Education News and Bookmarking for Mathetude community http://www.mathetude.com:80/rss/stories/upcoming.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/images/logo.png http://www.mathetude.com:80/ vi-vn Copyright (c) 2007 Mathetude.com javacola@gmail.com Thu Mar 18 14:38:22 CST 2010 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mathetude.com:80/ Paul E. Debevec may be the only research professor whose laboratory subjects have included Charlize Theron and Will Smith. The University of Southern California computer scientist is about to take another unlikely step—from academe to the Academy Awards, for special effects. His pixel wizardry has been featured in films such as Spider-Man 2 and Avatar. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9705.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9705.html Mathetude nitajo 12/03/2010 Elizabeth Green -- "There are more than three million teachers in the United States, and Doug Lemov is trying to prove that he can teach them to be better." http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9702.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9702.html Mathetude Newman 11/03/2010 Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform — and more rigorous — standards Wednesday as proposed national education guidelines were released. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9701.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9701.html Mathetude nitajo 11/03/2010 Even as a panel of educators laid out a vision Wednesday for national standards for public schools, the Texas school board was going in a different direction, holding hearings on changes to its social studies curriculum that would portray conservatives in a more positive light, emphasize the role of Christianity in American history and include Republican political philosophies in textbooks. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9699.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9699.html Mathetude nitajo 11/03/2010 A generation ago, academia embraced the laptop as the most welcome classroom innovation since the ballpoint pen. But during the past decade, it has evolved into a powerful distraction. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9693.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9693.html Mathetude nitajo 10/03/2010 One of the world’s foremost experts on comparing national school systems told lawmakers on Tuesday that many other countries were surpassing the United States in educational attainment, including Canada, where he said 15-year-old students were, on average, more than one school year ahead of American 15-year-olds. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9692.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9692.html Mathetude nitajo 10/03/2010 As charter schools have grown around the country, both in number and in popularity, public school principals are being forced to compete for bodies or risk having their schools closed. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9691.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9691.html Mathetude nitajo 10/03/2010 Nilda Reyes, director of diversity and equity; Marvin Jeter, assistant superintendent for school innovation; and Yalonda Berry, a team leader in the district's before- and after-school care program, all appealed for their jobs to be saved at the due-process hearing. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9687.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9687.html Mathetude nitajo 09/03/2010 Five students from Disney Elementary School were taken to hospitals Friday afternoon after taking prescription pills that one of the children brought to school. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9659.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9659.html Mathetude nitajo 06/03/2010 "Seusstacular" celebrates Read Across America, an initiative by the National Education Association to encourage reading in honor of Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel, who was born March 2, 1904. He died in 1991. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9624.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9624.html Mathetude nitajo 02/03/2010