Blog Juice for Educational Technology

The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee recommended this week that EETT receive no funding in 2007. Regardless of what you might think about school districts’ dependency upon Federal dollars for important programs, the sad truth is that many districts rely almost exclusively on this money to fund technology initiatives. I find myself wondering how we expect schools to prepare…

Thomas Toch’s got an excellent article in the new Washington Monthly on NCLB and value added school assessment methodologies, entitled “Measure for Measure.” The article is anchored on the story of Herbert Marcus Elementary School: …the school has done just about everything right in recent years. Principal Conce Rodriguez has introduced reforms that require students to wear uniforms and teachers…

On the occasion of the resignation of Bill Bennett (moral scold, compulsive gambler and former Secretary of Education) from his positions as Chairman and board member of K12 Inc., I’d like to point out this little anecdote from Intel director and former FCC Chair Reed Hundt: …I asked Bill Bennett to visit my office so that I could ask him…

A story on the front page of the NY Times trumpets “As Test Scores Jump, Raleigh Credits Integration by Income.” Let’s look at the numbers: In Wake County, only 40 percent of black students in grades three through eight scored at grade level on state tests a decade ago. Last spring, 80 percent did. Hispanic students have made similar strides….