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T.H.E. Journal May 2008 Rama Ramaswami |
Fill 'Er Up What to do with all those cell phones, PDAs, and iPods tucked away in students' backpacks? Forward-thinking administrators have found a 'smart' solution: Load them with educational content and welcome them into instruction.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2008 John K. Waters |
Together at Last Left out of the digital revolution for too long, special education is finally being integrated into student information systems.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2008 Matt Villano |
What Are We Protecting Them From? By mandating schools restrict internet access, CIPA and other federal and state legislation intend to guard students' safety online-but all they may be doing is keeping vital educational technology out of the classroom.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2008 |
Link to Lessons by Leapfrog School Leapfrog School has launched a new online version of Link to Lessons, an educator resource for classroom tools and activities aimed at individualized instruction.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2008 Chris Riedel |
The Fight Against Cyberbullying As tales of online cruelty mount, districts are trying a mix of prevention and punishment, incorporating internet safety into curriculum and tightening student conduct codes.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2008 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Content, Anyone? Free and always available, web-based open source materials are providing educators with a fertile, ever-adaptable supply of instructional resources.  |
Philanthropy May 5, 2008 |
"We Hold These Truths" Common Core works to improve the cultural literacy of American students.  |
Philanthropy May 5, 2008 Jay Mathews |
Growing Up Fast Will Houston's charter school expansion revolutionize urban education?  |
HHMI Bulletin May 2008 |
Teaching Young Biologists New Tricks Nontraditional, active-learning approaches to introductory science and math courses are being tried at colleges such as North Carolina State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  |
HHMI Bulletin May 2008 Lindsay Moran |
Cue the Crickets The Academy of Science program allows high school teenagers to collaborate on a research project with teens from other countries.  |
AskMen.com Marc Voyer |
Top 10: Weird Alternative Schools Check out our top 10 list for the weirdest of the bunch, and how we assessed them.  |
T.H.E. Journal April 1, 2008 Neal Starkman |
ELL Spoken Here Online resources and educator networks are providing teachers of English language learners with a support system they don't often get within their own school districts.  |
T.H.E. Journal April 2008 Dian Schaffhauser |
On the Road to DDDM Implementing a data-driven decision-making initiative is a painstaking, six-stage process. Two districts are halfway home.  |
T.H.E. Journal April 2008 Matt Villano |
Meet the Parents Notification tools can do more than alert the school community to an emergency. New systems are cultivating parental involvement by sending home daily reports on students' behavior, attendance, and performance.  |
T.H.E. Journal April 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Let Them Act Out Having to constantly drill for tests, students are being kept from performing in ways that would reveal the best they have to offer.  |
T.H.E. Journal April 2008 Jeff Weinstock |
The X-Man Cometh I'm starting to think that had I not found my niche in journalism, I would have taught math, having just completed a five-week stint doing just that, trying to help my wife through an algebra course.  |
T.H.E. Journal April 2008 |
Mia Reading: The Bugaboo Bugs by Kutoka Interactive This new line of educational software focuses on enhancing literacy skills of children ages 5 to 9.  |
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2008 |
Reaching Across The Divide The Georgetown Institute of College Preparation reaches children from a D.C. neighborhood with great need.  |
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