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Teaching to the tablet
Linking home and classroom, Oakland bets on community schoolsRecently I had the opportunity to interview Stephanee Stephens, an 8th grade Spanish teacher at a school in Fulton County, GA, which is piloting the new Amplify tablet computer from News Corp’s Amplify brand. Introduced this spring as a challenge to the Apple iPad, which is the most popular classroom tablet, Amplify is the first [...]
New GED tests stir concerns, draw competitorsSitting behind his desk at Fremont High School in Oakland, principal Daniel Hurst fiddled with a plastic cigar wrapper he had confiscated from a student. “They take the cigar paper and fill it with weed,” he said. Hurst knows Fremont’s problems well: he joined the school 28 years ago as a teacher. Two years ago, [...]
Large urban school districts creating their own virtual schoolsFor many dropouts, especially those who are too old to return to the public K-12 system, the GED assessment has long been the main route to the high school credential that eluded them. But, come January, getting a General Educational Development credential won't be the same.
Preschool proposal faces doubts, oppositionThe Philadelphia school system will open a new, full-time online school this coming fall, a program that the district promises will offer the academic flexibility and customized learning that many students and families demand.
New task force on Internet and learning has a controversial name: BushThe U.S. Department of Education released estimates last week of the amount of federal funding each state is poised to receive if they opt into the Preschool for All program, part of the Obama Administration’s push to provide pre-k to every low and moderate-income four-year-old in America. The proposal has been hailed by early education [...]
This week, a new, high-profile ed-tech initiative made its bow: The Aspen Task Force on Learning and the Internet. Billed as “a national conversation” on how to “optimize the web to improve learning,” it’s supported by the MacArthur Foundation (with which I’m currently involved in a small, unrelated project.). It features several folks whom I [...]
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[...] baby boomers retire, 10 million new skilled workers will be needed by 2020. Skilled is the key [...]
at 10:01 am
Agreed. Career and technical education (CTE) can and should play a central role in boosting student achievement, training the workforce and bridging emerging skills gaps in the American economy. Investing in it should be a priority for elected officials on all levels, businesses, educators and communities.
The Industry Workforce Needs Council is committed to advocating for these kinds of efforts and shining a spotlight on emerging skills gaps, so that businesses are able to find the workers they need, Americans can find good work and the economy as a whole benefits from both. For more information on the work of the IWNC or how you can get involved, visit http://www.iwnc.org.
Jason Sprenger, for the IWNC