Tag: Technology: Page 61

Sports

Reducing Number of High School Diplomas Proposed

State Superintendent of Education John White says he wants to consider eliminating one of Louisiana’s three high school diplomas.

March 26, 2013

Home

Judge Again Orders Stop to Mo. College Drug Tests

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A federal judge on Friday again blocked efforts by a central Missouri technical college to drug-test its students, a policy challenged as unconstitutional by the American Civil Liberties Union.

March 24, 2013

Students

Experts Recommend a Switch in Teacher Evaluations

When it comes to judging teacher effectiveness, value-added models—statistical models that a number of states and districts have adopted to rate teachers based on student test scores—are too problematic to be of practical use and could unfairly hurt teachers who get assignments in struggling schools.

March 24, 2013

Students

Community Colleges in Wash., Calif. Win Top Prize

Walla Walla Community College in Washington state and Santa Barbara City College in California were awarded the prestigious Aspen Prize on Tuesday for success attracting, retaining and graduating students into jobs and four-year universities.

March 19, 2013

HBCUs

Some Universities Filling Void Created by Military Tuition Assistance Cuts

Webster University is one of at least a handful of universities that have stepped up to offer enlisted members all of some of the tuition assistance they lost as a result of cuts to the Department of Defense.

March 19, 2013

Students

Latino Blueprint Offers New Ideas for Financial Aid Policy

A leading Hispanic education organization is seeking to shake up current thinking about federal policy with a collection of new ideas that would re-imagine student financial aid for college.

March 18, 2013

Sports

Number of High School Students Taking College Courses Surges

Report from 2010-2011 school year shows a 67 percent increase from 2002-2003, the last time the National Center for Education Statistics counted.

March 18, 2013

Students

Tug of War Over Guns On Campus Intensifying

As lawmakers in nine states debate whether to permit licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons on college campuses, administrators at two of the nation’s largest institutions oppose the legislation.

March 18, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Labor Union Asks Wis. College To Stop Training

A labor union has accused Caterpillar Inc. of training nonunion workers as replacements in case next month’s labor negotiations stall.

March 14, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Calif. Bill Would Permit Online Courses for Credit

California would allow private, online education companies to offer courses for credit at state colleges and universities, under a bill introduced Wednesday in the state Legislature.

March 13, 2013

Home

Texas Senate Considers Changes to School Testing

Texas senators started a debate Tuesday that will likely last for weeks as lawmakers try to decide how many standardized tests students must take to graduate from high school.

March 12, 2013

Opinion

What technology can (and can’t) do for education

As I reflect on the excitement of South By Southwest Education conference last week, a fundamental question keeps coming up: What proportion of the challenges facing the education system can actually be addressed with technology and innovation?

March 11, 2013