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Mothers Support Educational Choice For All Students
Just in time for Mother’s Day, a new national poll of American mothers finds that 71 percent support school choice for all children to get [...]
Happy Children’s Book Week!
Did you know what other lesser-known holiday also falls this month? Children’s Book Week (May 7th to 13th), the national celebration of reading for youth. Better World [...]
Wells Fargo Supports Latino Student Achievement
Wells Fargo makes $150,000 commitment to improving Latino student achievement. Wells Fargo and Fresno State have joined a public-private partnership to encourage academic achievement, retention and professional [...]
Live Online Penguin Cam Is Highly Addictive – Please Be Warned!
Penguin Cam is a 24-7 live video feed that gives eye-to-eye access to hundreds of penguins. Discovery Channel and SeaWorld invite online audiences to get [...]
Education Reform: Productivity, Efficiency, Funding, Fairness
Education reform will require both real resources and real reform. Education reform also provides an opportunity for real innovation and real progress on all our [...]
Startup Weekend Bay Area Challenges Entrepreneurs and Teachers to Co-create Solutions to Education Pain Points
Educators, developers, and designers will gather at Kno Inc.’s headquarters for Startup Weekend EDU, a 54-hour crash course in building applications and developing education-based use [...]
At-Risk Youth Linked To High School Dropout Problem
PBS NEWSHOUR examines at-risk youth in two pieces on high school dropout problem airing this week. The PBS NEWSHOUR took a close look at the [...]
Dyslexia Linked To Abnormality In Auditory Processing
People with dyslexia often struggle with the ability to accurately decode and identify what they read. Although disrupted processing of speech sounds has been implicated [...]
Should Community Service Be Required Of High School Students?
We are facing a proposal to require community service for all high school students. I am very concerned about the mixed message this will send [...]
