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View ArticleA Common Yardstick: Common Core Standards
In the June 13th edition of Education Week , Debra Viadero reports on the results of a newly released study by the Annie E Casey Foundation on the significance of getting children to read by the end of...
View ArticleNext Generation Search Engines
In Fortune magazine’s July 29th story entitled Google: The search party is over, author Michael V. Copeland with Seth Weintraub chronicles Google’s rise to dominance of the Internet and probes the...
View ArticleOnline Learning Registry: Digital Resources for All
This summer, Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, announced that the federal government would be creating an Online Learning Registry to house digital education resources from around the country....
View ArticleKids Learning on Their Own?
At the heart of the movie “Slumdog Millionaire”, was an Indian physicist who 10 years ago installed computers in slum neighborhoods to watch how kids interacted with the technology. Dr. Mitra’s latest...
View ArticleLooking to the West for Inspiration
Having been fortunate enough to visit a few of Asia’s most dominant economies in the last couple of years, I have been astounded by their drive for educational attainment. China is a shining example of...
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