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• Home Schooling Information.

  
  My Prosperous World — Authority: 154
  Home schooling or homeschooling, if you like (in fact, you even see it hyphenated, as in home-schooling) has been about for about 30 years now, although, of course it was all people had before state intervention in education. Out of the way rural places in huge countries like the USA, Canada and Australia still have ...
  6 hours ago

• School discipline in the English tradition

  
  Midwest Voices - — Authority: 666
  By Larry Marsh, Kansas City Star Midwest Voices columnist The failure of some American schools to produce well-educated students has many causes. One of the key factors is school discipline. Without orderly procedures and traditions schools lack the atmosphere necessary to achieve good academic performance. The ...
  10 hours ago

• Applying to an Ivy League School Takes Years of Planning

  
  Lili Design Studio — Authority: 108
  Confession into an Ivy Collaborate school, or equally competitive college, is a notable goal. It requires years of wholeheartedness from both parents and students. These high-powered, prominent institutions find out thousands of applications each year up to now deny more than 85 percent of candidates. While there is ...
  15 hours ago

• Happy Thanksgiving (The SONIC Way)

  
  Clif's Notes — Authority: 114
  Most of you know by now that my family loves SONIC Drive-In ( Evidence A , Evidence B ). We enjoy half-priced drinks during Happy Hour at least a couple times a week. Their burgers, Blasts and tater tots are certainly worth the trip, too. I just discovered the Tater Taunt feature of the SONIC website and thought ...
  20 hours ago

• Do You Want Your Kids Math Teacher To Have A Math Degree?

  
  Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher — Authority: 509
  Maybe you shouldnt, according to this author : Ask a parent, politician, or school board member to describe the ideal qualifications of a math teacher, and most would probably rank having a college major in that subject high on the list. Yet when it comes to improving student learning in elementary and middle ...
  1 day ago

• Blogging About Virtual Schooling

  
  Virtual High School Meanderings — Authority: 140
  Today we focus on entries generally related to K-12 online learning.  Beginning with the thematic ones.PolicyStatewide Support for K 12 Online Learning Grows – David Nagel, THE Journal from Online Learning Update National Standards for Online Instructors from Teach Online Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning from ...
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• Memphis City School Receive $90 Million Grant

  
  Clif's Notes — Authority: 114
  “The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [yesterday] announced that it will invest $335 million to support effective teaching as a means to ensure all students receive the education they need to succeed in high school and beyond. [The] announcement includes $290 million in grants to support four Intensive ...
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• Acer and Intel K-12 School Library Makeover Contest

  
  Daddy Forever — Authority: 423
  Dads and moms, check out the Acer and Intel K-12 School Library Makeover Contest . Two deserving K-12 school libraries will be awarded ten new Acer Aspire Timeline notebook computers (valued at nearly $10,000) and two all-in-one desktop computers. School staff members, teachers, dads, moms, students, geeks, and ...
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• A Scalable K-12 Education Solution: K12 CEO Ron Packard (Part 7)

  
  Sramana Mitra on Strategy — Authority: 565
  SM: Conceptually, what is going on behind the scene with these skill assessments?RP: We look at the state standards for every state we operate in. In those states, we deliver a curriculum that meets or exceed that states standards. In some cases we will give a child an assessment to figure out... ..
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• Jane and Nathan’s Interview on CBC radio’s Ottawa Morning [11:26]

  
  PortablePD.ca podcast — Authority:
  Jane and I both enjoyed the experience of being interviewed by Ottawa Morning host Kathleen Petty this morning.  We talked about our recorder program and our experiences at the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum held in Brazil a few weeks ago. Download
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• With school aid fund cuts final, schools sharpen knives to carve budgets

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 650
  Schools across the state are making headlines as they prepare to ax millions of dollars half way through their 2009-2010 budget year. The cuts are necessitated by a state budget passed in Oct. which resulted in significant cuts to the school aid funding allowance, as well as a line item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm ...
  2 days ago

• Customized Curriculum: Discovering a child’s learning style

  
  Fast Press Releaser — Authority: 139
  Flat rock, Michigan November 23, 2009– Customized Lesson Plans from COMPLETE CURRICULUM Revolutionize Home-Schooling and Tutoring!Are you the parent of a child who is struggling to get by in elementary, middle, or high school? Or are you a professional educator or tutor who needs new ideas to help your students ...
  2 days ago

• Useful Links (weekly)

  
  Rhondda's Reflections - wandering around the Web — Authority: 119
  Scientific Calculator AIDLT ~ A new voice in ICT Education  Site of Australian Institute of Digital Learning and Teaching Google Image Swirl  A new way to search through Google Images, with a nice interface that let’s you look at images grouped by similarities 4Teachers : Educator’s Resources ...
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• A Scalable K-12 Education Solution: K12 CEO Ron Packard (Part 6)

  
  Sramana Mitra on Strategy — Authority: 565
  SM: You are a public company. How has the public market received this business?RP: Overall it has been OK. Originally it was very strong, and lately our stock has not been trading where it should be, but we are doing well compared to most companies. SM: What is the strategy to get more... ..
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• Five more K12Online09 Teaser Trailers!

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 569
  The FREE 2009 K-12 Online Conference officially kicks off a week from today, on Monday, November 30, 2009. Five new teaser trailers have been added to our Conference Ning in the past week, and also posted to the conference blog . Check them out, and if you have not already: Join the K12Online Ning Subscribe ...
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• Remixing History Teaser

  
  K12 Online Conference 2009 — Authority: 121
  Neil Stephenson created the “ Remixing History Teaser ” for his K12Online09 presentation, “Remixing in the Classroom: Engagement for History Students.” Find more videos like this on K12 Online Conference Technorati Tags: canada , content , create , history , k12online , k12online09 , ...
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• To Those Who Want to Rock – Don’t Suppose Compose (Teaser Trailer)

  
  K12 Online Conference 2009 — Authority: 121
  Carol Broos and Carol Vrotny created the following teaser video for their upcoming K12Online09 presentation, “To Those Who Want to Rock – Don’t Suppose Compose!” Find more videos like this on K12 Online Conference Technorati Tags: copyright , k12online , k12online09 , music , compose
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• K12 Online Conference: Steal This Preso! Trailer

  
  Creating Lifelong Learners — Authority: 104
  If you’ve never heard of the K12 Online Conference , all you need to know is that it’s a free online conference with presentations from some of the greatest minds in educational technology (they’ve also asked me to present).  All presentations are accessible from the web site.  You can even see presentations ...
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• The Issue That Refuses To Die

  
  Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher — Authority: 509
  At the end of the first Terminator movie, the Terminator wouldnt die. It just kept going and going, refusing to give up on its mission of killing Sarah Connor. When it was nothing but a partial robotic skeleton, it pulled itself on the ground towards her, its sole purpose being her death. How many times was Jason ...
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• President Obama Speaks on Getting Students Excited About Science and Engineering

  
  Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog — Authority: 420
  The President announces the “ Educate to Innovate ” initiative, a campaign to get students excited about pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Quotes from President Obama from his speech – (see webcast above): “As President, I believe that robotics can inspire young people to ...
  3 days ago

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