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		<title>At Las Vegas charter school, iPads power project-based learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dozen Las Vegas second-graders were given a common English assignment one recent morning: Write a story using new vocabulary words. But instead of picking up a pencil and paper, these students launched the Pages word processing application on their iPads and started tapping. One precocious youngster in the back of the room raised his<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/22/at-las-vegas-charter-school-ipads-power-project-based-learning/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Viewpoint: Tests don’t measure teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we really care about the education of young people in poverty, we will stop focusing on test results and pay much more attention to the quality of life students and families endure. The more their parents and the students themselves are employed, the better their housing and transportation, the better their health care and<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/22/viewpoint-tests-don%e2%80%99t-measure-teachers/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 educational iPad apps recommended by Explore Knowledge Academy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Explore Knowledge Academy has its grand opening celebration in March 2012, it will become the first &#8220;iSchool&#8221; in Nevada, with a 1-to-1 ratio of iPad tablets to students. EKA students as young as kindergartners use the iPad to learn traditional subjects in math, English, social studies, and science. (To read about their experience, click<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/22/10-educational-ipad-apps-recommended-by-explore-knowledge-academy/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Mass Customized Learning’: The key to education reform?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you still drive a car if it was the Ford Model T? No? Even if the paint was new and it had air conditioning? The answer would always be “no,” said one education reform expert, because no matter how much you spruce up an old model, there’s always a maximum capacity … and the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/21/%e2%80%98mass-customized-learning%e2%80%99-the-key-to-education-reform/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>iPad app helps student communicate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Want to go and do science?&#8221; Anastacia Marquez, a 9-year-old student at Sunrise Elementary School in Las Cruces, N.M., pauses for a beat, pondering the question from one of her teachers, Melissa Flavell. Marquez extends her left index finger, and presses the corresponding answer on her iPad: &#8220;Yes.&#8221; It&#8217;s a simple exchange between student and<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/21/ipad-app-helps-student-communicate/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Author: Only community can save public education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think of it this way: Would you support a presidential candidate you knew nothing about? What does this candidate think about taxes? How is this candidate helping those around him? What does this candidate believe in, and heck, what’s his favorite food? Well, said Jamie Vollmer, a businessman, author, and supporter of public education, wouldn’t people like to know how their local schools worked, too?]]></description>
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		<title>$5 billion program would focus on teacher quality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is hoping that competition combined with cash will encourage states and school districts to improve the nation&#8217;s teaching corps. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Feb. 15 announced details of the administration&#8217;s proposed $5 billion program for a new Race to the Top-style competition, with states and districts competing for grant dollars to<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/16/5-billion-program-would-focus-on-teacher-quality/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Software program allows for smarter music education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seventh-grade cellists Lindsey Williams and Taylor Wilson squeeze into a small, cluttered room at Owensboro Middle School&#8217;s north campus. In front of them, a laptop tuned to SmartMusic shows an up-tempo selection from &#8220;Rondeau&#8221; sprinkled with red notes on top of black ones. Their score: an 82. Kentucky’s Owensboro Public Schools blended SmartMusic, a piece<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/16/software-program-allows-for-smarter-music-education/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama seeks more money for education, setting up showdown with Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new budget that President Barack Obama is sending to Congress aims to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by restraining government spending and raising taxes on the wealthy. To help a weak economy, however, Obama&#8217;s proposal requests modest increases in funding for education and transportation. While administration officials on Feb.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/14/obama-seeks-more-money-for-education-setting-up-showdown-with-congress/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Details of Obama’s proposed $70B for education</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Education (ED) would receive nearly $70 billion under President Barack Obama’s FY2013 budget, which he presented to Congress on Feb. 13. The $69.8 billion budget request represents a 2.5 percent increase—up $1.7 billion—from the 2012 budget. Notable funding areas include a $14 billion one-time investment in key reform areas: aligning education<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/14/details-of-obama%e2%80%99s-proposed-70b-for-education/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>iPads help charge reading instruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[East Haven, Conn., reading specialist Gina Tomassi sits with second-grader Isaac Florentino for a quick reading evaluation, listening to him read a short story about a riverside village. She&#8217;s conducted these informal, frequent assessments countless times with other students in her career, having nailed down a stop-watch monitoring, hand-tapping, note-taking routine that certainly seems a<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/13/ipads-help-charge-reading-instruction/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Six ed-tech resources for ELL/ESL instruction</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/10/six-ed-tech-resources-for-ellesl-instruction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s usually the editors’ job at eSchool News to create our own &#8220;Question of the Week&#8221; for our newsletters, but a few weeks ago we received a request from a reader that we ask our followers: “What are some ways technology helps in the education of ELL students?” From award-winning software, to a teacher-created program<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/10/six-ed-tech-resources-for-ellesl-instruction/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A first-hand look inside a flipped classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been many school reform trends over the past few years: student response systems, video games for math, mobile phones for learning—but none have completely transformed the notion of learning like the flipped classroom. Flipped learning, in essence, turns the idea of traditional classroom instruction on its head by asking students to watch videos<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/09/a-first-hand-look-inside-a-flipped-classroom-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Clark County schools see improvement with help from math software</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For all the talk about ways to raise test scores in Las Vegas, a promising solution, educators say, might lie in one of the most criticized of youth activities: computer games. In an era when chalkboards are being replaced by interactive whiteboards and textbooks by iPad tablets, some educators see educational computer games pioneering the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/09/clark-county-schools-see-improvement-with-help-from-math-software/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama requests funding to help math, science teacher preparation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Feb. 7 called for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to the nation&#8217;s long-term success. Obama said his upcoming budget proposal, set to be released next week, would include a request for $80 million from Congress for a<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/08/obama-requests-funding-to-help-math-science-teacher-preparation/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Experts warn of a growing trend: Teen password sharing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Educators should be aware of an emerging trend that puts students’ cyber security at risk: Password sharing among teen couples. It’s something that experts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area say teen couples are doing to show their love and affection, KDAF-TV of Dallas reports. But they also say it can come with some serious long-<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/08/experts-warn-of-a-growing-trend-teen-password-sharing/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>3D technology helps autistic kids learn to read</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A menagerie of virtual 3D animals that swim, eat bugs, and fly are building crucial reading skills in autistic children at Audubon Park Elementary in Orlando. Four-year-old Christopher Gomez lined up a set of specialized word and animal cards, including one with the letter “I” and a picture of an iguana under a camera to<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/08/3d-technology-helps-autistic-kids-learn-to-read/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>One district’s experience with iPads</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sign in the hallway tells Renville County West fifth-grade students what they&#8217;ll need in class: social studies book, pencil, folder, iPad. In another classroom, Quick Response codes on the bulletin board can be used to download assignments directly onto an iPad. They are visual reminders of how much things have changed this year for<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/06/one-districts-experience-with-ipads-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>National project aims to inspire the ‘model classroom’</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina is at risk of a water shortage. With $500,000 in grants available for innovative conservation projects, it&#8217;s up to the students in Bryan Coburn&#8217;s introduction to engineering course at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C., to devise solutions. Armed with smart phones and an array of ed-tech tools, the teens spent much<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/06/national-project-aims-to-inspire-the-model-classroom/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Online program will help guide Okla. students through Algebra I</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An online pilot program to help eighth- through 10th-graders who are struggling with Algebra I is being launched at 16 high schools and 23 middle schools throughout Oklahoma. About 10,000 students from low-performing schools are participating in the first year of the program, which is free to their school districts, according to the Oklahoma State<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/03/online-program-will-help-guide-okla-students-through-algebra-i/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Learning Day draws nearly 2 million students</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty-nine states, 15,000 teachers, and 1.7 million students participated in the first-ever Digital Learning Day on Feb. 1, which aimed to demonstrate how technology is improving teaching and learning across the nation. Headed by the Alliance for Excellent Education, Digital Learning Day kicked off with web sessions focusing on leadership and innovation, instruction, and professional<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/02/digital-learning-day-draws-nearly-2-million-students-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feds’ challenge to schools: Embrace digital textbooks</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are hardbound textbooks going the way of slide rules and typewriters in schools? Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on Feb. 1 challenged schools and companies to get digital textbooks in students&#8217; hands within five years. The Obama administration&#8217;s push comes two weeks after Apple Inc. announced it would start<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/02/feds-challenge-to-schools-embrace-digital-textbooks/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>$3M gaming project could help spark STEM education</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A $3 million Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant will help the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Education Arcade build a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) to help high school students learn math and biology. Part of the grant’s purpose will be to change the way that science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) topics are<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/31/3m-gaming-project-could-help-spark-stem-education/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Homebound students use robot to continue learning from home</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teacher Ben Edwards points to the number 75 written on the board in his seventh-grade math class at Mohawk Junior High School in Lawrence County, Pa. &#8220;Is this going to round up to 80 or down to 70?&#8221; he asks all the students before calling on one to answer. &#8220;Cris?&#8221; From a half-mile away in<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/30/homebound-students-use-robot-to-continue-learning-from-home/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers: Budgets block classroom technology access</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite advances in digital learning tools and efforts to close the ed-tech access gap, school budgets remain one of the biggest barriers to classroom technology access, according to a national PBS LearningMedia survey of preK-12 teachers. Although ed-tech advocates campaign for technology’s seamless integration into instruction, only 22 percent of teachers surveyed said they have<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/28/teachers-budgets-block-classroom-technology-access/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inquiry-based approach to science a hit with students</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Scali’s class at Concord High School in Wilmington, Del., doesn’t look like your typical honors chemistry class. Sure, the periodic table is prominently displayed in the room and lab tables dominate the space, but there’s something different going on here. You know it because there are students all over the room and they’re feverishly<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/27/inquiry-based-approach-to-science-a-hit-with-students-3/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Report tracks states’ progress toward Common Core standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Common Core State Standards continue to gain momentum, states say they are more rigorous than previous standards, but many cite challenges in fully implementing the standards, particularly where funding is concerned. “Year Two of Implementing the Common Core State Standards: States&#8217; Progress and Challenges,” a new report from the Center on Education Policy<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/26/report-tracks-states%e2%80%99-progress-toward-common-core-standards/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Students learn smart-phone app making</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past year, people downloaded more than 17 billion apps to their mobile phones and tablet computers, and that number is expected to skyrocket in the next two years. That’s why students at North Carolina’s Apex High School will be among those at five schools nationally who will be learning how to design and<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/26/students-learn-smart-phone-app-making/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama challenges lawmakers to strengthen education</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a State of the Union address that was as much a campaign speech as a call to action, President Obama touted his administration’s success in spurring school reform and challenged lawmakers to build on this success by investing more in education and research to “prepare for the jobs of tomorrow.” Facing a deeply divided<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/25/obama-challenges-lawmakers-to-strengthen-education/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher tenure is under increased attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If teachers feel as though their job security is under attack, they’re right: Efforts to abolish or chip away at teacher tenure and erode collective bargaining rights have been popping up across the country, most recently with the filing last week of a petition that would eliminate tenure for new teachers in Missouri. The petition<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/24/teacher-tenure-is-under-increased-attack/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wolfram Alpha launches free portal with tools for math instruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of U.S. students’ math achievement, and now math teachers have a new resource, aligned with the Common Core standards and available free of charge, that might help them teach abstract math lessons. Launched on Jan. 18, Wolfram Alpha’s Wolfram Education Portal is a free website, currently in beta testing,<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/21/wolfram-alpha-launches-free-portal-with-tools-for-math-instruction/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Performance assessment making a comeback in schools</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a darkened classroom at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School in Devens, Mass., 15-year-old Tom Grigglestone is giving a PowerPoint presentation of what he’s learned in math this past semester—and how he’s applied this knowledge to a project he designed. “I can predict where the NASDAQ will be when I know where the ‘Footsie’<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/19/performance-assessment-making-a-comeback-in-schools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change skepticism seeps into science classrooms</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A flash point has emerged in American science education that echoes the battle over evolution, as scientists and educators report mounting resistance to the study of man-made climate change in middle and high schools. Although scientific evidence increasingly shows that fossil fuel consumption has caused the climate to change rapidly, the issue has grown so<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/19/climate-change-skepticism-seeps-into-science-classrooms/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three principals share instructional leadership tips</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[School leaders play an important role in guiding educators as they strive to improve student achievement. School principals, charged with so many tasks already, also must be confident instructional leaders who can help teachers organize instruction, comprehend standards, and develop curriculum. During a Jan. 12 Education Trust webinar about how principals can be strong, positive,<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/14/three-principals-share-instructional-leadership-tips/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers debate gaming’s effects on the brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A U.K. study that compared the brains of teenage video gamers found that those who played video games frequently have more gray matter in the area of the brain known to be associated with rewards and decision-making, which raises the question of whether gaming is related to changes in the brain. Researchers looked for differences<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/11/researchers-debate-gamings-effects-on-the-brain/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dallas ISD to expand computer-based math program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trading flashcards for keyboards and notepads for computer screens, second-graders are learning math differently at Dallas Independent School District. Starting this school year, all second-graders are using a personalized computer-based math program called Reasoning Mind to supplement their regular math lessons. Next school year, district officials may nearly triple the number of students using the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/10/dallas-isd-to-expand-computer-based-math-program/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Our readers’ top ed-tech picks for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the results of our 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards, which recognize the educational technology products and services our readers have enjoyed the most success with. Last fall, we asked readers to give us their top picks for school hardware, software, websites, and services. Nearly 1,400 readers responded via one of our three websites: eSchoolNews.com,<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/01/03/our-readers-top-ed-tech-picks-for-2012/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 holiday wishes for administrators, teachers, and students</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the holidays are a time to show others how you appreciate them, the tough economy is giving administrators and teachers a challenge in showing their support for their peers and their students. In a recent &#8220;Question of the Week,&#8221; we asked our readers: “&#8217;Tis the season to be giving! If you could give just<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/22/10-holiday-wishes-for-administrators-teachers-and-students/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Project aims for national standard in music education</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/21/project-aims-for-national-standard-in-music-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For generations, music students have been getting gold stars, certificates, and other pats on the back from their teachers. But a budding musician with high marks in one state is not necessarily on the same level, judged by the same criteria, as a budding musician in another. Now, such positive reinforcement soon might carry a<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/21/project-aims-for-national-standard-in-music-education/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nanotech creating big buzz among high school students</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brad Dow. Remember the name; it could be the answer to a science or engineering essay question someday. At least, that is what the Farmington High School junior is hoping as he enters the field of nanotechnology through a novel program at Dakota County Technical College. &#8220;The nanotechnology field is very young now,&#8221; said Dow,<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/21/nanotech-creating-big-buzz-among-high-school-students/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 10 biggest ed-tech stories of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers use video podcasts to turn learning “upside down” … New web-search formulas have important implications for students and society … “Bring Your Own Device” emerges as a top strategy for integrating technology into instruction: These are among the many key ed-tech developments affecting schools in the past year. In this special retrospective, the editors<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/16/the-10-biggest-ed-tech-stories-of-2011/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Class assignment: Reinvent the high school</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/15/class-assignment-reinvent-the-high-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[High school feels different in the big white mansion at the edge of the Navy Yard in Philadelphia—no desks in rows. No 47-minute class periods. No warnings to remove the hat, put the cell phone away, take the exam seriously. Instead, small groups of students are designing their own workshop space. They&#8217;re drawing up more<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/15/class-assignment-reinvent-the-high-school/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five tips for digital communication in the new year</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/09/five-tips-for-digital-communication-in-the-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a new year approaching, it&#8217;s a great opportunity to re-evaluate what’s working—and what’s not—in your classroom, school, or district communications program. Here are five tips to power better communications and community relations in 2012, plus some thoughts to ponder as we enter a new era in public school choice. 1. Start using QR (quick<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/09/five-tips-for-digital-communication-in-the-new-year/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>As budgets get stretched, schools turn to free digital tools</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/06/as-budgets-get-stretched-schools-turn-to-free-digital-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think of it as a welcome demand meeting an urgent need: Even as public school funding plummets, it&#8217;s never been easier to find inexpensive or free high-quality education tools online. The digital revolution, which smashed old patterns of other traditional media, is radically changing what can be found in the average classroom. Teachers and school<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/06/as-budgets-get-stretched-schools-turn-to-free-digital-tools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Viewpoint: Think first, tweet later</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Emma Sullivan just became the new Ferris Bueller.&#8221; That was the astute observation of a writer for Roll Call, one of countless panegyrics to the 18-year-old Kansan who refused to apologize to Gov. Sam Brownback for sending a not-very-nice tweet about him to her 60-some followers. The tweet in question, which Sullivan composed on Nov.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/06/viewpoint-think-first-tweet-later/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teen ‘sexting’: Less common than parents, educators might fear</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/06/teen-%e2%80%98sexting%e2%80%99-less-common-than-parents-educators-might-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roughly one teen in 100 has personally engaged in so-called sexting, the sending of sexually explicit pictures of oneself via digital media, in the last year. But the senders who intended the images to be an intimate message for one special recipient might be surprised: 7.1 percent of internet-using teenagers told the authors of a study released Dec.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/06/teen-%e2%80%98sexting%e2%80%99-less-common-than-parents-educators-might-fear/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Initiative aims for 100,000 new STEM teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/05/initiative-aims-for-100000-new-stem-teachers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new national movement aims to increase the supply of math and science teachers and retain excellent teachers currently in U.S. classrooms by preparing 100,000 new math and science teachers over the next 10 years. Led by Carnegie Corporation of New York, Opportunity Equation, the NewSchools Venture Fund, and the S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation, the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/05/initiative-aims-for-100000-new-stem-teachers/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia’s largest district launches all-digital learning platform</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia’s Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) has taken a huge step forward in its move to an all-digital education for its students: The district has partnered with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) to implement a single sign-on platform for delivering curriculum, assessment, analytics, professional development, parent information, and more. The platform, called Pinpoint, is an “integrated<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/12/01/georgias-largest-district-launches-all-digital-learning-platform/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Colleges defend humanities amid tight budgets</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/29/colleges-defend-humanities-amid-tight-budgets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many humanities advocates, Abbey Drane was disheartened but not surprised when Florida&#8217;s governor recently said its tax dollars should bolster science and high-tech studies, not &#8220;educate more people who can&#8217;t get jobs in anthropology.&#8221; Drane, a 21-year-old anthropology major at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, has spent years defending her choice to pursue that liberal<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/29/colleges-defend-humanities-amid-tight-budgets/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Survey reveals teens’ experiences on social networking sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As social media use has become pervasive in the lives of American teens, a new study finds that 69 percent of the teenagers who use social networking sites say their peers are mostly kind to one another on such sites. Still, 88 percent say they have witnessed people being mean or cruel to another person<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/24/survey-reveals-teens-experiences-on-social-networking-sites/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>ED’s new partner in teacher recruitment: Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/22/eds-new-partner-in-teacher-recruitment-microsoft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Education Department (ED) is handing control of its online platform for teacher recruitment and retention, www.teach.gov, to software giant Microsoft Corp., the two organizations announced earlier this month. ED officials launched the TEACH campaign and website in September 2010 to promote the teaching profession and bring a new generation of educators into the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/22/eds-new-partner-in-teacher-recruitment-microsoft/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tougher teacher evaluation system prompts schools to ban student teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tennessee’s new teacher evaluation system has prompted some school districts to ban student teachers from working in core high school subjects, college education officials say. The reason: So much of a teacher’s evaluation is now based on student test scores that some teachers don’t want to cede control of their classroom to a student teacher.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/21/tougher-teacher-evaluation-system-prompts-schools-to-ban-student-teachers/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook warns of recent wave of graphic spam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook on Nov. 16 said  it has stopped most of the spam that has flooded many users&#8217; pages with pictures showing graphic sex and violence. But the social-networking company urged its 800 million-plus users to remain vigilant to keep their accounts from being hijacked. That includes reporting suspicious links on friends&#8217; pages and not clicking<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/18/facebook-warns-of-recent-wave-of-graphic-spam/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>States strengthening teacher evaluation standards</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/18/states-strengthening-teacher-evaluation-standards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers and principals&#8217; own report cards are getting a lot more attention. The way educators are evaluated is changing across the country, with a switch from routine &#8220;satisfactory&#8221; ratings to actual proof that students are learning. President Barack Obama&#8217;s recent use of executive authority to revise the No Child Left Behind education law is one<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/18/states-strengthening-teacher-evaluation-standards/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feds launch open-source ‘Learning Registry’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new federal resource will help groups share learning materials and policy recommendations as they strive to improve the quality and availability of learning resources in education. Launched by the U.S. Departments of Education and Defense, the new “Learning Registry” is an open-source community that takes advantage of technology tools to help users share information<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/16/feds-launch-open-source-learning-registry/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine district hosting national conference on iPads in education</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Educators from across the United States and as far away as Chile will be in Auburn, Maine, this week to learn how kindergarten students are using iPads for reading and math. From Nov. 16 through Nov. 18, the Auburn School Department is hosting educators in a sold-out Leveraging Learning: The iPad in Primary Grades Institute.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/15/maine-district-hosting-national-conference-on-ipads-in-education/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 ways schools are teaching internet safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As internet use has become a daily part of most students&#8217; lives, students must know how to protect themselves and their identity at all times—especially when teachers and parents aren’t there to help them. Teaching students about internet safety has been important for as long as the internet has existed, but it&#8217;s in the spotlight<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/12/10-ways-schools-are-teaching-internet-safety/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to teach young children in the digital age</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/09/how-to-teach-young-children-in-the-digital-age/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As research suggests more than half of children ages 5-8 have used a mobile device such as a smart phone, iPod touch, or iPad, a new report offers recommendations for how policy makers and education leaders can take a more robust and modern approach to helping young students learn and develop in the digital age.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/09/how-to-teach-young-children-in-the-digital-age/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Four fallacies of the ‘teachers are overpaid’ argument</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute have released a new paper arguing that public school teachers are overpaid relative to the private-sector market, and therefore policy makers can balance their budgets by cutting teachers’ benefits without affecting teacher recruitment and retention. The paper is sure to provoke a great deal of thought and<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/08/four-fallacies-of-the-teachers-are-overpaid-argument/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hey, teachers: The Heritage Foundation thinks you’re overpaid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new policy paper from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that espouses free-market principles, argues that—contrary to popular opinion—teachers aren’t underpaid. Instead, the paper says, teachers are actually overpaid by at least 50 percent of their fair-market value, costing American taxpayers more than $120 billion each year in excessive labor costs. Produced in<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/08/hey-teachers-the-heritage-foundation-thinks-you%e2%80%99re-overpaid/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>More states look to online learning for students</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As more students opt to enroll full-time or part-time in virtual learning programs, a growing number of states are considering proposals mandating that students take at least one online course before graduating from high school. An important step for states considering such a requirement is to define what they mean by virtual learning and taking<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/03/more-states-look-to-online-learning-for-students/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US school kids showing slight improvement in math</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nation&#8217;s report card on math and reading shows fourth- and eighth-graders scoring their best ever in math and eighth graders making some progress in reading. But the results released Tuesday are a stark reminder of just how far the nation&#8217;s school kids are from achieving the No Child Left Behind law&#8217;s goal that every<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/03/us-school-kids-showing-slight-improvement-in-math/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Researcher: Technology might be returning us to Stone Age-thinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not a new concept: Technology is changing the way we think. But one prominent researcher at a recent conference discussed a more controversial idea: Technology could be moving us away from innovation and progress, and closer to the Stone Age in terms of how we process information—a scary thought, considering the country’s desperate call<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/11/01/researcher-technology-might-be-returning-us-to-stone-age-thinking/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Social media savvy: The new digital divide?</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/27/social-media-savvy-the-new-digital-divide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The inclusion of social media data in the algorithms that search engines now use to help people find relevant information online could create a “new digital divide,” educator and consultant Angela Maiers believes—“those with a powerful network and those without.” She also proposed a “new rule” that sums up the importance of managing one’s online<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/27/social-media-savvy-the-new-digital-divide/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>School fires up iPads to fine-tune phys-ed skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Gregg Agena&#8217;s physical education classroom at Ewa Makai Middle School in Honolulu, students are ready for the day&#8217;s lesson on basic tumbling: mats on the floor, tennis shoes off—and iPads up and at the ready. As Agena blows his whistle, half of the students perform &#8220;logrolls&#8221; and &#8220;shoulder rolls.&#8221; The other half uses an<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/25/school-fires-up-ipads-to-fine-tune-phys-ed-skills/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>iNACOL updates its online teaching standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As online learning becomes more ubiquitous in schools and districts across the nation, a leading online-learning organization has updated its national standards intended to help shape high-quality online teaching practices. In its National Standards for Quality Online Teaching, Version 2, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) has revised its existing standards that define<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/24/inacol-updates-its-online-teaching-standards/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senate rejects spending to hire more teachers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and his allies in the Senate promise to press ahead with separate votes on pieces of his failed $447 billion jobs measure despite unanimous opposition from Republicans. But there also are signs of slippage among Democrats and some suggestion that the strategy isn&#8217;t working with voters. Future votes on individual pieces of<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/21/senate-rejects-spending-to-hire-more-teachers/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>To balance budgets, schools allow ads</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without ever cracking a book, students in Pennsylvania&#8217;s Pennsbury School District are learning a new subject this year: marketing. Starting three weeks ago, the 16 elementary, middle, and high schools are being adorned with &#8212; some say defiled by &#8212; advertisements as large as 5 by 10 feet. By month&#8217;s end, 47 such ads should<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/17/to-balance-budgets-schools-allow-ads/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Public Schools to roll out high school-college hybrid</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new type of school will enter Chicago&#8217;s public education system next fall, a kind of high school-community college hybrid that, if successful, could one day become a model for preparing students for professional STEM careers without a university diploma. Mayor Rahm Emanuel helped secure a $400,000 &#8220;challenge grant&#8221; from IBM that will lay the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/13/chicago-public-schools-to-roll-out-high-school-college-hybrid/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inside a ‘Bring Your Own Device’ program</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hanover High School students walked into their environmental science class, sat at the round black tables, and got out their class materials. The three-ring binders, notebooks, pens, and pencils were placed out of arm&#8217;s reach. Instead, the students placed in front of themselves a laptop and a cell phone. Teacher Jason Suter picked up<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/11/inside-a-%e2%80%98bring-your-own-device%e2%80%99-program/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Panel examines ed tech, personalized learning</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education policy in the United States should change and adapt to digital technologies that make personalized learning a reality, agreed a number of panelists during an Oct. 6 Brookings Institution discussion. Greater access to high-quality education is much-needed, said Darrell West, a Brookings Institution senior fellow and the panel moderator, during “Educational Technology: Revolutionizing Personalized<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/08/panel-examines-ed-tech-personalized-learning/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ed-tech firms take center stage at Minnesota forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interactive digital textbooks and a formative assessment system that enables students to take exams on their laptops, tablets, or smart phones were among the many ed-tech products on display at an educational technology forum in Minnesota Oct. 5. Minnesota has the potential to become a center for educational technology, organizers at the EduTech Showcase and<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/07/ed-tech-firms-take-center-stage-at-minnesota-forum/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers use website to showcase student art</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Beaufort County, S.C., teachers have earned awards for their work to share students&#8217; art online. Karen Beltz of Bluffton Elementary School and Donna Sams of Coosa Elementary School both use the website www.artsonia.com to build a gallery of their students&#8217; projects. The website enables family and friends to log on to see the children&#8217;s<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/06/teachers-use-website-to-showcase-student-art/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Merit pay in the spotlight at Miami-Dade schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifth-grade teacher Louineze Mertil did not know why she was called to Miami Beach Senior High School on Oct. 3. She soon found out: to pick up a $4,000 check for her students&#8217; work at Phyllis Ruth Miller Elementary. Mertil was among 120 top-ranked teachers who received big checks &#8212; some large enough to buy<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/04/merit-pay-in-the-spotlight-at-miami-dade-schools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>ED proposes teacher prep reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To ensure that teachers are ready to enter the classroom, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is proposing a series of initiatives to reward the best teacher preparation programs, improve the quality at schools of education, and remove burdensome regulations. These reforms are part of the Obama administration&#8217;s effort to support educators and make government<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/04/ed-proposes-teacher-prep-reforms/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to practice safe social networking</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The popularity of smart phones and social networking sites is keeping a growing number of students connected—to danger, deception, and a loss of academic or career opportunities if they aren’t careful. Many students haven’t set secure privacy settings on their profiles, and they might not realize how easy it is for a Facebook friend to<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/04/how-to-practice-safe-social-networking/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to use 3D in the classroom effectively</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/03/how-to-use-3d-in-the-classroom-effectively/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although some people report headaches or other problems from viewing 3D images, that&#8217;s not a reason for educators to shy away from using 3D in the classroom, optometrists say. In fact, the use of 3D images in school can help diagnose vision problems among students at an earlier age and can enhance teaching and learning.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/10/03/how-to-use-3d-in-the-classroom-effectively/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reinventing Education, Revisited</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The slumping economy hasn’t been kind to schools, especially in California—but that hasn’t deterred the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) from its ambitious plan to give all students a technology-rich education. Two years ago, the district embarked on a five-year journey to transform its classrooms and completely revamp the way San Diego students learn.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/30/reinventing-education-revisited/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What schools can do about bullying and cyber bullying</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not the kind of letter you would think the secretary of education would get, but Arne Duncan said he gets them all the time. “I’m being bullied at school and on the bus, and I’m afraid of telling somebody because they might hear about it and do something bad to me,” a girl from<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/27/what-schools-can-do-about-bullying-and-cyber-bullying/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tweeting the future of student journalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the undefeated Patriots football team of Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township, Pa., played the Emmaus Green Hornets on Friday night, Freedom senior Tyler Alicea had his heart in the game—and his mind and hands on his phone. Tyler was using his phone to tweet updates about the game while standing in the student<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/26/tweeting-the-future-of-student-journalism/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Meet six of the country’s best STEM schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a modern Cinderella story: Representatives from 18 optimistic, hardworking school communities were honored with a fancy black tie party Sept. 20, with critics of public education blissfully absent for the night. In today’s political climate, with policy makers and pundits quick to condemn educators, it might be hard to imagine that teachers, administrators, and<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/24/meet-six-of-the-country%e2%80%99s-best-stem-schools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty states involved in changing science instruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Academy of Sciences has kicked off a multi-state campaign to improve science instruction—a move that will lead to a greater emphasis on analytical and conceptual thinking. As part of the effort, 20 states will help write new standards that determine what is taught in schools from kindergarten through high school. The new science<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/22/twenty-states-involved-in-changing-science-instruction/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New film fights negative perception of teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think of it as kryptonite for ‘Superman’: As lawmakers work to strip teachers of their collective bargaining rights and school reformers place much of the blame for the problems plaguing public education at their feet, a new film from former teacher Ninive Calegari strives to tell the story of what it’s really like for American<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/16/new-film-fights-negative-perception-of-teachers/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Students now required to take standardized sex ed, health test</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the District of Columbia’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), D.C. public schools are planning to test students on their knowledge of human sexuality, contraception, and drug use this spring. The D.C. OSSE, which developed the 50-question exam for grades 5, 8 and 10, said it will be the first standardized<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/15/students-now-required-to-take-standardized-sex-ed-health-test/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Schools working to implement Common Core standards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than half of school district officials in states that have adopted the Common Core State Standards said they agree that the new math and English/language arts standards are more rigorous than the ones they are replacing, according to a new study by the Center on Education Policy (CEP). The report, Common Core Standards: Progress<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/15/schools-working-to-implement-common-core-standards/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Panel: STEM education crisis stems from unsupported teachers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a panel of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education experts and industry leaders, the United States is still falling short of producing the number of STEM graduates needed to fill 21st-century jobs—and panelists said the problem can be traced to to a lack of support for teachers. At a Sept. 12 Brookings<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/14/panel-stem-education-crisis-stems-from-unsupported-teachers/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New instructional technology for the 2011-12 school year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New tablets that aim to challenge the iPad, software for managing mobile learning devices, and innovations in student response systems, interactive whiteboards, and other teaching tools are among the latest developments in instructional technology for the new school year. Here’s an overview of some of these recent developments. Mobile learning tools With mobile learning taking<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/12/new-instructional-technology-for-the-2011-12-school-year/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New curriculum products for schools</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An all-digital science textbook, a multiplayer online “social learning” math game, and software for honing students’ math and reading skills that comes bundled on low-cost mobile devices are among the latest curriculum software products available to schools this fall. Here’s a roundup of some of the latest ed-tech curriculum products for schools. STEM education With<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/12/new-curriculum-products-for-schools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sixty ed-tech products for the new school year</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the new school year gets under way, we’ve compiled a handy summary of new and noteworthy educational technology products available to educators this fall. From the latest curriculum software programs, to services designed to save schools money, this broad overview of more than 60 ed-tech developments is something you won’t want to miss. (Click<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/12/sixty-ed-tech-products-for-the-new-school-year/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New assessment and data management solutions for schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a strong federal focus on assessment and accountability in education, many ed-tech companies have released new products designed to help educators test their students’ understanding and track progress toward meeting state and federal benchmarks. Here are some of the latest innovations in assessment and data management for schools. More than 500 school systems have<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/12/new-assessment-and-data-management-solutions-for-schools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five characteristics of an effective 21st-century educator</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Today’s educators are constantly evaluating the skills that students need to compete in the global economy. But what are the characteristics or skills needed to be an effective 21st-century educator? We recently posed this question to readers, and here are their top responses. A common refrain from school-reform advocates is that an effective<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/09/five-characteristics-of-an-effective-21st-century-educator/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs plan would help modernize schools</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/09/jobs-plan-would-help-modernize-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schools and teachers stand to benefit from an ambitious, $450 billion plan to boost jobs and put cash in the pockets of dispirited Americans, as President Obama responded to an economy in peril by unveiling his larger-than-expected jobs plan before a joint session of Congress Sept. 8. Obama said his new plan would put thousands<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/09/jobs-plan-would-help-modernize-schools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/06/many-u-s-schools-adding-ipads-trimming-textbooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut’s suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer.A few hours away, every student at Burlington High School near Boston also will start the year with new school-issued<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/06/many-u-s-schools-adding-ipads-trimming-textbooks/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Archive shows Sept. 11 TV coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many in New York and Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2001, was a personal experience, an attack on their cities. Most everywhere else in the world, it was a television event.TV’s commemoration as the 10th anniversary of the event approaches puts that day in many different contexts. There is one place, however, for people to<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/06/internet-archive-shows-sept-11-tv-coverage/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Social websites are latest sources for plagiarized material</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/02/social-websites-are-latest-sources-for-plagiarized-material/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plagiarism is going social, according to Turnitin.com, which found that one-third of plagiarized material in student papers can be traced to social networking, content sharing, or question-and-answer websites.Turnitin.com offers software that checks student papers against a vast database of prior works and the internet at large, looking for matches that can indicate possible plagiarism. An<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/09/02/social-websites-are-latest-sources-for-plagiarized-material/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten things every new teacher should know</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/08/31/ten-things-every-new-teacher-should-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you’ve had this thought before: &#8220;If I knew then what I know now…&#8221;You know the material. You know there will be some &#8220;problem&#8221; students—but what else do you need to know before you take that first step in the classroom?In today’s often volatile teaching environment, and with expectations heightened, it’s critical to be prepared.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/08/31/ten-things-every-new-teacher-should-know/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Missouri teachers sue over social networking law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Missouri teachers&#8217; union said Aug. 19 that it is challenging a controversial new state measure that restricts teachers&#8217; use of social networking sites and their contact with students, saying it violates their constitutional rights.The Missouri State Teachers Association said it is seeking an injunction to block enforcement of part of a law that takes<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/08/31/missouri-teachers-sue-over-social-networking-law/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Career education on the rise in high schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peggy Hinzman stands in the heart of today&#8217;s industrial-minded, technology-driven high school. She teaches in it. And even she has trouble getting the next word out of her mouth.&#8220;Pharmacogenomics,&#8221; she says after a couple of tries.&#8220;We get people into careers no one has ever heard of,&#8221; said Hinzman, who teaches at Summit Technology Academy in<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/08/31/career-education-on-the-rise-in-high-schools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers prepare for 10th anniversary of Sept. 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the nation prepares to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, many teachers are struggling with how to teach about the disastrous events to students who might have a living memory of the events.Many younger students, meanwhile, might not even realize the significance of the day<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/08/31/teachers-prepare-for-10th-anniversary-of-sept-11/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free curriculum resource helps educators teach to Common Core standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A popular online education resource now provides interactive curriculum tools specially tailored to correspond with both state standards and the Common Core standards—and U.S. educators can use the product free of charge.SAS, a major business analytics company, released a new version of its Curriculum Pathways web-based resource on Aug. 15. The new version of SAS<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2011/08/31/free-curriculum-resource-helps-educators-teach-to-common-core-standards/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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