0wSg-gmMftuTZzdkzI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XQyKSZzFV0wSg-gmMftuTZzdkzI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XQyKSZzFV0wSg-gmMftuTZzdkzI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: Iran vs. Oxford http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/iran_vs_oxford Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/iran_vs_oxford <p>The Iranian government is condemning the University of Oxford for creating a scholarship in memory of an Iranian woman who was killed in the post-election protests in the country, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&amp;sid=aFWGzc6L2A0o">Bloomberg</a> reported. A letter from Iran&#39;s embassy in Britain said that "the involvement of the university in Iran’s internal affairs," <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/iran_vs_oxford" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8uUkYdBWD4PYG51-H4woe4kUFDQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8uUkYdBWD4PYG51-H4woe4kUFDQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8uUkYdBWD4PYG51-H4woe4kUFDQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8uUkYdBWD4PYG51-H4woe4kUFDQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: 'Recapitation' of Garfield Statue at Hiram http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/recapitation_of_garfield_statue_at_hiram Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/recapitation_of_garfield_statue_at_hiram <p>Hiram College this week held <a href="http://news.hiram.edu/?p=4939">a "recapitation" ceremony</a> to celebrate the return of the head on a statue of President James A. Garfield. Garfield was a student, instructor and administrator at the college before his ill-fated presidency. A statue honoring him was unveiled on campus in May and was <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/11/qt/recapitation_of_garfield_statue_at_hiram" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SNvQFhAVrABvJem6qLoVpdWFS2s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SNvQFhAVrABvJem6qLoVpdWFS2s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SNvQFhAVrABvJem6qLoVpdWFS2s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SNvQFhAVrABvJem6qLoVpdWFS2s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Higher Ed Watch: Delay or No Delay, Change is On the Way http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.newamerica.net/blog/higher-ed-watch/2009/delay-or-no-delay-change-way-16028 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.newamerica.net/blog/higher-ed-watch/2009/delay-or-no-delay-change-way-16028 <img src="http://www.newamerica.net/blog/files/yellow%20light_0.jpeg" /><p>Back in September, we predicted that <a href="http://www.newamerica.net/blog/higher-ed-watch/2009/hold-your-hats-14408">we'd all be in for &quot;a wild ride&quot; </a>as legislation to overhaul the federal student loan programs makes its way through Congress. Boy, were we wrong. </p> <p>Instead, progress on the legislation, which would eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program' <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.newamerica.net/blog/higher-ed-watch/2009/delay-or-no-delay-change-way-16028" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1ZTDv5HKHZ3Izhn0XTKwwncUX9U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1ZTDv5HKHZ3Izhn0XTKwwncUX9U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1ZTDv5HKHZ3Izhn0XTKwwncUX9U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1ZTDv5HKHZ3Izhn0XTKwwncUX9U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Moving at the Speed of Creativity: A reminder from Linus about how important personal recognition can be http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/11/a-reminder-from-linus-about-how-important-personal-recognition-can-be/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00:48 -0500 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/11/a-reminder-from-linus-about-how-important-personal-recognition-can-be/ <p>This 95 second YouTube video, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUyLwXhqlWU">&#8220;charlie brown teacher,&#8221;</a> is a montage of school scenes from Peanuts cartoons. Among other things, it&#8217;s a reminder of how important it is for teachers to recognize students individually.</p> <p></p> <p>Our students deserve to be and should be recognized individually for their ideas, their contributions, their <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/11/a-reminder-from-linus-about-how-important-personal-recognition-can-be/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dfb4SXJj-nWNUo3FIoCoIQvN9Oo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dfb4SXJj-nWNUo3FIoCoIQvN9Oo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dfb4SXJj-nWNUo3FIoCoIQvN9Oo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dfb4SXJj-nWNUo3FIoCoIQvN9Oo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> NYC Educator: Conversation Stopper http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://nyceducator.com/2009/11/conversation-stopper.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:17:00 -0500 http://nyceducator.com/2009/11/conversation-stopper.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47746" class="comments_val">0</span><br /><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13258502-6864108581242653812?l=nyceducator.com' />Principal: Mister Schwartz, here at Unconscionably Overcrowded High School we provide bell to bell instruction!<br /><br />Mister Schwartz: Excuse me, Mr. Principal. I suffer from tinnitus. I hear bells all day long. <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://nyceducator.com/2009/11/conversation-stopper.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_GiX3lpSxvbbiJ5q7J6GjO5268Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_GiX3lpSxvbbiJ5q7J6GjO5268Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_GiX3lpSxvbbiJ5q7J6GjO5268Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_GiX3lpSxvbbiJ5q7J6GjO5268Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> elearnspace: Turing’s Cathedral http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/11/10/turings-cathedral/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:09:02 -0500 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/11/10/turings-cathedral/ <p>I&#8217;m an advocate for technology use for learning, teaching, and interacting. Not quite at a transhumanist level, but still an advocate. Sometimes, I&#8217;m enthralled with the limitless potential of the web. Or with the tremendous opportunities that exist when people are able to connect without boundaries. Or the &#8220;brave new <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/11/10/turings-cathedral/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6rSkMD7dIqZcXD8A_MbNPJ8zD0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6rSkMD7dIqZcXD8A_MbNPJ8zD0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6rSkMD7dIqZcXD8A_MbNPJ8zD0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6rSkMD7dIqZcXD8A_MbNPJ8zD0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Ed Money Watch: Department of Education Releases Phase 2 State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Application http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.newamerica.net/blog/ed-money-watch/2009/department-education-releases-phase-2-state-fiscal-stabilization-fund-applicatio Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:47:00 -0500 http://www.newamerica.net/blog/ed-money-watch/2009/department-education-releases-phase-2-state-fiscal-stabilization-fund-applicatio <img src="http://www.newamerica.net/blog/files/arra120.gif" /><p>Yesterday the Department of Education released the <a href="http://www.ed.gov/programs/statestabilization/2009-394-phase2.doc">finalized applications for Phase 2</a> of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF). The SFSF, a major component of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), provides $48.6 billion in federal funds to states so that they can fill gaps in <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.newamerica.net/blog/ed-money-watch/2009/department-education-releases-phase-2-state-fiscal-stabilization-fund-applicatio" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K1nEY6yqxjKnG5nIVHn0gLDEMPk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K1nEY6yqxjKnG5nIVHn0gLDEMPk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K1nEY6yqxjKnG5nIVHn0gLDEMPk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K1nEY6yqxjKnG5nIVHn0gLDEMPk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: As the AAUP Turns... http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean/as_the_aaup_turns Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:42:02 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean/as_the_aaup_turns Dean Dad <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean/as_the_aaup_turns" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEZ-GUehDVbkSiC8YoCrxSWX3Lw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEZ-GUehDVbkSiC8YoCrxSWX3Lw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEZ-GUehDVbkSiC8YoCrxSWX3Lw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rEZ-GUehDVbkSiC8YoCrxSWX3Lw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> JBB's Desktop: JBB’s Twitter Updates for 2009-11-10 http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://joebustillos.com/2009/11/10/jbbs-twitter-updates-for-2009-11-10/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:03:06 -0500 http://joebustillos.com/2009/11/10/jbbs-twitter-updates-for-2009-11-10/ 2nd MNF@ GatorsDockside, 2nd time dude said "wish u were cuter" when I asked if a seat@ the bar was taken. Next wk little blk cocktail dress # @leolaporte "production"? Since when has TWIT concerned itself w/ production? Next thing you'll b saying that your looking 4 research asst. in reply' <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://joebustillos.com/2009/11/10/jbbs-twitter-updates-for-2009-11-10/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3tPrSL0AgpkxNmUkrhZtlt0rNBs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3tPrSL0AgpkxNmUkrhZtlt0rNBs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3tPrSL0AgpkxNmUkrhZtlt0rNBs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3tPrSL0AgpkxNmUkrhZtlt0rNBs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Inside Higher Ed: EDUCAUSE Should Model Open Learning http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/educause_should_model_open_learning Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:23:00 -0500 http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/educause_should_model_open_learning Joshua Kim <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/educause_should_model_open_learning" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DlJUgZhTQhC6lQuaYqT9ByQOkHo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DlJUgZhTQhC6lQuaYqT9ByQOkHo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DlJUgZhTQhC6lQuaYqT9ByQOkHo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DlJUgZhTQhC6lQuaYqT9ByQOkHo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> EduResources Weblog--Higher Education Resources Online: DiscoverEd http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://discovered.creativecommons.org/search/search.jsp?query=+&hitsPerPage=10&lang=en Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:07:41 -0500 http://discovered.creativecommons.org/search/search.jsp?query=+&hitsPerPage=10&lang=en This Creative Commons site provides a starting point to search for open educational resources. Search results are given a brief description and identified by Curator, Education Level, Language, License, and Subject Tags. ___JH<br><br>____<br>"<p><a href="http://discovered.creativecommons.org/search/" title="http://discovered.creativecommons.org/search/">DiscoverEd</a> is an experimental project from <a href="http://learn.creativecommons.org" title="http://learn.creativecommons.org">ccLearn</a> which attempts to provide scalable search and discovery" <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://discovered.creativecommons.org/search/search.jsp?query=+&amp;hitsPerPage=10&amp;lang=en" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B_Pa8zLC0klf_oEUjKZU1vZHUEE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B_Pa8zLC0klf_oEUjKZU1vZHUEE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B_Pa8zLC0klf_oEUjKZU1vZHUEE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B_Pa8zLC0klf_oEUjKZU1vZHUEE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog: 33 Posts On America’s Education System http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.educatednation.com/2009/11/10/33-posts-on-americas-education-system/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:14:46 -0500 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/11/10/33-posts-on-americas-education-system/ <img src="http://www.educatednation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/118463509_99bde44e96.jpg" alt="118463509_99bde44e96" /><p><a href="http://www.educatednation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/118463509_99bde44e96.jpg"></a></p> <p>While writing the <a href="http://www.educatednation.com/2009/11/09/send-more-money/">previous post</a>, I went searching in the archives for relevant previous posts. I found entirely too many to tack onto the end of an already-lengthy post. Here they are, including some Education Reform posts proving I’m <a href="http://www.educatednation.com/2009/09/09/obamas-wacky-ideas-teamwork-responsibility-working-hard-and-learning-stuff/">not always</a> in disagreement with <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.educatednation.com/2009/11/10/33-posts-on-americas-education-system/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_AkcTqLKjunUp9fVZB6f4pDqzc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_AkcTqLKjunUp9fVZB6f4pDqzc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_AkcTqLKjunUp9fVZB6f4pDqzc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_AkcTqLKjunUp9fVZB6f4pDqzc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Moving at the Speed of Creativity: Transforming Classroom Practice with 1:1 by Jenny Wojick, Andy Marks, Janet Parkerson, Virginia Glass and Kelly Goldberg http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/10/transforming-classroom-practice-with-11-by-jenny-wojick-andy-marks-janet-parkerson-virginia-glass-and-kelly-goldberg/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:28 -0500 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/10/transforming-classroom-practice-with-11-by-jenny-wojick-andy-marks-janet-parkerson-virginia-glass-and-kelly-goldberg/ <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47718" class="comments_val">2</span><br /><p>These are my notes from the presentation &#8220;Transforming Classroom Practice with 1:1&#8243; by Jenny Wojick, Andy Marks, Janet Parkerson, Virginia Glass and Kelly Goldberg at the <a href="http://www.one-to-oneinstitute.org/">One to One Institute</a>&#8217;s conference on November 10, 2009 conference in Chicago, Illinois. All are educators in <a href="http://www.rondout.org/">Roundout School District #72</a>, in <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/10/transforming-classroom-practice-with-11-by-jenny-wojick-andy-marks-janet-parkerson-virginia-glass-and-kelly-goldberg/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qKJwK_i0VlEbS36UhopAtAAY_8A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qKJwK_i0VlEbS36UhopAtAAY_8A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qKJwK_i0VlEbS36UhopAtAAY_8A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qKJwK_i0VlEbS36UhopAtAAY_8A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Early Ed Watch: Comprehensive Literacy Legislation Introduced in Senate http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.newamerica.net/blog/early-ed-watch/2009/comprehensive-literacy-legislation-introduced-senate-15980 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:25:00 -0500 http://www.newamerica.net/blog/early-ed-watch/2009/comprehensive-literacy-legislation-introduced-senate-15980 <p>Last week, Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) <a href="http://murray.senate.gov/news.cfm?id=319813">introduced</a> the <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-2740">Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation (LEARN) Act</a>, a <a href="http://murray.senate.gov/education/LEARNact.pdf">comprehensive literacy bill</a> designed to overhaul the federal role in supporting literacy from preschool through high school. Companion legislation is being introduced in the House of Representatives by <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.newamerica.net/blog/early-ed-watch/2009/comprehensive-literacy-legislation-introduced-senate-15980" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vLPziM1Iy7YMHRYtk3WKgf1s5iQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vLPziM1Iy7YMHRYtk3WKgf1s5iQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vLPziM1Iy7YMHRYtk3WKgf1s5iQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vLPziM1Iy7YMHRYtk3WKgf1s5iQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Core Knowledge Blog: If It Sounds Too Bad To Be True… http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCoreKnowledgeBlog/~3/8HboUH0Dadk/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:57:45 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCoreKnowledgeBlog/~3/8HboUH0Dadk/ <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47731" class="comments_val">3</span><br />In September, this blog passed on the results of a survey of Oklahoma high school students whose lack of knowledge of basic civics strained credulity.  But not far enough, apparently.  Via Public School Insights comes word that the results of the survey were &#8220;likely fabricated.&#8221;  The survey by a firm called Strategic Vision <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCoreKnowledgeBlog/~3/8HboUH0Dadk/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qwZ0seNoGzMpt4Uf4Eq89dhh-6w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qwZ0seNoGzMpt4Uf4Eq89dhh-6w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qwZ0seNoGzMpt4Uf4Eq89dhh-6w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qwZ0seNoGzMpt4Uf4Eq89dhh-6w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Why Boys Fail: There’s just so much wrong with this it’s hard to know where to begin… http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.whyboysfail.com/2009/11/10/theres-just-so-much-wrong-with-this-its-hard-to-know-where-to-begin/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:38:11 -0500 http://www.whyboysfail.com/2009/11/10/theres-just-so-much-wrong-with-this-its-hard-to-know-where-to-begin/ <img src="http://www.whyboysfail.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/football.jpg" alt="" /><p><a href="http://www.whyboysfail.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/football.jpg"></a>Let&#8217;s start with this graph from <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2009-11-09-pahokee-cover_N.htm">the USA Today story</a>:</p> <p>&#8220;When you talk about opportunities and chances, these kids don&#8217;t have (any),&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;Football is 90% to 95% of the boys&#8217; only opportunity to get out of here. We have academic all-Americans, but our school, <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.whyboysfail.com/2009/11/10/theres-just-so-much-wrong-with-this-its-hard-to-know-where-to-begin/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kmK-oYz87lZXgwlqGAxAz8jln1Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kmK-oYz87lZXgwlqGAxAz8jln1Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kmK-oYz87lZXgwlqGAxAz8jln1Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kmK-oYz87lZXgwlqGAxAz8jln1Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Eduwonk.com: New ESEA http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eduwonk/~3/ruYtUWShLog/new-esea.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:19:44 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eduwonk/~3/ruYtUWShLog/new-esea.html <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Eduwonk/~4/ruYtUWShLog" /><p>Punchline:  It&#8217;s going to be awfully hard to get a bill.  <a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2009/11/10/no-child-left-behind-and-the-brewing-fight-over-education.html">Or at least so I argue in US News.</a>   National Journal&#8217;s ed blog is <a href="http://education.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/esea-reauthorization.php">debating the what&#8217;s next question, too.</a></p> <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eduwonk/~3/ruYtUWShLog/new-esea.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z-ZfscRECcwxx4Nywf-VXqB8bMk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z-ZfscRECcwxx4Nywf-VXqB8bMk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z-ZfscRECcwxx4Nywf-VXqB8bMk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z-ZfscRECcwxx4Nywf-VXqB8bMk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Eduwonk.com: Two Things Eduwonk Wants Back From The Mid-00’s: Stock Prices & Pre-Political Hess! http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eduwonk/~3/JHMBMwvYldk/two-things-eduwonk-wants-back-from-the-mid-00s-stock-prices-pre-political-hess.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:17:25 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eduwonk/~3/JHMBMwvYldk/two-things-eduwonk-wants-back-from-the-mid-00s-stock-prices-pre-political-hess.html <p><a href="http://www.frederickhess.org/2009/11/secretary-of-education-lobbying-healthcare-bill">Rick Hess is shocked, shocked, to learn there is lobbying going on</a> around a key administration priority. Seriously? Did he just move to Washington or is he angling for a gig on Fox?</p> <p>It’s par for the course for senior administration officials to lobby on major issues. And it’s also <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eduwonk/~3/JHMBMwvYldk/two-things-eduwonk-wants-back-from-the-mid-00s-stock-prices-pre-political-hess.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hgX9bqxW2JbmJ-4tsi4VFhMrvU4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hgX9bqxW2JbmJ-4tsi4VFhMrvU4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hgX9bqxW2JbmJ-4tsi4VFhMrvU4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hgX9bqxW2JbmJ-4tsi4VFhMrvU4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Edutopia: Suicide Prevention Can Start in School http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdutopiaNewContent/~3/qlL4TG7cU5s/teenage-suicide-prevention-screening-programs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:14:30 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdutopiaNewContent/~3/qlL4TG7cU5s/teenage-suicide-prevention-screening-programs <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdutopiaNewContent/~4/qlL4TG7cU5s" />Educators should use vigilance and screening programs to make sure at-risk students get the help they need. <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdutopiaNewContent/~3/qlL4TG7cU5s/teenage-suicide-prevention-screening-programs" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P4PwHj-5ZIoFVUqDtmz57AjVMxY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P4PwHj-5ZIoFVUqDtmz57AjVMxY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P4PwHj-5ZIoFVUqDtmz57AjVMxY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P4PwHj-5ZIoFVUqDtmz57AjVMxY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Eduwonk.com: Health Care, EduJobs, and Changing Tastes? (But Not On HQT!) http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eduwonk/~3/7R6M1rRQmao/health-care-edujobs-and-changing-tastes-but-not-on-hqt.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:05:07 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eduwonk/~3/7R6M1rRQmao/health-care-edujobs-and-changing-tastes-but-not-on-hqt.html <p>Kati Haycock <a href="http://www.edtrust.org/dc/press-room/press-release/statement-by-kati-haycock-president-of-the-education-trust-on-the-state-0">takes on the new ARRA reporting requirements.</a>   And she has a point.  Transparency <a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2009/05/14/in-politics-of-school-reform-transparency-doesnt-equal-accountability.html">has its limitations anyway</a>, weak definitions compound that.   The &#8220;highly qualified teacher&#8221; language in federal law has been so watered down as to be completely devoid of meaning.</p> <p>Some obvious education implications from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/magazine/08Healthcare-t.html?_r=1&amp;sudsredirect=true&amp;pagewanted=print">this Times <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eduwonk/~3/7R6M1rRQmao/health-care-edujobs-and-changing-tastes-but-not-on-hqt.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/imaOdJIeuPSGwM2AGHJewSm21Ek/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/imaOdJIeuPSGwM2AGHJewSm21Ek/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/imaOdJIeuPSGwM2AGHJewSm21Ek/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/imaOdJIeuPSGwM2AGHJewSm21Ek/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Quick and the Ed: QUICK Hits http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheQuickAndTheEd/~3/eY1w1Tues0c/quick-hits-7.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:55 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheQuickAndTheEd/~3/eY1w1Tues0c/quick-hits-7.html <p><a href="http://www.edtrust.org/dc/publication/fighting-for-quality-and-equality-too">Are promoting teacher quality and promoting equal access to good teachers mutually exclusive? Ed Trust doesn’t think so.</a> (Education Trust)</p> <p><a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091108/NEWS03/911080313">If parents are still their child&#8217;s first and most important teacher, will proposed Delaware legislation help them play a more active role?</a> (Delaware Online)</p> <p><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2009/11/dcs_next_schools_chief_how_abo.html">Could the head of a <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheQuickAndTheEd/~3/eY1w1Tues0c/quick-hits-7.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/84C6gQq-NS2UN2swPGZNiher794/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/84C6gQq-NS2UN2swPGZNiher794/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/84C6gQq-NS2UN2swPGZNiher794/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/84C6gQq-NS2UN2swPGZNiher794/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> HackCollege: Reminder: Book That Christmas Flight Home Late http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Hackcollege/~3/2aNEyRh4su8/reminder-book-that-christmas-flight-home-late.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:49 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Hackcollege/~3/2aNEyRh4su8/reminder-book-that-christmas-flight-home-late.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47730" class="comments_val">1</span><br /><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1s8r0lp6YmzR2qkhaKDx-o8VWRg/0/di"><p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1s8r0lp6YmzR2qkhaKDx-o8VWRg/0/da"></a><br /> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1s8r0lp6YmzR2qkhaKDx-o8VWRg/1/da"></a></p><p>If you haven't already, check on flights home for Christmas break. No matter how much you hate your family, your college will probably close the dorm on you if you don't go home.&nbsp;</p> <p>You might already be too late for a good deal, but flights are <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Hackcollege/~3/2aNEyRh4su8/reminder-book-that-christmas-flight-home-late.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/04vyiZq-fn1Hbme9M4N1LIlanZ4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/04vyiZq-fn1Hbme9M4N1LIlanZ4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/04vyiZq-fn1Hbme9M4N1LIlanZ4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/04vyiZq-fn1Hbme9M4N1LIlanZ4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Edutopia: How green is your school? http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdutopiaNewContent/~3/0leGIWefmu8/poll-green-schools Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:53:26 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdutopiaNewContent/~3/0leGIWefmu8/poll-green-schools <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47716" class="comments_val">1</span><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EdutopiaNewContent/~4/0leGIWefmu8" />Many schools are implementing environmental reforms. Tell us how yours measures up. <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EdutopiaNewContent/~3/0leGIWefmu8/poll-green-schools" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0A-nI-cgY2IshD-NHRn1USHU3Gw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0A-nI-cgY2IshD-NHRn1USHU3Gw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0A-nI-cgY2IshD-NHRn1USHU3Gw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0A-nI-cgY2IshD-NHRn1USHU3Gw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Why Boys Fail: Now the unions moving toward female majority http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.whyboysfail.com/2009/11/10/now-the-unions-moving-toward-female-majority/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:39:51 -0500 http://www.whyboysfail.com/2009/11/10/now-the-unions-moving-toward-female-majority/ <p>A shout-out to Greg Toppo for spotting <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-unions-women,0,325635.story">this</a>:</p> <p> </p> <p>chicagotribune.com<br /> Women on pace to become majority of unionized workers within a decade<br /> SAM HANANEL</p> <p>Associated Press Writer</p> <p>1:47 PM CST, November 10, 2009</p> <p>WASHINGTON (AP) - Women are on track to become a majority of unionized workers in the next 10 years, signaling their <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.whyboysfail.com/2009/11/10/now-the-unions-moving-toward-female-majority/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uhuC5p5yfpjqileoCyKk54MJW5w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uhuC5p5yfpjqileoCyKk54MJW5w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uhuC5p5yfpjqileoCyKk54MJW5w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uhuC5p5yfpjqileoCyKk54MJW5w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Paper Trail: Police Raid Boston Green Party http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/11/10/police-raid-boston-green-party.html?s_cid=rss:paper-trail:police-raid-boston-green-party Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:15:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/11/10/police-raid-boston-green-party.html?s_cid=rss:paper-trail:police-raid-boston-green-party A student-led campaign for climate change awareness drew more than 200 to its "sleep-out." <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/11/10/police-raid-boston-green-party.html?s_cid=rss:paper-trail:police-raid-boston-green-party" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uahMqN1n4UhN_zjr3WL0vPYXUY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uahMqN1n4UhN_zjr3WL0vPYXUY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uahMqN1n4UhN_zjr3WL0vPYXUY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uahMqN1n4UhN_zjr3WL0vPYXUY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Paper Trail: Florida Air Force ROTC Wins National Award http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/11/10/florida-air-force-rotc-wins-national-award.html?s_cid=rss:paper-trail:florida-air-force-rotc-wins-national-award Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:12:00 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/11/10/florida-air-force-rotc-wins-national-award.html?s_cid=rss:paper-trail:florida-air-force-rotc-wins-national-award A few days before Veterans Day, Florida&#39;s Air Force ROTC brings home a national award. <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/11/10/florida-air-force-rotc-wins-national-award.html?s_cid=rss:paper-trail:florida-air-force-rotc-wins-national-award" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_9pDBYBHVC_ycgC9oFVDakrPFp4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_9pDBYBHVC_ycgC9oFVDakrPFp4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_9pDBYBHVC_ycgC9oFVDakrPFp4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_9pDBYBHVC_ycgC9oFVDakrPFp4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: Working on the Chain Gang http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/wiredcampus/~3/A9y736d3qQ4/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:56:32 -0500 http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/wiredcampus/~3/A9y736d3qQ4/ <p>Meet the latest acronym in the world of digital humanities: <a href="http://digitalhumanities.org/centernet/?page_id=12">Chain,</a> the Coalition of Humanities and Arts Infrastructures and Networks. Born at a meeting at King&#39;s College, London, in late October, Chain brings together eight digital-technology undertakings, several based in Europe (e.g., <a href="http://www.dariah.eu/">Dariah,</a> or Digital Research Infrastructure for <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/wiredcampus/~3/A9y736d3qQ4/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rg06bijeptRU43dJWnrTd7NKZYk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rg06bijeptRU43dJWnrTd7NKZYk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rg06bijeptRU43dJWnrTd7NKZYk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rg06bijeptRU43dJWnrTd7NKZYk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: Working on the Chain Gang http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/wiredcampus/~3/A9y736d3qQ4/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:56:00 -0500 http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/wiredcampus/~3/A9y736d3qQ4/ <p>Meet the latest acronym in the world of digital humanities: <a href="http://digitalhumanities.org/centernet/?page_id=12">Chain,</a> the Coalition of Humanities and Arts Infrastructures and Networks. Born at a meeting at King&#39;s College, London, in late October, Chain brings together eight digital-technology undertakings, several based in Europe (e.g., <a href="http://www.dariah.eu/">Dariah,</a> or Digital Research Infrastructure for <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/wiredcampus/~3/A9y736d3qQ4/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rg06bijeptRU43dJWnrTd7NKZYk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rg06bijeptRU43dJWnrTd7NKZYk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rg06bijeptRU43dJWnrTd7NKZYk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rg06bijeptRU43dJWnrTd7NKZYk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> This Week In Education: National Journal Online -- Education Experts -- Building Consensus Behind ESEA Reauthorization http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/f6g9e7a6acY/national-journal-online----education-experts----building-consensus-behind-esea-reauthorization.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:38:05 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/f6g9e7a6acY/national-journal-online----education-experts----building-consensus-behind-esea-reauthorization.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47706" class="comments_val">0</span><br />The folks at the National Journal education blog are trying to answer a question about <br><a title="National Journal Online -- Education Experts -- Building Consensus Behind ESEA Reauthorization" href="http://education.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/esea-reauthorization.php">"building Consensus</a>" around NCLB reauthorization.&nbsp; Needless to say, there&#39;s much <br><br><a title="National Journal Online -- Education Experts -- Building Consensus Behind ESEA" <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/f6g9e7a6acY/national-journal-online----education-experts----building-consensus-behind-esea-reauthorization.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tx5zf-fBkk8-W9N6mQDGRgSCUp0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tx5zf-fBkk8-W9N6mQDGRgSCUp0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tx5zf-fBkk8-W9N6mQDGRgSCUp0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tx5zf-fBkk8-W9N6mQDGRgSCUp0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Quick and the Ed: A Developing Scandal in Oklahoma http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheQuickAndTheEd/~3/RhU9qpUtXag/a-developing-scandal-in-oklahoma.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:31:29 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheQuickAndTheEd/~3/RhU9qpUtXag/a-developing-scandal-in-oklahoma.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47702" class="comments_val">3</span><br /><p>In September a <a href="http://www.ocpathink.org/publications/perspective-archives/september-2009-volume-16-number-9/?module=perspective&amp;id=2321">survey</a> of Oklahoma high school students found only 2.8 percent were able to achieve a passing score on the U.S. Citizenship Test. The actual test has a 92.4 percent pass rate, so it would be quite a problem if Oklahoma high schoolers performed so poorly. But, <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheQuickAndTheEd/~3/RhU9qpUtXag/a-developing-scandal-in-oklahoma.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pz2QagEhyhWCyPRQrvzHA6yFJfg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pz2QagEhyhWCyPRQrvzHA6yFJfg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pz2QagEhyhWCyPRQrvzHA6yFJfg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pz2QagEhyhWCyPRQrvzHA6yFJfg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Matthew K. Tabor : Education for the Aughts: Berlin Wall Anniversary and Happy 234th Birthday, United States Marine Corps http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/matthewktabor/~3/4iy3E8E3NSI/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:09:29 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/matthewktabor/~3/4iy3E8E3NSI/ <p>Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall&#8217;s destruction. It would&#8217;ve been easy to miss as coverage was scant. </p> <p>One could talk for hours about the significance of men and women swinging sledgehammers against the Wall. If you&#8217;ve ever swung a sledge against something solid &#8211; gosh, I&#8217;m going <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/matthewktabor/~3/4iy3E8E3NSI/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IYFMTNouZ-93P7qE8plLPPMqh2U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IYFMTNouZ-93P7qE8plLPPMqh2U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IYFMTNouZ-93P7qE8plLPPMqh2U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IYFMTNouZ-93P7qE8plLPPMqh2U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Gradebook: Pinellas politicians: We want more fundamental high schools http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/pinellas-politicians-we-want-more-fundamental-schools.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:05:59 -0500 http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/pinellas-politicians-we-want-more-fundamental-schools.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47741" class="comments_val">12</span><br /><img alt="Bill foster II" src="http://blogs.tampabay.com/.a/6a00d83451b05569e20120a6717e68970b-120wi"> <p><a href="http://blogs.tampabay.com/.a/6a00d83451b05569e20120a6717e68970b-popup"></a><a href="http://blogs.tampabay.com/.a/6a00d83451b05569e20120a671827f970b-popup"></a> Say this for the fundamental school crowd: They're well connected.</p> <p>St. Petersburg Mayor Elect Bill Foster (above left), Pinellas County Commissioners Ken Welch (above right) and Nancy Bostock, Dunedin Mayor Dave Eggers, Tarpon Springs Mayor Beverley Billiris and St. Petersburg City Councilmember Wengay' <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/pinellas-politicians-we-want-more-fundamental-schools.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0sl8JTw1I7WFebPfzRotMYZWSEY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0sl8JTw1I7WFebPfzRotMYZWSEY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0sl8JTw1I7WFebPfzRotMYZWSEY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0sl8JTw1I7WFebPfzRotMYZWSEY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Center for College Affordability and Productivity: Careers in English... or lack thereof http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/careers-in-english-or-lack-thereof.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500 http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/careers-in-english-or-lack-thereof.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47710" class="comments_val">0</span><br />by Peter Neiger<br /><br />With a struggling economy and job market, more and more recent college graduates are having trouble finding work. It has always a burden to find a tenure-track position this year is more difficult than average.<br /><br />All you need to do is take a look at <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/careers-in-english-or-lack-thereof.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qqAgaEBMnUbcqcFwxHwWdiNpkNE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qqAgaEBMnUbcqcFwxHwWdiNpkNE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qqAgaEBMnUbcqcFwxHwWdiNpkNE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qqAgaEBMnUbcqcFwxHwWdiNpkNE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Campaign K-12: For Harlem Children's Zone, Love But Not Money http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CampaignK-12/~3/GNoU7c5TPek/money-talks-on-harlem-children.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:50:02 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CampaignK-12/~3/GNoU7c5TPek/money-talks-on-harlem-children.html <p>Two big-name Obama administration officials, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Melody Barnes, a top White House education adviser, will be speaking at the <a href="http://www.hcz.org/conference2009/schedule">Harlem Children&#39;s Zone conference</a> in New York.</p> <p>The speeches will almost certainly showcase the Obama administration&#39;s budget proposal to create a Promise Neighborhoods program, which <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CampaignK-12/~3/GNoU7c5TPek/money-talks-on-harlem-children.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SRJX2lR7sZ4iL0KStIz-qR1jCR4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SRJX2lR7sZ4iL0KStIz-qR1jCR4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SRJX2lR7sZ4iL0KStIz-qR1jCR4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SRJX2lR7sZ4iL0KStIz-qR1jCR4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Center for College Affordability and Productivity: Rate of Return on Education Spending http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/rate-of-return-on-education-spending.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:34:00 -0500 http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/rate-of-return-on-education-spending.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47726" class="comments_val">0</span><br />by Jonathan Leirer<br /><br />We at CCAP have demonstrated that while having a more educated work force tends to help economies, spending more money on education tends to have little effect. <a href="http://www.good.is/">Good Magazine</a>, as part of their <a href="http://www.good.is/sections/department/department.php?tname=transparency">Transparency series</a>, has created a nice <a href="http://www.good.is/post/transparency-how-education-spending-affects-graduation-rates/">infographic looking at state <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/rate-of-return-on-education-spending.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HqS0vhUVvOr8Y9NBA4BTs1W_wGs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HqS0vhUVvOr8Y9NBA4BTs1W_wGs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HqS0vhUVvOr8Y9NBA4BTs1W_wGs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HqS0vhUVvOr8Y9NBA4BTs1W_wGs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: Improving Mobile-Device Security http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/wiredcampus/~3/9WxKqXlORY0/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:07:00 -0500 http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/wiredcampus/~3/9WxKqXlORY0/ <p>As mobile phones begin functioning more like minicomputers, they also take on more security risks.</p> <p>That&#39;s why the School of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently received a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to work toward developing safer mobile devices and telecommunication networks that serve such <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/wiredcampus/~3/9WxKqXlORY0/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z0a9BQQfAiilxtq-lpO7K4rEmxM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z0a9BQQfAiilxtq-lpO7K4rEmxM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z0a9BQQfAiilxtq-lpO7K4rEmxM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z0a9BQQfAiilxtq-lpO7K4rEmxM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Gradebook: Four Hernando schools to get new principals http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/four-hernando-schools-to-get-new-principals.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:02:46 -0500 http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/four-hernando-schools-to-get-new-principals.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47742" class="comments_val">4</span><br /><p>BROOKSVILLE — Central High School will soon have its next principal – and so will three other Hernando schools.</p> <p>Joe Clifford, currently principal at J.D Floyd K-8 in Spring Hill, will take the empty seat at Central left by Dennis McGeehan, interim superintendent Sonya Jackson announced in an e-mail to district <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/four-hernando-schools-to-get-new-principals.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/neTN6X6_NkBXgzdmpNIGLuL3iqI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/neTN6X6_NkBXgzdmpNIGLuL3iqI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/neTN6X6_NkBXgzdmpNIGLuL3iqI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/neTN6X6_NkBXgzdmpNIGLuL3iqI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> This Week In Education: Books: A Different Kind Of Education Story http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/ZiX_7LMex9M/books-a-different-kind-of-education-story.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/ZiX_7LMex9M/books-a-different-kind-of-education-story.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47707" class="comments_val">0</span><br /><img alt="ScreenHunter_03 Nov. 08 13.11" src="http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f8c25c988340120a6631a7e970b-200wi"> <p><a href="http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f8c25c988340120a6631a7e970b-popup"></a> <br></br>"There's gangs and green cards, Sandinistas, Cubans, Thais, the fall of Paris and the rise of the Chinese Beverly Hills--generations of alienation and assimilation--and navigating it all, me, a white guy, trying not to screw up his son."</p><p>That&#39;s Jesse Katz describing his new memoir <a href="http://www.byjessekatz.com">The Opposite Field</a> which is about' <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/ZiX_7LMex9M/books-a-different-kind-of-education-story.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eD-FHgA66w4YVRcUxBhvXKNbgS0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eD-FHgA66w4YVRcUxBhvXKNbgS0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eD-FHgA66w4YVRcUxBhvXKNbgS0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eD-FHgA66w4YVRcUxBhvXKNbgS0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Moving at the Speed of Creativity: Classroom Basics for 1:1 Computing by Shawn Massey and Wynn Draper-Bryant (Flint Community Schools, Michigan) http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/10/classroom-basics-for-11-computing-by-shawn-massey-and-wynn-draper-bryant-flint-community-schools-michigan/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:54:17 -0500 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/10/classroom-basics-for-11-computing-by-shawn-massey-and-wynn-draper-bryant-flint-community-schools-michigan/ <p>These are my notes from Shawn Massey and Wynn Draper-Bryant&#8217;s presentation, &#8220;Classroom Basics for 1:1 Computing&#8221; at the <a href="http://www.one-to-oneinstitute.org/">One to One Institute</a>&#8217;s conference on November 10, 2009 conference in Chicago, Illinois. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I am recording this session and hope to share it as a <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/10/classroom-basics-for-11-computing-by-shawn-massey-and-wynn-draper-bryant-flint-community-schools-michigan/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p9G20KqwJ2Jk1Ta1U-Qq_oM5XoQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p9G20KqwJ2Jk1Ta1U-Qq_oM5XoQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p9G20KqwJ2Jk1Ta1U-Qq_oM5XoQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p9G20KqwJ2Jk1Ta1U-Qq_oM5XoQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> This Week In Education: Blogs: Fishy Results, Bracey Report, Viers Mill Revisited, Etc. http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/owQZu5JdaQE/obamas-subtle-message-spoke-volumes-about-milwaukee-schools--milwaukee-journal-sentinel--duncan-said-obamas-visit-was-intende.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:53:34 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/owQZu5JdaQE/obamas-subtle-message-spoke-volumes-about-milwaukee-schools--milwaukee-journal-sentinel--duncan-said-obamas-visit-was-intende.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47708" class="comments_val">0</span><br /><p><a href="http://www.publicschoolinsights.org/i-knew-it-think-tanks-peddle-fishy-survey-results" title="I KNEW IT! (Think Tanks Peddle Fishy Survey Results) | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights">Think Tanks Peddle Fishy Survey Results</a> LFA<br></br>Newspapers repeated it without reservation. Bloggers used it to fuel their outrage. <a href="http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2009/11/down-rabbit-hole-with-arne.html" title="Mike Klonsky&#39;s SmallTalk Blog"></a></p><p><a href="http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/11/09/bracey-report-on-the-condition-of-public-education/" title="“Bracey Report on the Condition of Public" <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/owQZu5JdaQE/obamas-subtle-message-spoke-volumes-about-milwaukee-schools--milwaukee-journal-sentinel--duncan-said-obamas-visit-was-intende.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Toi42MCgwiTEXlQO5ZgpMDNzro/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Toi42MCgwiTEXlQO5ZgpMDNzro/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Toi42MCgwiTEXlQO5ZgpMDNzro/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Toi42MCgwiTEXlQO5ZgpMDNzro/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> This Week In Education: Rick Hess's Glenn Beck Moment http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/2UFhrE5ZTio/rick-hesss-glenn-beck-moment.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:49:51 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/2UFhrE5ZTio/rick-hesss-glenn-beck-moment.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47709" class="comments_val">1</span><br />The usually imperturbable Rick Hess is mysteriously bothered by Duncan&#39;s involvement in passing the health care bill in the house (<a title="Why Is the Secretary of Education Lobbying on the Healthcare Bill? :: Frederick M. Hess" href="http://www.frederickhess.org/2009/11/secretary-of-education-lobbying-healthcare-bill">Why Is the Secretary of Education Lobbying on the Healthcare Bill?</a>), but I think <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/2UFhrE5ZTio/rick-hesss-glenn-beck-moment.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9KF6OjFUHqKII-eDJPlFLc7QDJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9KF6OjFUHqKII-eDJPlFLc7QDJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9KF6OjFUHqKII-eDJPlFLc7QDJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9KF6OjFUHqKII-eDJPlFLc7QDJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Matthew K. Tabor : Education for the Aughts: NY Senator David Valesky Will Be Challenged By Two http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/matthewktabor/~3/CDxVQh288Pw/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:47:41 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/matthewktabor/~3/CDxVQh288Pw/ <img src="http://matthewktabor.com/images/david_valesky.jpg" alt="New York State Senator David Valesky" /><p>David Valesky, the Senator for New York State&#8217;s 49th District, is a &#8220;<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/11/a-gop-primary-brews-for-nice-g.html">nice guy,</a>&#8221; said one of his likely 2010 opponents:</p> <p></p> <p>&#8220;I will be the first to acknowledge that our incumbent senator is a nice guy.&#8221;</p> <p>I&#8217;ll be the first to acknowledge that <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/matthewktabor/~3/CDxVQh288Pw/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vof5WkF5aWJCt6sePZuNZzFwWYo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vof5WkF5aWJCt6sePZuNZzFwWYo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vof5WkF5aWJCt6sePZuNZzFwWYo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vof5WkF5aWJCt6sePZuNZzFwWYo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Gradebook: DOE response to ACLU grad rates lawsuit: We're working on it http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/doe-response-to-aclu-grad-rates-lawsuit-were-working-on-it.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:45:00 -0500 http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/doe-response-to-aclu-grad-rates-lawsuit-were-working-on-it.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47743" class="comments_val">9</span><br /><p>Late last week, the ACLU joined with some Palm Beach parents <a href="http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/aclu-sues-florida-over-poor-graduation-rates.html">to sue</a> the Florida Department of Education and several other state government leaders over the Palm Beach school district&#39;s poor graduation rates.</p><p>The claim: The district graduated too few students, and its achievement gap was too broad.</p><p>It&#39;s not like <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/doe-response-to-aclu-grad-rates-lawsuit-were-working-on-it.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YB4qORXlB0_jCoB1MB7M43ibHSw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YB4qORXlB0_jCoB1MB7M43ibHSw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YB4qORXlB0_jCoB1MB7M43ibHSw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YB4qORXlB0_jCoB1MB7M43ibHSw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Joanne Jacobs: Carnival of Educators http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/carnival-of-educators-3/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:29:54 -0500 http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/carnival-of-educators-3/ <p>The<a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2626-Atlanta-Homeschooling-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Carnival-of-Educators-3-Short-and-Sweet"> Carnival of Educators</a>, hosted by Andrea Hermitt, is up.</p> <p>Janice Campbell is hosting the <a href="http://www.janice-campbell.com/2009/11/10/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-nanowrimo-edition/">Carnival of Homeschooling</a>, which reminds us that November is National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo.</p> <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/carnival-of-educators-3/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JbP64MGugdaldIBQl5ZOCNdEoA4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JbP64MGugdaldIBQl5ZOCNdEoA4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JbP64MGugdaldIBQl5ZOCNdEoA4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JbP64MGugdaldIBQl5ZOCNdEoA4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> HackCollege: How to Get Ready In an Instant http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Hackcollege/~3/mi8_8BD--mg/how-to-get-ready-in-an-instant.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:17:30 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Hackcollege/~3/mi8_8BD--mg/how-to-get-ready-in-an-instant.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47714" class="comments_val">3</span><br /><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m98SeGRfmdVfqMb1fFxrOnvBf3o/0/di"><p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m98SeGRfmdVfqMb1fFxrOnvBf3o/0/da"></a><br /> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m98SeGRfmdVfqMb1fFxrOnvBf3o/1/da"></a></p><p>It happens to me almost every morning: I wake up, say a NSFW version of &ldquo;oh gosh golly!&rdquo; because I have 4 minutes to get to class, and start getting ready. And, ready for this? I make it to class. Almost on <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Hackcollege/~3/mi8_8BD--mg/how-to-get-ready-in-an-instant.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kZppP92LmhzaUpq41X-11KG2lLw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kZppP92LmhzaUpq41X-11KG2lLw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kZppP92LmhzaUpq41X-11KG2lLw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kZppP92LmhzaUpq41X-11KG2lLw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> IvyGate: Princeton Student Sues University For Hating On the Disabled http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ivygateblog/~3/x-Rt-wdDsYw/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:10:16 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ivygateblog/~3/x-Rt-wdDsYw/ <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47713" class="comments_val">1</span><br /><img src="http://www.ivygateblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/VQBXITYWFBAWWJV.20091022182552.jpg" alt="VQBXITYWFBAWWJV.20091022182552" /><p>Princeton freshman Diane Metcalf-Leggette <a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202435011993&amp;Princeton_Student_Sues_Under_ADA_for_Refusal_of_Extra_Time_to_Take_Exams">is suing</a> the university for not allowing her extra time on exams. Citing a learning disability, Metcalf-Leggette claimed that without the special concessions she might not do well on her midterms.</p> <p>It&#8217;s called freshman year, Diane.  Most people don&#8217;t do well on their <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ivygateblog/~3/x-Rt-wdDsYw/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SBPsNx_hgGUlwmIts6lKYO95Flc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SBPsNx_hgGUlwmIts6lKYO95Flc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SBPsNx_hgGUlwmIts6lKYO95Flc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SBPsNx_hgGUlwmIts6lKYO95Flc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Moving at the Speed of Creativity: 10 things you can do with a laptop (Gary Stager at eLearn09) http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/10/10-things-you-can-do-with-a-laptop-gary-stager-at-elearn09/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:09:59 -0500 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/10/10-things-you-can-do-with-a-laptop-gary-stager-at-elearn09/ <p><a href="http://www.stager.org/">Gary Stager</a> shared his presentation, &#8220;10 things you can do with a laptop&#8221; at the <a href="http://www.core-ed.net/ulearn">2009 uLearn Conference</a> in Christchurch, New Zealand, last month. <a href="http://www.stager.org/10things.html">Gary&#8217;s summary of this session</a> is available on his website. This presentation is based on Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon&#8217;s 1971 paper, &#8220;<a <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/11/10/10-things-you-can-do-with-a-laptop-gary-stager-at-elearn09/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/exss_eITPEaPnMwKD0gB8czKEUM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/exss_eITPEaPnMwKD0gB8czKEUM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/exss_eITPEaPnMwKD0gB8czKEUM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/exss_eITPEaPnMwKD0gB8czKEUM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Center for College Affordability and Productivity: Equal Opportunity is Good, Discrimination is Bad http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/equal-opportunity-is-good.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:01:00 -0500 http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/equal-opportunity-is-good.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47695" class="comments_val">0</span><br />by Daniel L. Bennett<br /><br />Last week, <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/03/elite">IHE</a> featured a story describing the results of a new book, No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal, which presents new data on the impact of affirmative action admissions to college. I have not read the book, so will not comment directly on <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/equal-opportunity-is-good.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aRpnFBZh0OSjDh0OAQhuR8QSX5c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aRpnFBZh0OSjDh0OAQhuR8QSX5c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aRpnFBZh0OSjDh0OAQhuR8QSX5c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aRpnFBZh0OSjDh0OAQhuR8QSX5c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Gradebook: Pinellas students can still get swine flu shots, updated consent form posted http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/pinellas-students-can-still-get-swine-flu-shots-updated-consent-form-posted.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:59:07 -0500 http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/pinellas-students-can-still-get-swine-flu-shots-updated-consent-form-posted.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47698" class="comments_val">0</span><br /><p>Pinellas County schools began administering vaccinations for the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, on Monday, but some students who thought they were all ready to get a shot didn't get one.</p> <p>That's because their parents had not signed an updated online consent form that was posted on the district's website Friday,' <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/pinellas-students-can-still-get-swine-flu-shots-updated-consent-form-posted.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V4SqnULNulpTDP2o8wYCmPm18tU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V4SqnULNulpTDP2o8wYCmPm18tU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V4SqnULNulpTDP2o8wYCmPm18tU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V4SqnULNulpTDP2o8wYCmPm18tU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Jay P. Greene's Blog: Phony Conflict http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://jaypgreene.com/2009/11/10/phony-conflict/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:36:21 -0500 http://jaypgreene.com/2009/11/10/phony-conflict/ I don&#8217;t understand why enthusiasts of curricular or pedagogical reforms feel the need to pick fights with choice supporters.  Are they so starved for attention that they need to create a phony conflict about whether focusing on choice or curriculum is a more effective strategy for school improvement? I say that this <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://jaypgreene.com/2009/11/10/phony-conflict/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mMEItuJwG5tc7U8vd13WRBHpxbQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mMEItuJwG5tc7U8vd13WRBHpxbQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mMEItuJwG5tc7U8vd13WRBHpxbQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mMEItuJwG5tc7U8vd13WRBHpxbQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Quick and the Ed: The View From Your Classroom http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheQuickAndTheEd/~3/RPwivl4yJNA/the-view-from-your-classroom-3.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:26:08 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheQuickAndTheEd/~3/RPwivl4yJNA/the-view-from-your-classroom-3.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47689" class="comments_val">1</span><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/4053079784_5e0567683a.jpg" alt="ApfelClassView" /><p>Today&#8217;s &#8220;view&#8221; comes to us from a technology classroom at <a href="http://www.prepms821.org/home.aspx">Sunset Park  Preparatory Middle School</a> in Brooklyn, N.Y. Thanks for sending in this great photo, Ms. Apfel!</p> <a title="ApfelClassView by EducationSector, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/educationsector/4053079784/"></a><p>Sunset Park Preparatory Middle School, Brooklyn, NY</p> <p>Got a classroom? How&#8217;s the view? <a href="mailto:quickanded@educationsector.org">Send us</a> <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheQuickAndTheEd/~3/RPwivl4yJNA/the-view-from-your-classroom-3.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VFYg2gKeBwEXlGJaCy73Rok9K4E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VFYg2gKeBwEXlGJaCy73Rok9K4E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VFYg2gKeBwEXlGJaCy73Rok9K4E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VFYg2gKeBwEXlGJaCy73Rok9K4E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> This Week In Education: Ford Initiative: The Antidote For Race To The Top http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/ouLtKtAbEbg/ford-foundation-gives-100-million-to-reform-urban-high-schools----latimescom.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:07:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/ouLtKtAbEbg/ford-foundation-gives-100-million-to-reform-urban-high-schools----latimescom.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47691" class="comments_val">0</span><br /><img alt="Watusi-alma-thomas-1963" src="http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f8c25c9883401287561e82c970c-200wi"> <p><a href="http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f8c25c9883401287561e82c970c-popup"></a> It&#39;s not all Duncan and Gates out there in school reform land.  Last week the Ford Foundation announced a $100M initiative to revamp secondary education in seven cities including Chicago (<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-schools5-2009nov05,0,3644719.story" title="Ford Foundation gives $100 million to reform urban high schools -- latimes.com">LATimes</a>). The Ford <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/ouLtKtAbEbg/ford-foundation-gives-100-million-to-reform-urban-high-schools----latimescom.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hbF16iVsCB0CVB9vNZThSCPR618/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hbF16iVsCB0CVB9vNZThSCPR618/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hbF16iVsCB0CVB9vNZThSCPR618/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hbF16iVsCB0CVB9vNZThSCPR618/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Center for College Affordability and Productivity: Japanese University Crisis http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/japanese-university-crisis.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500 http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/japanese-university-crisis.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47696" class="comments_val">0</span><br />By Anthony Hennen<br /><br />The United States is not the only country plagued with problems in higher education; Japan has challenges of its own to overcome, albeit of a different variety. Lack of enrollment for private universities is threatening bankruptcy or mergers. The Chronicle reports that<br /> “According to the <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2009/11/japanese-university-crisis.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0torfZbA7-2PKr8KXeD_iGF8Al8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0torfZbA7-2PKr8KXeD_iGF8Al8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0torfZbA7-2PKr8KXeD_iGF8Al8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0torfZbA7-2PKr8KXeD_iGF8Al8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The Gradebook: Manatee moves to fire teacher for incompetence http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/manatee-moves-to-fire-teacher-for-incompetence.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:45:00 -0500 http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/manatee-moves-to-fire-teacher-for-incompetence.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47699" class="comments_val">13</span><br /><img alt="Cover600span" src="http://blogs.tampabay.com/.a/6a00d83451b05569e20120a66d8e14970b-200wi"> <p><a href="http://blogs.tampabay.com/.a/6a00d83451b05569e20120a66d8e14970b-popup"></a> Here&#39;s something <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/article971795.ece">you don't see every day</a>.</p><p>The Manatee school district has taken steps to fire a tenured educator for failing to educate.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091110/ARTICLE/911101069/2055/NEWS?Title=Manatee-moves-to-fire-tenured-teacher">Herald-Tribune reports</a> that Buffalo Creek Middle School math teacher Laurel Davis didn't give enough tests, failed to grade some assignments and regularly <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/11/manatee-moves-to-fire-teacher-for-incompetence.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NkG2dCecs0PAgBBFMoKMGD0vPzQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NkG2dCecs0PAgBBFMoKMGD0vPzQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NkG2dCecs0PAgBBFMoKMGD0vPzQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NkG2dCecs0PAgBBFMoKMGD0vPzQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> This Week In Education: Thompson: Three Blows to the Head of the RttT http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/H5h7mPCxNJA/thompson-two-blows-to-the-head-of-therttt.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:33:50 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/H5h7mPCxNJA/thompson-two-blows-to-the-head-of-therttt.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47692" class="comments_val">1</span><br /><img alt="Arne_duncan-reforma" src="http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f8c25c98834012875643f6a970c-200wi"> <p><a href="http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f8c25c98834012875643f6a970c-popup"></a> RttT architects, who are gullible enough to believe that charters face the same challenges as neighborhood schools and can thus lead systemic turnaround efforts, should ask what the California Charter School Association knows about this issue that they do not.  The Association. which should be the biggest booster of the effort to <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/H5h7mPCxNJA/thompson-two-blows-to-the-head-of-therttt.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TH04JaEkHQUrNnhfIZMWzYwlzCw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TH04JaEkHQUrNnhfIZMWzYwlzCw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TH04JaEkHQUrNnhfIZMWzYwlzCw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TH04JaEkHQUrNnhfIZMWzYwlzCw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Joanne Jacobs: Common knowledge http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/common-knowledge/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:08:07 -0500 http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/common-knowledge/ <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47697" class="comments_val">4</span><br /><p>In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Making-Americans-Democracy-Our-Schools/dp/0300152817/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1257380660&amp;sr=1-1">The Making of Americans: Democracy and Our Schools</a>, Core Knowledge founder E.D. Hirsch argues that schools must teach our shared heritage and language to prepare children of many ethnicities to grow into &#8220;competent and civic-minded Americans who can function in the public sphere.&#8221;</p> <p>Our nation&#8217;s founders strongly supported education <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/common-knowledge/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gK3Bl32n2bc_2T8nwfwOnCkTJQs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gK3Bl32n2bc_2T8nwfwOnCkTJQs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gK3Bl32n2bc_2T8nwfwOnCkTJQs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gK3Bl32n2bc_2T8nwfwOnCkTJQs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> This Week In Education: Movies: "Precious" Features Alternative HS Literacy Program http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/BqvwJN5DUH0/sorry-i-didnt-like-precious---by-dana-stevens---slate-magazine.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:03:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/BqvwJN5DUH0/sorry-i-didnt-like-precious---by-dana-stevens---slate-magazine.html <span class="comments_label">Number of comments: </span><span id="comments_47693" class="comments_val">0</span><br /><img alt="Preciouspicture" src="http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f8c25c988340120a66450cd970b-300wi"> <p><a href="http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f8c25c988340120a66450cd970b-popup"></a> You've probably already heard a lot of buzz about Precious, the new movie about an extremely overweight and illiterate teenager who is expelled from school when the news of her second pregnancy comes out. It opened this weekend.  </p><p>What you may not know is that the' <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thisweekineducation/~3/BqvwJN5DUH0/sorry-i-didnt-like-precious---by-dana-stevens---slate-magazine.html" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y8EhJHdddv6aztwiFNgP-b8DkIA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y8EhJHdddv6aztwiFNgP-b8DkIA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y8EhJHdddv6aztwiFNgP-b8DkIA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y8EhJHdddv6aztwiFNgP-b8DkIA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> EducationPR: How to innovate in education http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://educationpr.org/2009/11/10/how-to-innovate-in-education/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:40:00 -0500 http://educationpr.org/2009/11/10/how-to-innovate-in-education/ Book review Disrupting class: How disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns. Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, Curtis W. Johnson. McGraw-Hill, 2008. 238 p. Last month a group of educators, government leaders, and corporate and foundation representatives huddled to brainstorm about how technology might drive innovation in the nation’s schools. Kathleen <a href="http://www.blognetnews.com/education/go.php?http://educationpr.org/2009/11/10/how-to-innovate-in-education/" class="postLink" target="_blank">[...]</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JuM3-CUOY_K7MEjBjOONYEb8ZU4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JuM3-CUOY_K7MEjBjOONYEb8ZU4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JuM3-CUOY_K7MEjBjOONYEb8ZU4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JuM3-CUOY_K7MEjBjOONYEb8ZU4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>