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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.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Mary Ann Wolf |
High Schools : An Equation That Works As secondary students continue to show little interest in the four STEM subjects, combining technology use with engaging instructional practices may be the only way to reach them.  |
Reason July 2008 Oren Grad |
Gentler Failure What's the best way to deal with chronically failing schools? In Massachusetts, apparently, the answer is to come up with a kinder word for failure.  |
BusinessWeek July 3, 2008 Aili McConnon |
Bad Report Card for a Tutoring Business Test-prep titan Kaplan's SCORE! unit is struggling to stem declining enrollment.  |
Entrepreneur July 2008 Nichole L. Torres |
Making the Grade Lessons learned, collegiates help high schoolers ace campus life.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 |
Special Section : Green Is the New Black Environmentally friendly technologies are making conservation efforts all the rage in K-12, while also helping to slim down district energy costs.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 Chris Riedel |
Green Schools : The Color of Money School districts are discovering the abundant financial gains to be had by going green.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 Jennifer Demski |
Green Schools : Electric Youth Students from Montgomery County Public Schools light the way to energy efficiency.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 |
Green School : News NEEF Challenges High Schools to Innovate... Canon Program Plants Seeds of Accountability... Crestron Joins USGBC... Students Unanimous: Ethanol Not the Answer...  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
A Winning Vision This year's Sylvia Charp Award recipient brings a clear and determined purpose to its technology innovations.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 Jeff Weinstock |
Don't Filter Out Responsibility The use of web filters runs counter to 21st-century learning.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 Esther Shein |
One-Stop Shopping With Learning Management Systems Virtual course delivery is only one of many options afforded by an LMS, which allows educators to transfer online a host of educational and administrative tasks.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 |
Classroom Jeopardy! StandardsLink by ETA/Cuisenaire ETA/Cuisenaire is debuting Classroom Jeopardy! StandardsLink, a new series that uses the format of the popular TV game show to offer standards-based content in math, science, and language arts for grades 3 to 8.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework As seen in these three case histories, the district-vendor relationship is coming together on K-12 campuses to reduce energy usage and its associated costs.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 Karen Kellison |
Virtual Teamwork For a group of remote, rural school districts, web-based collaborative projects are opening up new vistas of learning opportunities.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 Matt Villano |
Which Side Are You On? In the debate over how to best prepare students for the global economy, some favor teaching practical technology know-how; others argue for abstract cognitive skills. The answer may be a balance of both.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2008 John K. Waters |
In the Driver's Seat Web 2.0 is turning the traditional electronic portfolio into a diverse personal learning space, putting students at the helm of their academic experience.  |
Oracle Magazine Jul/Aug 2008 Aaron Lazenby |
Playing to Win Oracle grant helps Junior Achievement expand business simulation to global classrooms.  |
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.  |
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