The Obama administration is announcing $4.35B in stimulus funding for schools. One of the primary allowed uses of the funding is for systems like Socrato that measure student progress. Let us know if you’d like help writing a grant application… Read the article by Sally Holland at CNN.
The 4th annual e-book fair is going on www.worldebookfair.org from July 4 to August 4. About 2 million PDF books are available for free download. After the completion of this fair, the same collection will be available for an annual membership fees of $8.95. So, grab the opportunity…
Recently there has been a lot of coverage about Charter Schools in Massachusetts. So I dug little deeper… What are charter schools? An innovative approach towards school and education management They are public schools, funded by government money They can be under district management or state management Another interesting aspect is that, when a student [...]
According to US Department of Education study students who took “blended” courses — those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction — appeared to do best of all. The study finds this after detailed review of 51 high quality research reports out of over 1000 research studies. Looking at one of the reviews [...]
