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• March 26, 2010
• 18:13

  Qwizdom To Ship Large-Screen Classroom Clicker

   » ‎ THE Journal
  Ed tech developer Qwizdom will launch a new wireless student response system next month, one that offers a 2.3-inch (diagonal) LCD screen and cell phone-style keypad for student interaction and formative testing on the fly.

• 16:27

  Common Ground on Gender

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Lise Eliot and Richard Whitmire, two writers with different perspectives, agree that in learning needs boys and girls are more alike than different.
• 16:16

  The Evidence on Race to the Top

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Criticism of the federal initiative has been heated and widespread, writes Douglas N. Harris, but are the naysayers right?
• 15:33

  Student Lending System Made Over in Health Law

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Savings will go to shore up the Pell Grant program, but new early-education money failed to make the cut.
• 15:33

  Student-Lending System Made Over in Health Law

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Savings will go to shore up the Pell Grant program, but new early-education money failed to make the cut.
• 11:27

  Transforming High Schools: Three Forces, Three Ideas

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Bill Coplin and Adam Patrick propose three changes that they say could help any high school become a dynamic hub of activities that prepare students for college and careers.
• 10:16

  Unions Object to Proposals on Teachers, Principals

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The focus on teacher and principal effectiveness in the Obama administration’s plan for a new ESEA has drawn fire from teachers' unions.
• 10:13

  ESEA's Effect on Rural Areas, ELLs, Spec. Ed. Eyed

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Rural students, English-language learners, and students with disabilities are drawing interest as Congress weighs rewriting NCLB.
• 10:11

  ESEA Plan Would Add 'Well-Rounded Education' Fund

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The competitive grants for subjects such as the arts, foreign languages, and history would augment other programs for STEM and literacy.
• 9:20

  ESEA Renewal Blueprint Faces Legislative Hurdles

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The Obama administration's plan has drawn some early praise, though federal lawmakers have qualms about specific points.
• 9:06

  Wash. School Funding Ruling Appealed to High Court

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 9:06

  Congress Gives College Aid a Boost

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 9:06

  Struggling Georgia School Firing Entire Staff

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  

• 0:00

  Free Spotlight on Solutions Webinar March 30

   » ‎ ISTE Recent News Feed
  Register today for the next in ISTE's free webinar series spotlighting the products and services of our ISTE 100 companies. Join us March 30 for "Building Teacher Leaders: Tools for Teacher Professional Development," sponsored by Microsoft and presented by ISTE member and former teacher Becky Firth. Firth is currently the program director for ISTE northwest US affiliate, NCCE.