K 12

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• Review Time!!! :o)

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 146
        A few weeks ago Amy from Fair Haven Health sent my husband and I some things to try. I got the FertileCM and Hubby got the FertilAid for Men. This going to be a review on the FertileCM. Hubby’s review on the FertilAid for Men because he only started taking it last week. He was out of town when we received ...
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• Virtual Schooling Blog Carnival – Call For Submissions

  
  Virtual High School Meanderings — Authority: 140
  The call for the December Blog Carnival edition reads:virtual schooling – http://blogcarnival.com/bc/eprof_26744.htmlDescription – This is a carnival that is focused upon the use of online learning and distance at the K-12 level. Please submit items that are related to the field of K-12 education – elementary or ...
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• A Scalable K-12 Education Solution: K12 CEO Ron Packard (Part 3)

  
  Sramana Mitra on Strategy — Authority: 564
  SM: Can you tell me more about the content you developed?RP: It is highly interactive and very rigorous. It is very high quality. We thought through everything a child should know from kindergarten to 12th grade to prepare him or her for anything they want to be in this world. Nobody has thought... ..
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• English majors needed to help edit Northfield High School’s sexual misconduct policy

  
  Locally Grown — Authority: 135
  Page 27 of the Northfield High School 2008-2009 Student Handbook and Planner has this sentence on sexual misconduct: Engaging in nonconsensual sexual intercourse or sexual contact or indecent exposure with another person, including international touching of clothing covering a person’s intimate parts, or ...
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• CC Chair Responds to NY Times Article

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 438
  Last week the New York Times ran an article on teachers selling educational resources online. Mike Linksvayer has pointed to response at The Huffington Post from the Board Chair of Creative Commons, Esther Wojcicki. From Wojcicki’s post: Professor McDonald need not worry because most teachers tend to share ...
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• Follow-Up on Lessig Interview

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 438
  Last month OEN reported that Creative Commons founder Larry Lessig was interviewed by 7th graders. Jane Park at Creative Commons has posted an interview with the teacher who arranged the original interview with Lessig. From the post: Mr. Mayo and his class have integrated CC licensed works into their daily ...
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• Vietnam to Use Open Source

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 438
  VietNamNet Bridge is reporting that Vietnam’s Education and Training Ministry (MoET) is moving to open source. From the article: According to the draft, all levels from general schools to universities as well as educational agencies will be encouraged to use open-source software to save copyright fees and curb ...
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• A Scalable K-12 Education Solution: K12 CEO Ron Packard (Part 2)

  
  Sramana Mitra on Strategy — Authority: 564
  SM: Basically you make it possible for parents to enroll their children in an online school?RP: Correct. It is a K-12, full time online school. SM: What is the relationship with the public school? They get it for free?RP: They get it for free because the state pays for the child’s education.... ..
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• Gargantuan education grants

  
  Flypaper — Authority: 607
  An email about Gates’ latest gargantuan investment in education appeared in my inbox today. I’ve now picked my jaw up off of the floor and thought I’d pass it along : The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that it will invest $335 million to support effective teaching as a means to ensure all ...
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• + Web Sites for Teaching: ESSAY WRITING

  
  Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources — Authority: 117
  other topics: click a “category” or use search box The latest from EduHound’s “Classroom Tools & Tips:” sites for teaching how to write an essay. CollegeBoard.com: College Essays/Writing Tips — Includes sample college essay questions, recipe for a draft, and three steps to a great college ...
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• Live By The Computer, Die By The Computer

  
  Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher — Authority: 438
  Last night my sons mother, my son, and I went to one of the two high schools were considering for him next year. It was Parent Information Night, and we were there to learn about their course offerings, their programs, and to see how the staff can present the school in its best light. The presentation was dreadfully ...
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• Sony Readers are replacing paper textbooks at a Toronto high school: Why I’m thrilled as a teacher

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 660
  ";" alt="" /> School-supplied video. A prep school in Massachusetts created an uproar by saying e-books would replace paper books in its library . Now a private high school in Toronto says it is tossing out p-textbooks in favor of Sony e-book readers . The school has deployed at least 110 ...
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• Census Bureau Releases 2008 Income and Poverty Estimates for All School Districts and Counties

  
  Docuticker — Authority: 154
  Census Bureau Releases 2008 Income and Poverty Estimates for All School Districts and Counties Source: U.S. Census Bureau The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2008 income and poverty estimates for every school district and county in the nation. These data, part of the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates ...
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• A Scalable K-12 Education Solution: K12 CEO Ron Packard (Part 1)

  
  Sramana Mitra on Strategy — Authority: 564
  Ron Packard was previously a vice president of Knowledge Universe investing, incubating, and operating several charter school companies. Previously, Ron worked for both McKinsey & Company and Goldman Sachs. He holds a B.A. in economics and mechanical engineering (with honors) from the... ..
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• + NY School District Offers All-Girls Tech Program

  
  Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources — Authority: 117
  other topics: click a “category” or use search box The Fairport Central School District in upstate New York has approved an aggressive approach to counteract the gender gap in technology education, according to Ernst Lamothe, Jr in the Democrat Chronicle. The district is set to begin a two-year pilot ...
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• K12Online09 LAN Party #3 Tonight! (22:30GMT/ 3:30pmPST/ 4:30pmMST/ 5:30pmCST/ 6:30pmEST)

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 589
  Please join educators worldwide TONIGHT/TODAY on November 18, 2009 at 22:30GMT/ 3:30pmPST/ 4:30pmMST/ 5:30pmCST/ 6:30pmEST for a live event of the 2009 K12Online Conference On November 18 , the K12Online Conference is hosting a LAN party from 6:30PM to 8:30PM EST . We invite everyone to gather at the LAN ...
  3 days ago

• NASA’s Electronic Professional Development Network (ePDN)

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 132
  Are you a K-12 teacher of STEM disciplines? Are you looking for a way to enhance your instructional skills, meet your professional development goals, or find new and exciting resources to use in your learning environments? Then NASA’s Electronic Professional Development Network (ePDN) is for you!NASA’s Learning ...
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• New NASA Website Focusing on Robotics

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 132
  Innovation, creativity, problem solving — the world of robotics at NASA is all of these things. Bookmark this new one-stop shop on NASA.gov for news about robotics for educators and students. Check out the things to do on the site to see if robotics might be in your future. Things you can do on this [...]
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• ¿Qué Pasa? Are ELL Students Remaining in English Learning Classes Too Long?

  
  Docuticker — Authority: 154
  ¿Qué Pasa? Are ELL Students Remaining in English Learning Classes Too Long? (PDF; 557 KB) Source: Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) From press release (PDF: 63 KB): Nearly 30 percent of Los Angeles Unified School District students placed in English language learning programs are not reclassified as ...
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• Schools in the dark about tainted lunches

  
  DetentionSlip.org — Authority: 477
  Story: Schools in the dark about tainted lunches Del Ray taco shells have been making kids sick for years. But why would a school have any knowledge of this when they are ordering and serving lunches? Better yet, at what point will some nutrition agency step in and regulate the crap kids are forced to eat? ...
  4 days ago

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