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Source: www.examiner.com By: Jennifer Tanke Computer labs: they abound in almost every elementary school nowadays. But as a teacher, are you really making good use of them? While there may not be a technology section on your students’ report cards, it is something they should become accustomed to as early as possible.

Source: www.wbjournal.com By: Debra M. Townsley With an unemployment rate expected to top 10.4 percent this September, every college must take an active role to help its graduates successfully take that first career leap. I consider professional career preparation and its ability to realize a return on educational investment an essential service to college students and their parents and an important learning outcome. It takes four years to earn an academic degree and… Continue reading

Source: http://chronicle.com By: Erica Hendry 'Crowdsourcing,' the notion of using the wisdom of the crowd for sites like Wikipedia, could be making its way into academe as a grading method that holds students more accountable. A professor at Duke University plans to test just that this fall, when she leaves the evaluation of class assignments up to her students, using crowdsourcing to make students responsible for grading each other. Learning is more than earning… Continue reading

Source: www.usnews.com By: Mortimer Zuckerman Millions more for education! You've heard it before, and the results have disappointed. Now, the Obama administration has announced a $4.35 billion Race to the Top fund—and it could be different this time around. It's the largest pot ever in the history of discretionary funding for education reform for grades K through 12. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calls it "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to address a fundamental… Continue reading

Source: www.insidehighered.com By: Scott Jaschik

Source: www.istockanalyst.com By: Shay Maunz When scrolling through their feed on the social networking site Twitter, hundreds of individuals see not only updates on their friends' whereabouts or breaking news from national media outlets, they receive updates about recent happenings at West Virginia University. WVU News, an outlet of News and Information Services at the University, joined Twitter last year and has since posted more than 500 updates to keep their followers informed… Continue reading

Source: http://www.twincities.com By: Debra O'Connor Out of work? Your best bet may be to go back to school. Your education and skills may no longer be sufficient for the economy of the future, and that job you had, perhaps for decades, might be gone forever. But one option is Minnesota's state community and technical colleges, where you can get vocational training or a skills certificate or finish that associate degree

Source: thejournal.com By: David Nagel President Barack Obama is calling on states and districts to set higher standards for student achievement. In a speech delivered at the United States Department of Education headquarters in Washington, DC Friday, Obama highlighted some of the top reforms he thinks will help accomplish this and also announced $4.35 billion in competitive grants designed to help support innovative reform efforts. During the presentation Friday, Obama and representatives from… Continue reading

Source: thejournal.com By: David Nagel Discovery Education is upgrading its digital services for educators and students. The company this week announced expanded offerings across its Science, Health, and MediaShare services, as well as Discovery Education streaming. Across all of the services, Discovery has added new search functionality, which lets users find content from all of the different services through a single engine. In addition to the Science, Health, MediaShare, and streaming… Continue reading

Source: thejournal.com By: David Nagel Connections Academy and the American Public University System have announced a partnership that will offer high school students who attend National Connections Academy, an online K-12 private school, the chance to earn college degrees as they work toward their high school diplomas. Connections Academy is a virtual education company that operates several regional K-12 online virtual schools. American Public University… Continue reading