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Math Common Core Coalition

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.nctm.org (Views: 6, Clicks: 2)  
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The Mathematics Common Core Coalition works to provide expertise and advice on issues related to the effective implementation of the Common Core State Standards for School Mathematics (CCSSM).

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Calling All Teachers: An Invitation to Help Design Common-Core Tools

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 7, Clicks: 2)  
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Catherine Gewertz -- Federal "Race to the Top" money is being used to design tests for the new common standards. Both assessment consortia have pledged to give teachers a prominent role in helping shape those tests.

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Guest post: An ‘Arab Spring’ of free online higher education

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 29, Clicks: 7)  
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Abir Qasem & Tanya Gupta -- For students, it is not always clear that the return on their investment will be positive, as a degree no longer guarantees a job. If education is both expensive and has a low ROI, the demand for traditional education is likely to fall.

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International Initiatives Fuel Growth of Open Ed. Content

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 33, Clicks: 4)  
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Initiatives in countries from South Africa to Vietnam are fueling the growth of open educational resources.

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CCSSM Vocabulary Cards

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.graniteschools.org (Views: 181, Clicks: 98)  
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An extensive list of Common Core State Standards math vocabulary for grades kindergarten through seventh grade.

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Common Standards, Not Tests, for Charter Schools Network

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 30, Clicks: 4)  
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Erik Robelen -- The situation Achievement First—a nationally-recognized charter schools network—finds itself in today exemplifies one conundrum of the push towards common standards and tests. And that is, the assessments will be a little less common.

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STEM Coalition Blasts Plan to End Science Testing Mandate

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 26, Clicks: 6)  
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A Republican proposal to end the federal mandate for science testing in public schools is coming under fire from a broad-based coalition that supports improved STEM education.

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Europe Seen Leading the Way in Hand-Held Computing

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 26, Clicks: 4)  
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While hand-held mobile learning is viewed in the United States as a recent trend, its roots go further back in the United Kingdom and Western Europe.

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California lawmakers keep school buses rolling

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 4)  
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School buses are likely to keep rolling for now, as the Legislature on Thursday restored $248 million for home-to-school transportation that was particularly crucial for small and rural school districts that need to take students across long distances.

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Australia: Rift on year 12 figures

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 30, Clicks: 5)  
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Only 64 per cent of Victorian students are completing a year 12 certificate or equivalent according to federal figures - far fewer than claimed by the state Education Department.

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Australia: Foster carers left out of loop on schooling

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 36, Clicks: 4)  
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Education is expected to be a key priority for reform when the state's inquiry into child welfare in tabled in Parliament next week. But meanwhile, foster carers are struggling with bureaucratic delays at the start of the school year.

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Australia: Maths, physics fail to get the numbers at school

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 34, Clicks: 5)  
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Data prepared for The Sunday Age by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, which oversees the VCE, show a significant decline in enrolments for the more difficult maths subjects - maths methods and specialist maths - over the past decade.

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Australia: iPad, therefore I am, and keeping a wired open mind

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 32, Clicks: 5)  
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THE backpacks at Albert Park College look a little small. But then everything at the school, which is entering its second year, is a little different. Students helped design the bags and point out that they do not need many books. Nor any calculators, notebooks, atlases and diaries. Instead each student has what the principal calls an "electronic pencil box": an iPad.

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Australia: Policies 'deter' overseas students

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 39, Clicks: 5)  
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Private education providers are struggling, largely because of federal government policies that have made it harder for foreigners to study in Australia, said Shruti Nargundkar, chief executive of one provider.

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Australia: $16m to keep 'resi kids' in education

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 32, Clicks: 5)  
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In a bid to improve the prospects of all Victorian resi kids, the state government has announced plans to spend $16 million over the next four years on education and employment services, which could include personal tutoring, training expenses, travel and wage subsidies.

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