K-12 Report

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The past 50 years have brought major changes in education. Increased testing, class sizes, teaches recruitment, classroom technology and college preparation are only some of the trends and developments that are significantly impacting how students learn today.
To help you understand these changes, Triangle Tutors is offering the [...]

Online Education in the News (June 2-8, 2008)

Working Moms Get Ahead Using Online Education
The following top online universities offer flexible, quick and well-respected online degree programs for working moms. You can receive free information from each university regarding tuition cost, financial aid, course availability and graduation time by filling out their short “Request Info” forms: Kaplan University, University of Phoenix, AIU, Colorado [...]

Why the Kindle Won’t Have a Dramatic Impact on College Course Materials for at least Five Years (Part 1 — College Textbook Publishers)

 (This article was published previously on sixslides.com, and is the first in a series of articles on the subject posted there. My sixslides site also features daily research clippings and commentary, weekly video posts, and stories and commentary in our unique Six Slides format.)
Introduction
There has been significant buzz over the last few days about [...]

Schools in the News (June 2-8, 2008)

Drexel Online Launches New Library and Information Science Concentrations to Increase Educational Career Options for Librarians
Drexel University Online, a pioneer in distance education, has increased its degree offerings with the addition of three new concentrations within the Master’s in Library and Information Science program: Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management, School Library Media, and Youth Services. [...]

Programs in the News (June 2-8, 2008)

Freshmen go to school on drinking
Pennsylvania State University trustees passed a resolution requiring all incoming freshmen systemwide to take AlcoholEdu for College, an online education program about alcoholic beverages and their effects on the body. — GoErie.com, PA
Public Demand Prompts University of Minnesota to Make Online Class on Alcohol Use Available to All Parents
With tragic [...]

Publishers in the News (June 2-8, 2008)

Cengage Completes Acquisition of Houghton Mifflin College Division, Expands Offerings
Print and digital instruction and reference materials provider Cengage Learning  announced Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Houghton Mifflin College Division (HM College). After announcing the agreement to acquire HM College in December, the company recently received the regulatory clearances required to close the [...]

Sustainability and a New Economic Model

[Forgive me if this is a post that isn't about the stuff I usually write about, but the idea was rumbling around, and here's where I put ideas that rumble around. -- Chris]
This post comes from thinking about the financial crisis of the past week (and next decade) and spending time with some old [...]

Taking Back Teaching: A Forgotten History

They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within.
–Leonard Cohen

The model of education from its earliest times was one of mentorship, starting with hunter-gatherers taking their children out on the hunt 100,000 years ago, all the way up to the teaching methods employed at the university [...]

An Old Prophecy Confirmed? On the Uses and Abuses of Laptop Learning

In my third month of writing here about 21st century education, way back in March 2007, I put the pom-poms down, stopped cheerleading, and started thinking about all the ways schools can kill the learning that is possible when students have a simple laptop and a blog. This snippet from a post from back [...]

Conference Presentation created by Korean Interns

I encourage you to take a look at this 3 minute Tutor/Mentor Conference presentation (flash) which was created by two student interns from Korea who have been working at Cabrini Connections for the past few weeks. This illustrates a use of talent to help a non profit tell its story. Talent like this is [...]