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iNacol Leaders Tell Online K-12 Members To Collect Better Data, Set Higher Standards 26 Oct 2012 | 03:00 pm
Patrick warned her members that critical media coverage of bad examples of online education could scare school districts and parents away from adopting computer-driven instruction altogether. “Let’s f...
Opinion: Apple’s Brand Will Secure Ipad Mini’s Success Over Cheaper Google Nexus 7 26 Oct 2012 | 10:00 am
GADGET DESIGNER Apple announced a smaller version of its popular Ipad tablet on Tuesday, the Ipad Mini. With a price of £269, those in the market for a 7in tablet have argued it's a little more expens...
Anne Collier: College-Bound Students Deploy Facebook Profile Scrubbing Methods 101 26 Oct 2012 | 10:00 am
Beyond embellishment, a number of other image-management tactics have emerged. One is having another profile altogether – the "ideal-self profile." Others include hiding one's profile behind an alias ...
Heard: Bottom Line On College Costs: Students, Families Are Paying More 25 Oct 2012 | 10:23 pm
The astronomical rise in college tuition slowed a bit this year. But when it comes to net price – what students actually pay after grants and tax benefits are taken into account – the pinch is getting...
Film Review: Why “Won’t Back Down” Won’t Last Long At The Box Office 25 Oct 2012 | 11:00 am
The story is modeled on the “parent-trigger” legislation passed in California in 2010. The “actual events” that “inspired” the film, I suppose, are the enactment of a “parent-trigger” law—but no succe...
Story Behind The Film… Struggling Schools, Bitter Fights & No Hollywood Endings 25 Oct 2012 | 10:00 am
“Usually a movie like this comes out long after a social movement and documents it through the eyes of the hero,” said Ben Austin, founder of Parent Revolution and former Clinton White House adviser. ...
Columnist Michael Horn: Personalized Learning Marches Forward With Two New Funds 24 Oct 2012 | 03:00 pm
The non-profit Silicon Schools Fund, which will provide seed funding for new blended-learning schools that use innovative education models and technology to personalize learning. It plans to raise $25...
Princeton’s President Emeritus William G. Bowen Blasts Bloated University Budgets 24 Oct 2012 | 03:00 pm
"Cut the frills," he said. "We're not competing with Marriott." Hire teachers who want to teach, embrace distance learning, cut support staff and maintain communities with society's most admirable val...
William G. Bowen: Repartee At Stanford Re: Online Learning & The Future Of Universities 24 Oct 2012 | 03:00 pm
Online learning is not just one thing, and it is far from static, he said during his lecture Oct. 11 titled "Prospects for an Online Fix: Can We Harness Technology in the Service of Our Aspiration?" B...
WGU Texas & Three Community Colleges Develop Individual-Paced College Courses 24 Oct 2012 | 10:00 am
WGU Texas and three community colleges — Sinclair Community College in Ohio, Broward College in Florida and Texas' own Austin Community College — have received a shared $12 million dollar grant from t...
