Study: Vendors Often in Dark on District Tech. Needs
Many districts use needs assessments and pilot tests to set ed-tech priorities, but those efforts tend to produce little useful information for companies, the report says. (November 13, 2014)
Playing High-Action Video Games May Speed Learning, Studies Say
New research suggests that playing games like Halo and Call of Duty may help students react faster—but not necessarily more impulsively. (November 13, 2014)
Learning the Language
Fiscal Oversight Weak for Federally Run Schools for Native Americans, GAO Finds
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From the Wires
- • Schools in limbo following broadband ruling
- • McPherson official named education commissioner
- • Lawmakers see progress in education reform efforts
Chromebooks Gaining Popularity in School Districts
The low-cost, cloud-based laptops from Google accounted for nearly one-third of all mobile digital-device sales to U.S. schools in the first half of 2014. (November 11, 2014)
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Opinion
COMMENTARY
The Forgotten Struggles of Rural Schools
The needs of schools in rural communities are often ignored in the national education conversation, writes April Bo Wang. (November 10, 2014)
COMMENTARY
Best Practices for Evaluating Teacher Ed. Programs
Accurate data are crucial for determining whether teacher-candidates are prepared for the classroom, write Mary Brabeck and Frank C. Worrell. (November 4, 2014)
Walt Gardner's Reality Check
Testing every day can be highly effective to learning as long as it is done correctly, Gardner writes. (November 12, 2014)
Yearly Special Reports
Spurring Student Success: It's More Than Academics
Education Week's Diplomas Count 2014 focuses on the ways educators are making students want to come to school, work hard, and graduate on time. Read the full report.
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Digital Directions
N.Y.C. Schools to Open Doors to Student Cellphones
The country's largest school district plans to end its ban on student cellphones in schools, following the path of a growing number of districts. (October 30, 2014)
Teacher
Combining Creativity and Standards-Driven Instruction
Standards-based education and student creativity may seem mutually exclusive, but Anthony Colucci argues that teachers can still manage to "C.R.E.A.T.E." in the classroom. (November 11, 2014)
Industry & Innovation
SPECIAL REPORT
Taking Stock of Personalized Learning
This report tackles the issue of personalized learning, arguably one of the hottest topics in education, and a concept that raises questions about how students should learn in the digital age. (November 7, 2014)
Professional Development
- • Grading Standards Can Elevate Teaching
- • Common Core Redoes the Math
- • Under Common Core, Teachers Band Together to Build Math 'Coherence'
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