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

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 2, Clicks: 0)  View Story

Abir Qasem and Tanya Gupta -- For thousands of years now, the university has been the middleman of the higher education system. The university provided the needed infrastructure, the branding, and an easy route to a white collar job or graduate school. In return, students had to agree to taking courses that the faculty thought were needed.

1 comments | Tags: daniel de vise abir qasem tanya gupta arab spring online higher education courses | Topic: Online Learning BAD >_<

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Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 6, Clicks: 2)  View Story

Michael Hiltzik -- Something sounded familiar last week when I heard U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski make a huge pitch for infusing digital technology into America's classrooms. Every schoolchild should have a laptop, they said. Because in the near future, textbooks will be a thing of the past.

2 comments | Tags: michael hiltzik arne duncan ipad electronic textbooks digital learning | Topic: In the Class BAD >_<

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Booker T. Washington, Bishop Kelley win OSSAA Academic Bowl championships

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.allvoices.com (Views: 3, Clicks: 0)  View Story

Washington won its second consecutive championship, claiming the Class 6A crown over Jenks. In Class 5A, Bishop Kelley won its first championship since 2006, denying Claremore its third consecutive title.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma academic bowl norman public schools jenks public schools bishop kelley | Topic: Events BAD >_<

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Pennsylvania Schools’ Financing Fight Pits District Against ‘Charter on Steroids’

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 4, Clicks: 1)  View Story

The Chester Upland district’s fiscal woes – so severe that it cannot afford to pay teachers past the end of this month – are compounded by a charter school with which it shares its financing.

1 comments | Tags: chester upland school district pennsylvania pennsylvania tom corbett school funding charter schools | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Union Upset by Comments From Emanuel on Schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 3, Clicks: 1)  View Story

An interview with Mayor Rahm Emanuel is a highlight of a new video that criticizes the Chicago Teachers Union.

1 comments | Tags: chicago illinois rahm emanuel charter schools education action group foundation chicago teachers union | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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

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The Arab Spring, otherwise known as the Arab Awakening,is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on Saturday, 18 December 2010. -- Wikipedia  

Re: Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms?

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The reality is obvious: Drop a biology textbook on a floor, you pick it up. Drop an iPad, you'll be sweeping it up.  

Re: Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms?

Does Duncan ever read his own agency's material? In 2009, the Education Department released a study of whether math and reading software helped student achievement in first, fourth, and sixth grades, based on testing in hundreds of classrooms. The study found that the difference in test scores between the software-using classes and the control group was "not statistically different from zero." In sixth-grade math, students who used software got lower test scores — and the effect got significantly worse in the second year of use. 0

Re: Pennsylvania Schools’ Financing Fight Pits District Against ‘Charter on Steroids’

The district argues that the charter is receiving millions of dollars in extra special education funds. And money to the charter also goes toward fees to the private management company of $5,000 per student. The charter says the district has not paid its bills since last April, leaving it no other choice than to go to court. The state was also named in the lawsuit because it has also fallen behind by millions of dollars in payments, the charter said. 0

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