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SchoolOne is committed to helping schools effectively and efficiently achieve their academic goals. This newsletter is dedicated to keeping you informed about current news and industry trends that may affect you and your school.
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$5 billion Race to the Top
This week, President Obama opened competition for states to receive a portion of the $5 billion in Race to the Top education funding. The grants will fund the administration’s education reform goals, such as easing rules for charter schools or judging teachers based on student test scores, although many have concerns about the focus on scores.
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How to fix the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathemetics) education crisis
According to many experts, math and science instruction in the United States is in crisis. Steve Robinson, a member of the White House Domestic Policy Counsel for the U.S. Department of Education and special advisor to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, said the solution to the STEM crisis revolves around improved standards and assessments (and specifically promoting common national standards), effective teachers and school leaders, the use of robust data systems to inform instruction, and targeting chronically low-performing schools.
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Why the Read/Write Web is essential in schools
What if a school's success depend on its ability to prepare students for a global society? John G. Hendron, author of RSS for Educators: Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom, says if the answer is yes, then the same culture that created the Read/Write Web (Web 2.0) is the culture needed to offer students access to a staggering amount of information and the ability to develop information and medial literacy. To read more, visit Megan Doman's post on ISTE Connects.
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SETDA forum discusses key education technology trends
Educators, administrators and education technology vendors from around the country attended this year’s State Education Technology Directors Association forum titled "Defining the Future of Learning Today." Presenters discussed current technology (interactive whiteboards), the newest technology on everyone's list (digital textbooks) and what's on the agenda in the near future (national high school reform).
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