Entries from June 2009

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Five States Chosen to Receive Technical Assistance in Developing ‘Green’ Career-Technical Programs of Study

What the heck does ‘green’ mean. Glad to see the government is adding to the confusion of green technology. Now they’re gonna confuse the kids. Great.
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The U.S. Department of Education and its National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE) in Louisville, Ky., announced today the selection of five states to receive technical [...]

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Next Test: Value of $125,000-a-Year Teachers from NYT

From the New York Times.
So what kind of teachers could a school get if it paid them $125,000 a year?
An accomplished violist who infuses her music lessons with the neuroscience of why one needs to practice, and creatively worded instructions like, “Pass the melody gently, as if it were a bowl of Jell-O!”
A self-described “explorer” [...]