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Entrepreneur
April 2010 |
Top Honors Business school students give a shout out to their schools. The Princeton Review's Student Opinion Honors for business schools.   |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2009
Charlene O'Hanlon |
Title I-- and Then Some School districts are getting creative in finding ways to finance technology purchases, blending Title I dollars with money from numerous other funding sources. |
Fast Company
September 2008 |
Why D.C. Schools Get a Failing Grade Washington spends $16,698 per student, the second highest in the country after Boston, yet it is one of the worst school districts in America. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2006
Nodine & Petrides |
ISKME Special Series Part 4: Using Data to Improve Instruction Connecting the dots: how to use data to get from districtwide goal-setting to school-level performance. |
Reason
December 2007
Jacob Sullum |
Pill Palaces? A recent report announced that 80% of America's high school students attend drug-infested schools. Given how broad the definition was, it's surprising only 80% of high schools qualified. |
Reason
April 2006
Lisa Snell |
The Agony of American Education How per-student funding can revolutionize public schools in the U.S. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 1, 2010
Christine Fox |
Alabama Gets on Board The changes seen in the Roanoke City Schools in the four years since Tools for Life was launched are remarkable. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009
Charlene O'Hanlon |
Credit Recovery Software: the New Summer School Districts are using online programs to get at-risk students back on track to graduation. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005 |
Education: "A Train Wreck Is Coming" Edison Schools CEO Chris Whittle talks about the crisis American elementary schools face in meeting the goals of No Child Left Behind. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 11, 2010
Dan Thompson |
Arkansas Cooperative Brings Online Simulations to Middle Schoolers The Northwest Arkansas Educational Cooperative is bringing online simulation tools, called "Gizmos," to middle schoolers as part of an effort to increase student proficiency in the areas of math and science. |
Reason
October 2004
Lisa Snell |
No Way Out The No Child Left Behind Act provides only the illusion of school choice. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2006
Michelle Gamble-Risley |
Surviving Accountability: As Easy as AYP Data-driven strategies and personalized instruction are paving the way to higher test scores, one student at a time. |
CIO
September 14, 2012
Gary Beach |
Time to Pay It Forward for Better Educated IT Workers The author knows American students lag behind other countries in STEM and thinks McKinsey's 'Closing the Talent Gap' report may be on to something. Is it time we incentivize our best students to forgo the private sector for jobs in public education? |
Reason
April 2006
Lisa Snell |
Meet Arlene Ackerman An interview with San Francisco's superintendent of schools on the implementation and impact of the weighted student formula as well as the future of school choice in that city. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011 |
Teachers' Union Boss Randi Weingarten The president of the American Federation of Teachers on public schools, teacher bonuses, and why unions are so unpopular |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2002
Geoffrey Fletcher |
Education Act Sets Stage for Technology Reform Amid all the media coverage of the accountability provisions in the education act, other components of the bill have gone unnoticed. Among the unnoticed is a significant change in both size and direction of support from the federal government for technology... |
InternetNews
July 19, 2010 |
Microsoft Lands Cloud Deal With NYC Schools As it continues efforts to entice large, public-sector organizations to sign up for its expanding portfolio of cloud services, Microsoft lands e-mail partnership with New York City schools. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 22, 2010
Scott Aronowitz |
Georgia District Drives Savings Through Energy Initiative Marietta City Schools launched a competition among the schools in the district that led to energy and cost savings in every school in the district. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2003
Judith B. Rajala |
Hands-On Review: Edumatch SCORE and Pro Edumatch Inc. offers two new services that will revolutionize the way schools and districts navigate the troubled waters of budget crises, as well as state and federal mandates. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2006
Lan Nugen |
Virginia: When Technology Met Accountability Virginia's decision to link the two programs has benefited the state's entire educational system. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2011
Charly Travers |
Buying Opportunities in For-Profit Education Do your homework to find the investment opportunities within the for-profit education industry. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2005
Bill Pflaum |
A Second Look at the Nature of Technology in the Classroom Research gathered from visiting schools nationwide reveals that while investing in computer-based instruction and assessment programs can improve student learning, an engaged teacher is still far more invaluable in driving student success. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2005 |
Maybe It Was the TeePee Building Exercise Commonwealth Financial Network was recently named the best place to work in the state of Massachusetts by the Boston Business Journal. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2010
John K. Waters |
Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical. |
BusinessWeek
June 26, 2006
Greene & Symonds |
Bill Gates Gets Schooled Why Bill Gates and other execs have struggled in their school reform efforts, and why they keep trying. |
BusinessWeek
July 10, 2006
William C. Symonds |
Grading The Gateses Whether by e-mail or snail mail, reader reaction to a cover story about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's efforts to fix failing high schools was passionate. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 9, 2009
Jennifer Demski |
Learning to Speak Math The presence of a bilingual educator is proving pivotal to the success of technology initiatives aimed at developing Spanish-speaking students' grasp of both the concepts and the language of mathematics. |
BusinessWeek
June 26, 2006 |
Best Practices: A Top 10 List Frustrated by the meager payoff from its traditional efforts to improve schools, a new generation of business philanthropists is developing innovative approaches to solving this seemingly intractable problem. |
Fast Company
January 2006
Wendy Zellner |
The Gates Effect The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation wants to fix American high schools. Is it laying its enormous bets in the right places? |
CRM
May 2011
Leonard Klie |
Higher Education Increases Marketing Schools shift focus to generate more inquiries in-house and boost technology investments. |
Reason
March 2004
Lisa Snell |
Waste Not, Why Not? The Web site for the Massachusetts State Auditor's Office proudly displays the motto, "The Cruelest Tax of All Is Waste." The same agency has agreed to audit 43 of the state's charter schools for saving too much money. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2007
Anita Givens |
Systemic School Reform :: Texas Texas' TIP program packages six key technology resources to create a digitally rich environment that has helped turn at least one low-performing school into a recognized success. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2002 |
George Middle School Increases Student Achievement With Comprehensive Learning System Three years ago, Portland, Oregon's George Middle School made a significant investment in technology, including the purchase of Classwell Learning Group's ClassWorks software, a comprehensive learning system designed to improve individual student achievement in math and language arts... |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2002 |
Technology Takes On Rural Alaskan Schools Technology is improving virtually all aspects of rural education for teachers, administrators and students. Nowhere is this demonstrated better than in the Northwest Arctic Borough School District, located in one of the most remote areas of northwest Alaska. |
Mother Jones
May/Jun 2001
Chuck Sudetic |
Reading, Writing, and Revenue From New York to San Francisco, Edison Schools Inc. has been selling the idea that for-profit management companies can do a better job of teaching kids than public-school districts. But a growing number of educators say the reality doesn't match the hype... |
T.H.E. Journal
September 9, 2009
Dian Schaffhauser |
Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 8, 2010
Carmen Nobel |
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace A pioneer in the field of market design, Harvard Business School professor Alvin E. Roth has helped to repair flawed market systems in fields ranging from kidney donation to high-school student placement. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 30, 2006
Mallory Stark |
Lessons From Privately Managed Schools An interview with Steven Wilson, founder and former CEO of educational management organization (EMO) Advantage Schools on how -- and if -- professional business management practices can improve the performance of troubled American public schools. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 14, 2008
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina The organization New Schools for New Orleans aims to create networks of schools to receive shared support services while avoiding the dysfunctions of a large urban district. |
Salon.com
October 29, 2001
King Kaufman |
Tuition-free, back-to-basics, inner-city private schools The new St. Louis Academies seem almost too good to be true. But their founders insist that failure is not an option... |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010 |
Bill Gates' School Crusade Bill Gates' foundation is betting billions that a business approach can work wonders in the classroom. |
Fast Company
September 2006 |
School Days Should for-profit companies run public schools? An entrepreneur and a principal weigh in. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
Dan Newman |
For-Profit Education Needs a Semester Abroad Domestic regulations are hurting for-profit schools, and the solution is in other countries. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 17, 2010
David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
Registered Rep.
January 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2001
Lea Ann Lockard |
Collaborative Technology Planning The impact of technology plans on students' and teachers' learning... |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2004
Dave O'Toole |
West Clermont's 'Small Schools of Choice' Rely on Student Management Software to Evolve The technology team - made up of the software and people - was absolutely essential to making this two-high-schools- to-ten vision a reality. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
7 Ways to Cut the Cost of College Why pay hundreds or thousands when you could be saving that money instead? |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2003
Judith B. Rajala |
Education Reform Education reform is the comprehensive and prioritized change within the field of K-12 education that promotes the overall improvement of student performance and academic achievement. The NCLB Act targets four basic education reform principles. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2003
Bloomfield & Cooper |
NCLB: A New Role for the Federal Government An overview of the most sweeping federal education law since 1965 |
