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Education and other programs face automatic, across-the-board cuts unless Congress comes up with another plan for the nation's long-term fiscal health. |
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New Report on K-12 Mobile Tech Adoption
Mobile technology is on the rise, with tablets slated to surpass the sale of laptops and desktops by 2015. In this rapidly changing technology environment, how are U.S. school districts adapting? Learn how in a new research report sponsored by Amplify. Download the report today |
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TODAY'S COMMENTARY |
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To secure the best path forward for staff and students, district leaders new to the job would do well to follow a number of suggestions, write Jonathan Travers and David Rosenberg. |
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The new DVD Fact Finders! features a shared think-aloud lesson to show your staff how to help students define their purposes for reading, distinguish the important from the merely interesting, and transfer ideas to their own independent reading. Click here for details! |
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Tony Bennett resigned Thursday following the revelation that, as Indiana's K-12 chief, he took steps to boost the state grade given to a charter school run by a political donor. |
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 There truly is a short-sighted vision with regard to education. What needs to change is the tendency to cut programs before any reliable longitudinal studies can be produced so as to validate the efficacy and demonstrate the damage that can be produced by cutting its funding.
—DBMNewYork
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Weekly Forum Discussion
 How has digital technology influenced your students' writing? What approaches have you taken to integrating digital tools (or not) into writing instruction, and which of those approaches have worked?
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States and districts face many barriers when it comes to putting data in the hands of educators. In
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