Scott Lilly Responds Over at the Center for American Progress, senior fellow Scott Lilly pens a thoughtful response to the controversy surrounding Obey’s amendment to trade some education reform money for teacher layoff funds. Lilly puts the issue in context by pointing out that rescinding money from Race to the Top and other programs was not Obey’s first choice and not the only program to face cuts

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Eliza Krigman responded to Save Teachers Or Education Reform Programs? on July 9, 2010 05:02 PM

Change Can’t Wait I can’t say it any more plainly: The status quo will not suffice. Rep. Obey’s decision to swipe money from the nation’s most innovative education programs will deliver a stunning blow to the president’s efforts to fix a system that consistently fails our nation’s low-income and minority students

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Kati Haycock responded to Save Teachers Or Education Reform Programs? on July 9, 2010 04:40 PM

Saving teachers doesn’t save education There is no direct correlation between the number of teachers housed in our school systems and the successful education of our country’s children. In fact the opposite is true.

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Jeanne Allen responded to Save Teachers Or Education Reform Programs? on July 7, 2010 12:24 PM

Who Has the Burden of Proof Here? We shouldn’t have to choose between saving teachers’ jobs and preserving funding for what the New York Times has called a “thriving education reform effort.” As 13 Democratic Senators pointed out last week, Congress can work with the Obama administration to find other ways to pay for the commendable effort to limit teacher layoffs. Race to the Top and the other programs the House has placed on the chopping block have inspired educators and policymakers from across the political spectrum to come together to improve our schools, and have produced more innovation in…

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Ariela Rozman responded to Save Teachers Or Education Reform Programs? on July 6, 2010 11:31 PM

It’s a Mystery to Me I think we covered this ground pretty well in May. At that point in the drama all clues implicated Senator Harkin in the Rotunda with the $23 Billion. This time it’s Congressman Obey—or President Obama, if you prefer—in the Oval with the $800 million tucked not-so-surreptitiously into a military spending bill

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Steve Peha responded to Save Teachers Or Education Reform Programs? on July 6, 2010 08:43 PM

Julie Woestehoff Responds The following is an excerpt from a letter that Julie Woestehoff of Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) sent to President Obama: We at PURE were very sorry to hear that you have threatened to veto Congressman Obey’s proposal to use funds previously committed to the Race to the Top and other programs in order to save teacher jobs.

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Eliza Krigman responded to Save Teachers Or Education Reform Programs? on July 6, 2010 04:07 PM

Yes to Obey rejection of bad ‘reforms’ If there were any evidence the Obama-Duncan “reform” plans would strengthen schools and improve learning outcomes (not just inflate test scores), this might be a tough call. But there isn’t any. Using test scores to hold teachers’ feet to the fire has been tried and has failed

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Monty Neill responded to Save Teachers Or Education Reform Programs? on July 6, 2010 01:37 PM

By Linda L Briggs, Campus Technology A small junior college in West Virginia has launched a pilot program that combines the open source learning management system Moodle with the immersive virtual world Second Life. The combination has allowed distance learners to create an avatar in Second Life and attend classes through the virtual world. It’s proved highly popular, and, though in the early stages yet, the indication is that it’s helping to build a connection between Huntington Junior College and its non-traditional student base

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Immersive Distance Online Learning To Boost Retention

By Dian Schaffhauser, THE Journal Netbooks are leading K-12 mobile device sales, growing at 200 percent per year. Learning management systems–rather than controlling the learning environment for children–are actually augmenting interactions between the teacher and student.

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Education Trends: More Mobile, More Distance Online Learning, More LMS Usage

by ASU News ASU will offer a new tuition rate for the fully online Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. “We recognize that many nurses today would like to advance in their careers, but often find themselves limited by ongoing professional and family responsibilities,” said Diann Muzyka, associate director of ASU’s RN-BSN programs.

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by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed When Jon Stewart asked Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty last week for some examples of how he intended to administer “limited and effective” government, the Republican governor asked “Do you really think in 20 years somebody’s going to put on their backpack, drive a half hour to the University of Minnesota from the suburbs, haul their keister across campus, and sit and listen to some boring person drone on about econ 101 or Spanish 101?” Pawlenty asked Stewart, “Can’t I just pull that down on my iPhone or iPad whenever the heck I feel like it, from wherever I feel like it?” he said. “And instead of paying thousands of dollars, can I pay $199 for iCollege instead of 99 cents for iTunes?” http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/17/pawlenty Share on Facebook

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A Political Online Push – Governor’s Comments Stir Online Learning Discussions

By John Byrne, Chicago Tribune Chicago public high school students will be able to take online courses this summer for classes they failed, in a move Mayor Richard Daley hopes will save money. Thirty high schools around the city will keep their doors open so students can use computer labs to retake the classes they need to advance to the next grade, Daley said Thursday at a news conference at Chicago Military Academy in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

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Summer school expands online learning for Chicago Public Schools

by Jennifer Epstein, Inside Higher Ed As many brick-and-mortar colleges shed untenured teaching staff, and online learning programs – especially those run by for-profit institutions – continue to hire, teaching in a virtual setting is becoming the new reality for many more academics. Thursday’s presentation was one of several on online education at this year’s AAUP meeting

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Online Teaching – Another Kind of Academic Career Path

By EMILY McFARLAN, Sun-Times Media Fourth-grader Ryan Dooley answers a question by learning coach and teacher Lisa Koscielski during a virtual learning lesson June 2 at Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove. Dooley and another student are the first to enroll in the school’s virtual learning program, where the actual teacher is 200 miles away in Green Bay, Wis.

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Online learning: Schools assess the possibilities

Essay writing ALWAYS feels like a chore. I bet you’re like me, and I bet you always leave your essay writing until the last minute, despite the fact you’ve spent the last month doing nothing but watching bad TV and chatting to friends on Facebook?  Even important essays can’t get in the way of those trashy TV shows! This guide aims to strip away the last minute angst by giving you 5 ultimate tips for writing essays (and getting a good grade in the process!) So, if you’re struggling to get started, feeling baffled by the books or just in need of inspiration these tips will really help you! Tip #1 – Choose an unusual topic Rather than picking the most obvious topic, choose something a little ‘out there.’ Think of a topic that your peers aren’t researching and that your lecturer will find both refreshing and engaging.

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by Michael Horn, the Yorktown Patriot Ever since the creation of the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) in 1997, Florida has been among the nation’s leaders in the fast-growing online learning movement. From humble origins serving 77 students with a start-up $200,000 Florida Department of Education “Break the Mold” grant, FLVS grew to serve more than 70,000 students in the 2008-2009 school year.

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Michael Horn, on Online Learning: Disrupting the Status Quo

By Erin Monda, TMCnet Want to go back to college but are too short on time to attend class regularly? Schools like the University of West Alabama are toying with a new online learning technology that allows students to circumvent this issue. The product that is allowing for this new development was created by a U.S.

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Did you know there are still World’s Fairs? I had no idea until I ran into a piece of information detailing the opening of the 2010 Word’s Fair in Shanghai, China. In fact, this year’s exhibit is billed to be the biggest ever.

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Opening of World’s Fair: China 2010

The prospects for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act this year are increasingly dim. With climate change, financial regulatory reform, a Supreme Court nominee, November elections and fallout from the BP oil spill on lawmakers’ minds, little legislative bandwidth remains to be used elsewhere

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Should Congress Delay Reauthorization Of The Elementary And Secondary Ed Act?

Time to push Congress for real reform Michael Lomax is right – it is time to push Congress for real reform. The critical question is what Congress should do – what is ‘real reform’?

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Monty Neill responded to Should Congress Delay Reauthorization Of The Elementary And Secondary Ed Act? on June 17, 2010 11:38 AM