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• July 23, 2010
• 18:54

  Amelia's Daughters: A Legacy of Women in Flight

   » ‎ Edutopia
  Guest blogger Cheryl Young remember the legacy of Amelia Earhart on her birthday.

• 16:56

  Education Commissioner Defends Texas Projection Measure

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott defended a policy Thursday that has allowed schools to boost their state ratings by counting some failed students as passing.
• 16:34

  Virginia Plans to Weigh Student Growth in Teacher Evaluations

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Current law only requires teacher evaluations to be conducted every three years and does not tie them to pay, but new guidelines would require evaluations to consider student growth as a "significant" factor.

• 16:32

  PBL: Picking a Start of the Year Project

   » ‎ Edutopia
  Teacher Heather Wolpert-Gawron shares an idea for project-based learning when students return in fall.

• 14:54

  Texas Board Votes to Tap Public Schools Fund to Help Charters

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  A sharply divided State Board of Education opened the door today to tapping the state's education trust fund for charter school facilities, despite warnings that the action could harm the fund.

• 12:00

  NASA Resources Enrich STEM Curricula at Forest Lake Elementary

   » ‎ Edutopia
  [VIDEO] Being a NASA Explorer School allows Forest Lake Elementary to deepen the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curricula with technology tools and resources.

• 8:34

  Study: Effective Principals Embrace Collective Leadership

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The wide-ranging study linked high student achievement to those principals who involved teachers, parents, and others in school decisions.
• 8:30

  Ed. Dept. Tightening Rules on For-Profit Colleges

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 8:28

  Mo. System Aims to Combine Technology and Academia

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 8:27

  Va. Considers Teacher-Evaluation System

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 8:21

  India Unveils Prototype of $35 Tablet Computer

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 8:21

  Education Inventors Get Boost Under New Programs

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record