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• July 27, 2010
• 18:47

  18 States, D.C., Named Race to Top Round 2 Finalists

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Applicants head to Washington next month to make their case for a share of the $3.4 billion in competitive-grant money under the ARRA.
• 15:58

  Neb. cut from federal education grant competition

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 15:58

  Nevada eliminated from education grant competition

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 15:58

  California is a finalist for school reform grants

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 15:41

  Starting a Science Education

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Five science education advocates argue that the country can no longer afford to ignore that the period from kindergarten through 4th grade is "a peak window of opportunity for teaching basic science concepts."

• 15:33

  A Tool for Its Time

   » ‎ THE Journal
  As they continue to empower teachers with upgraded instructional options, learning management systems have evolved into something whose old name just doesn’t cut it anymore.

• 14:04

  Fla. Adopts 'Common Core' Academic Standards

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  

• 13:20

  Shape, Throttle, and Roll

   » ‎ THE Journal
  Bandwidth management technology enables school districts to keep their networks running free and easy.
• 13:08

  In the Company of Sages

   » ‎ THE Journal
  We all pay lip service to the need for educators to be learners as well as teachers, but how often do we really act on it?
• 12:52

  Giving Them an Earful

   » ‎ THE Journal
  Blessed with a $20 million technology bond from voters in 2004, Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan put a little over a million of it toward the purchasing and installation of voice amplification systems for all 1,200 of its classrooms.
• 11:55

  MIT Research Asks, Just How Fast Is U.S. Broadband?

   » ‎ THE Journal
  In the race for Internet speed, the United States could definitely be called a slacker. According to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, in the area of average advertised broadband download speed this country falls somewhere between those little heralded hotbeds of high tech, Italy and Greece.

• 9:42

  Typical Preschool? Nein.

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Toddlers are learning German, Spanish, Chinese, Swedish in 'immersion' preschools.
• 9:39

  Duncan: Let Voters Decide Mayor's Role With Detroit Schools

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The Education Secretary is encouraging Detroit and other big cities to consider mayoral control of schools, saying that, with broad support, it can work.
• 9:39

  Ariz. Schools Must Get Permission from Parents to Teach Sex Ed

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The Arizona Senate Bill 1309, the "Parents Bill of Rights," which requires parental consent before their child can receive any sexual education in school takes effect Thursday.