Tag: education

  • Va. Board of Education urges policy on social networks as teaching tools – The Washington Post

    Va. Board of Education urges policy on social networks as teaching tools – The Washington Post. Kimiya Haghighi, 17, had a prose problem. As much as her teachers preached concise writing, her sentences remained long and overwrought — the words poured out, unpunctuated, one after another. Then Aubrey Ludwig, her 11th-grade English teacher at Langley…

  • iPads for Middle Schoolers: California District Rolls Out Mobile Devices for Fall Semester — THE Journal

    Image via Wikipedia iPads for Middle Schoolers: California District Rolls Out Mobile Devices for Fall Semester — THE Journal. Several school districts nationwide have begun trial programs using this new technology. This CA middle is not the first just the newest. Below are some oher articles relating to edutech. Related articles by Zemanta Avery Middle…

  • Jessica Alba on education for all

    Read this great article about eduction on the other side of the world Jessica Alba on education for all: ONE just returned from a listening and learning trip to Senegal, Ghana, Mozambique and Kenya with members of our board and other supporters. Below, Jessica Alba talks about 1GOAL and the campaign to provide education to…

  • KY budget woes continue…

    Image via Wikipedia The last post I ranted about the misguided budget philosophy of Gov. Beshear. His Tuesday press conference about the state budget, a mere $1.5 billion. Of course in the same month he touted budget neutral amendments in five consecutive votes. BluegrassPolitics has a great piece about the issue and is quick to…

  • After being ranked near the bottom, KY Schools are asked to make budget cuts!

    The leadership of KY DoE has been in flux the past five years. As a result competing thoughts and philosophies have left the group vulnerable to massive budget cuts. Additionally, local school districts who depend on additional taxes may see further lose of funds when pleasure and sin taxes are reduced due to the increasing…