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T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Judith B. Rajala	Education Reform Education reform is the comprehensive and prioritized change within the field of K-12 education that promotes the overall improvement of student performance and academic achievement. The NCLB Act targets four basic education reform principles.
T.H.E. Journal February 3, 2010 David Nagel	Education Groups 'Extremely Concerned' over EETT Cut in Obama Budget If adopted by Congress without alteration, President Obama's proposed fiscal year 2011 budget would cut the sole source of dedicated federal funding for education technology
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	A Sobering Survey A look at new data on how colleges of education are using technology, courtesy of a recent Project Tomorrow survey of preservice teachers' views on technology use.
D-Lib Mar/Apr 2011 Diekema et al.	Teaching Use of Digital Primary Sources for K-12 Settings This paper describes learning outcomes of a three-day workshop on integrating primary sources into K-12 teaching.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005	National Science, Math Resources Hit the Web In preparation for the loss of its US Department of Education funding at the end of September, the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education has created a subscription-based Web site to continue its role as a comprehensive resource for K-12 math and science educators.
T.H.E. Journal January 4, 2010 Scott Aronowitz	Discovery To Host Free Event on Using Technology in Science Education Discovery Education has announced the Discovery Educator Network SCIcon 2010, a free, virtual professional development event demonstrating the many ways educators can integrate digital content and educational technologies into science education.
T.H.E. Journal June 2001 Keith Oelrich	Virtual Schools A 21st-century strategy for teacher professional development...
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 Mark Schneiderman	Advocating a Bolder Education Vision for the Future As this election season hits full stride, candidates must be challenged to lead with a bolder vision that arms our students and educators with the technology-based tools and practices needed to meet the demands of the new century.
T.H.E. Journal November 2, 2009 David Nagel	Are Schools Preparing Students for 21st Century Learning? While more than half of America's school principal's say they are doing a good job preparing students for the 21st century, only a third of parents of middle school and high school students agree.
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010	A Custom Fit K-12 educators need to get a better understanding of open content, for their own benefit as well as their students'.
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Stuart J. Ciske	Systemic School Reform :: Wisconsin Wisconsin officials recognized a need to turn their attention from the technology tools themselves and focus on how the tools could be used to stimulate learning.
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Was I Wrong on Obama? We have an administration that believes in the power of technology in education, but wants to take a radically different approach to encouraging its use, shifting away from funding through loosely structured grants to having ed tech use integrated across all educational programs.
Information Today January 8, 2009	Nature Education Launches Free Educational Resource--Scitable Currently focused on genetics, Scitable combines authoritative scientific information with social media functionality.
Information Today June 23, 2015	ALA Supports the Digital Learning Equity Act of 2015 The Digital Learning Equity Act of 2015, was introduced by Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as a way to help close the digital divide among K-12 students in the U.S.
T.H.E. Journal October 29, 2009 David Nagel	Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	More Learning, Less Testing to Boost STEM The defense and aerospace workers of the 21st century will need more than expertise in STEM fields. They will need to be creative, critical thinkers, and they will need to know how to work in teams to solve problems.
T.H.E. Journal October 2005	ETS Introduces Comprehensive K-12 Student Achievement Solution Educational Testing Service has launched a customizable, comprehensive suite of K-12 products and services that helps schools improve student achievement.
HBS Working Knowledge June 20, 2012 Scott A. Snook et al.	Teaching Leadership: What We Know The field of leadership education has reached a critical stage. After several decades of experimentation, "The Handbook for Teaching Leadership," is intended to be a foundational reference for educators facing this increasingly important challenge.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical.
T.H.E. Journal August 2004 Maurizio & Wilson	Policymakers and 21st Century Skills Our nation's well-being throughout this century will be determined by how well we prepare our students today. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, a unique public-private collaboration of leading business, education and government groups offer five key recommendations.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Michael Golden	Pennsylvania: Creating Classrooms of the Future Pennsylvania's ambitious reform project intends to gear up its high school students for the realities of a changed world.
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Rama Ramaswami	Even! But No Longer Odd Once regarded as an unconventional alternative for atypical students, virtual schools have achieved mainstream acceptance, and are now seen as providing an education equal to - if not better than - what their traditional counterpart offers.
T.H.E. Journal May 14, 2009 Ruth Reynard	Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers.
HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Cori Vanchieri.	Susan Singer: A Magical Moment The time to entice students to be STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teachers is during the first years of college, says Susan Singer, a professor of natural sciences at Carleton College.
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Chris Rother	Evaluating Technology's Role in the Classroom Teachers are using computers more than ever before for everything from instruction to handling administrative chores and communicating with parents.
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010	A Tool for Its Time A new functionality has so transformed learning management systems that their manufacturers prefer the term digital learning platform, to better reflect their products' capacity to do a great deal more than manage a classroom.
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Matthew Miller	Recapturing Technology for Education: Keeping Tomorrow in Today's Classrooms This book by Mark Gura and Bernard Percy re-establishes the legitimacy and urgency of tapping technology to make our schools relevant and effective once again.
T.H.E. Journal June 2004 Beth McBride	Data-Driven Instructional Methods: 'One Strategy Fits All' Doesn't Work in Real Classrooms Differentiated instruction is vital to effecting positive change in student performance.
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010	2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go.
T.H.E. Journal October 19, 2006 Randy Yerrick	Globalizing Education One Podcast at a Time Digital media has emerged as a tool of choice for offering multimodal instruction, integrating content and pedagogy, reaching diverse learners, and complementing science instruction for today's inclusive classrooms.
T.H.E. Journal December 2004	TechKNOW Associates Corp. Professional developers wanted. Exciting opportunities await the right individuals with teaching experience, a knowledge of project-based learning, and the ability to use technology to deliver curriculum.
T.H.E. Journal January 13, 2010 David Nagel	What Are the Top-10 Ed Tech Priorities for 2010? Which issues in education technology should drive policymaking in 2010?
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010 Paul Tullis	An 'A' in Abstractions In Tucson's Catalina Foothills School District, educators and administrators have decided to go all in on 21st century skills, and in so doing have revamped every subject area from K through 12.
National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller	National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students.
Information Today February 26, 2015	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Develops Education Resource Organization Houghton Mifflin Harcourt created HMH Education Services, an organization offering comprehensive resources to K-12 districts, administrators, and educators.
T.H.E. Journal January 2009 Rama Ramaswami	A World of Hurt : Latin America Massive socioeconomic problems have left Latin American education in a dire condition, and decades behind the rest of the globe in integrating technology into teaching and learning.
T.H.E. Journal December 2003 Bob Lally	Difference by Design: Taking Learning Tools From the Home into the Classroom Technologies developed as learning tools that will be used by children at home are judged by a different set of criteria than those educators use to determine their suitability for the classroom.
T.H.E. Journal October 2005 Chris Rother	Teachers Talk Tech The Teachers Talk Tech survey exposes a growing problem: Cash-strapped schools must choose between using computers as administrative or instructional tools.
T.H.E. Journal October 2003 Judith B. Rajala	Wireless Technology in Education Despite the manifest advantages of wireless technology in the classroom, there are also a few points that districts should consider before going wireless.
T.H.E. Journal November 2005 Sebastian Foti	The Rise and Fall of Educational Technology: Did We Miss the Point? We need educational technologists who are developers of learning tools, not just software-installing computer practitioners.
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	In the Company of Sages When was the last time you offered words of encouragement to a fellow educator? Do the teachers in your district feel too afraid to engage with students about technology?
FDIC FYI September 22, 2004	Delivery Systems for Financial Education in Theory and Practice This update on emerging issues in banking makes it clear that financial education is crucial given today's financial environment. However, deciding to offer a program is but the first step on a long journey toward instilling true financial education.
T.H.E. Journal June 2004	Online Resources for Professional Development McGraw-Hill Education supports the K-12 teaching community by providing assessment products and programs as well as professional development programs in many divisions, including McGraw-Hill Professional Development.
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Garrett Dikkers et al.	A Bridge to Success There is a no man's land between the recognized need for tech-process, and our still-developing sense of best practice and how to leverage this really powerful tool to get kids learning in exciting ways.
HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Cathy Shufro	Richard Losick: Extolling the Teacher-Scientist Universities should encourage creative teaching, says Losick, just as they reward outstanding research.
T.H.E. Journal September 2000	Online Destination Links Teachers with Resources Great Online Tools for Schools, GOTSchool Inc., has launched GOTSchool Teachers, a Web site for K-12 teachers to find and share resources.
T.H.E. Journal September 16, 2009 Patricia Deubel	Social Networking in Schools: Incentives for Participation District leaders want some evidence that social networking would fulfill their expectation of adding strong educational value and purpose.
T.H.E. Journal February 2006	Back to the Future An old interview has a lot to say about how far educational technology has come, and how much further it has to go.
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Mary Ann Wolf	High Schools : An Equation That Works As secondary students continue to show little interest in the four STEM subjects, combining technology use with engaging instructional practices may be the only way to reach them.