Why Do We Need Tomorrow's Classrooms Today? - Finding Common Ground - Education Week

Many classrooms still look like they did yesterday and yesteryear. We need to be talking about tomorrow's classrooms today, and there is a venue where this will be happening, and some awesome educators leading the discussion.

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Science Standards Challenged Again in West Virginia Over Global Warming - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

It's been almost a year since West Virginia adopted the Next Generation Science Standards, though with a few changes to the wording on climate change. But now the science standards are being challenged once again.

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Alabama Bill Aims to Expand Wireless Access in Rural Schools - Rural Education - Education Week

The bill would use state funds to help rural districts acquire federal E-rate technology funds.

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Greatest Hits: What Are the Most Popular Sections of the Ed. Department's Website? - Politics K-12 - Education Week

When the general public visits the U.S. Department of Education's presence on the Internet, what are they checking out the most?

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Obama encouraging young people to learn math, science - Education Week

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A Tennessee District Perseveres in Wake of Online-Testing Woes - Education Week

The state pulled the plug on new online tests aligned to the common core, but school leaders in Kingsport, Tenn., see it as a temporary setback in implementing the news standards and assessments.

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Coding for Everyone? Are You Serious Mr. President? - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher

In short, there are lots of ways that all students can learn how to control computers that have immediate real-world impact and can involve student interest and passion. There are also many innovative teachers supporting these tools who others need to try to follow. Leadership is key, but it should come from people with educational expertise and not politicians and corporate big wigs.

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U.S. Ed. Department Signs Up 13 States for #GoOpen Initiative - Digital Education - Education Week

Thirteen states and 40 districts are joining the U.S. Department of Education's open education resource initiative, which includes a commitment to replace textbooks with free digital learning resources.

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'Blockchain' Tech Pushed by Sony. Does It Have a Future in K-12? - Digital Education - Education Week

Some say blockchain technology, a data transmission system currently used in the financial sector, could be a useful system for sharing student academic information digitally.

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13 States Join Federal Open Resource Initiative - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

Thirteen states and 40 districts are launching #GoOpen initiatives, focused on open resources and promoted by the federal education department.

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Learning by Doing: The Case for Experiential Education - Prove It: Math and Education Policy - Education Week Teacher

Students learn better when they are actively engaged in the learning process. This is a lesson that I have learned time and time again on outdoor trips, and one that was reinforced on the survival skills course from which we just returned.

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The Future of Technology in Education: 3 Things We Need to Do to Help Our Students Succeed - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

As we implement new technologies to improve our schools, we need to be courageous, open to transformation, and committed to providing our students with a future-ready education.

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Understand STEM's Potential to Include Humanities and the Arts - Leadership 360 - Education Week

STEM does not need to be the elevation of four subjects over others. More holistically, it is the opportunity to redesign education to be inclusive of all subjects and all students.

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Obama Administration Announces New Rural Poverty Initiatives - Rural Education - Education Week

The initiatives aim to encourage and reward rural communities that prioritize improving rural child poverty.

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John King Quizzed on Charters, Teachers, Spending at House Budget Hearing - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. highlighted efforts to improve school diversity and elevate the teaching profession in the Education Department's fiscal 2016 budget request.

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Using Technology to Foster Civic Engagement - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

Students care about the 2016 election, and technology platforms can help teachers harness that passion to drive their learning.

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ESSA Spotlights Strategy to Reach Diverse Learners - Education Week

An instructional framework called universal design for learning, or UDL, which supports multiple ways to teach lessons, has found a niche in the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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Teacher PD Dollars Stretch Further With Technology - Education Week

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Comparing Paper and Computer Testing: 7 Key Research Studies - Education Week

New evidence of a "mode effect" on 2014-15 PARCC exams prompts a fresh look at research on the comparability of computer and paper-based assessments.

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Personalized Learning Isn't About Isolation - Education Week

We must take care that ed-tech resources do not fracture classrooms into "tech-supported cubicles," writes venture capitalist Jennifer Carolan.

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Studies on Deafness Yield Broader Benefits - Education Week

New research offers clues on deaf children's language development and on other cognitive disorders, such as autism, in both hearing and nonhearing children.

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Educator: Online PARCC Test Is 'Inefficient' and 'Unreliable' - Education Week

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Maryland PARCC Scores Higher on Paper; Students' Tech Readiness a Major Factor - Digital Education - Education Week

Paper results on 2014-15 PARCC exams were better than online results in all grades for English/language arts and in upper-level math, reflecting a national pattern.

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Maryland Students Performed Better on Paper Tests, Department Says - State EdWatch - Education Week

Student readiness for technology may be the biggest factor in explaining the score discrepancies between the online and paper version of Maryland's statewide test.

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Rural Schools - Education Week

Rural school districts must attempt to collaborate to mitigate rural challenges, such as high costs and shrinking educational opportunities, according to a recent report.

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Student Test-Score Performance Fell in Louisiana Voucher Program, Study Finds - Charters & Choice - Education Week

Participation in Louisiana's private school voucher program has had a negative impact on student test scores, according to researchers at Tulane University and the University of Arkansas.

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7 Ways to Improve Professional Learning in the 21st Century - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

Schools and educators have failed to unleash the full power of technology and more often than not, it's a lack of quality professional development to blame. Here are seven ways educators can jump-start their professional learning program to get more teachers effectively using technology.

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Eight Things to Know About the Next Generation Science Standards - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

By now you may have heard that there's a set of common science standards that some states are adopting called the Next Generation Science Standards. But if that's about where your knowledge ends, you're not alone.

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Idaho school district to provide tablets in digital upgrade - Education Week

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What Are 'Nude Food Mondays'? - Finding Common Ground - Education Week

We consume more than we conserve, and there are some pretty simple things schools can do to teach students how to conserve. And it starts with Nude Food Mondays.

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How Data Can Bring Parents and Teachers Together - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

Transitioning to a type of ongoing, digital conversation between parents and teachers requires some work on the front end, but the pay-off is great.

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6 Questions to Ask Before Requesting Compliance - Leadership 360 - Education Week

Inviting and empowering others to join you in the change, to lead along with you, bringing purpose into the work being done, with understanding about the direction and the reasons, is far more energizing to the organization than "we've got to do it because we've been told to."

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Teaching is Truly a Joyous Profession - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher

Aside from the relationships we develop, teaching never gets boring. Every day is an adventure filled with the unexpected. Learning experiences around every corner and not just for the kids, for us too. After all, teaching challenges the core of who we are people, pushing us to try to be better.

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Response: Ways Principals can Assist Social Studies Teachers - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher

In today's post, Troy Hicks, Kristina J. Doubet, David Sherrin, Kirke Olson, and Barbara Blackburn share their thoughts on how principals can support teachers, specifically in the social sciences. I've also included comments from many readers.

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Student, Teacher, and Book: Who Needs the 'Gaudy Days of Education'? - Education Week

So far I've outlasted them all. Over the last two decades, education fads have come and gone, and I'm still in the classroom with the student, with only the textbook between us.

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Teachers' Misconceptions About Climate Change May Hinder Their Instruction - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

Most science teachers have an "insufficient grasp of the science" behind climate change, and that may be hurting their teaching, according to a recent study.

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