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Math Scores Drop Again

Ask a Tech Teacher

We don’t seem to know how to fix the dropping math scores (and reading but that’s for another article). If you’d like to understand this trend more, check out Education Week ‘s article: Young Adolescents’ Scores Trended to Historic Lows on National Tests. We can’t even blame it on COVID!

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Happy Holidays - Most Read Posts of 2012

Educational Technology Guy

I''m finishing up my day at work today with a quick post of the Most Read Posts of 2012. Most Read Posts of 2012: 1. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. image from Google.com homepage Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from Connecticut. most popular posts'

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Edublog Awards 2012 - I was nominated for Best EdTech Blog

Educational Technology Guy

I just found out that I was nominated for, and am a finalist for, the Edublog Awards 2012, Best EdTech Blog. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. You can read more about the Edublog Awards here and vote for Educational Technology Guy here (under EdTech Blog).

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Google Code-In 2012 - contest for High School Students

Educational Technology Guy

Google has announced Google Code-In 2012 , a contest for high school students. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. It is in it''s third year and will begin on November 26th. The contest is for 13-17 year old students and is all about software development.

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College or Career? The answer isn’t what you’d expect for males

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I read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal discussing the dramatic decline in men applying for and graduating from two and four-year colleges. who started a four-year university in 2012 received diplomas by 2018 compared with 59% of men during the same period, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

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Is It Time for a National Conversation About Eliminating Letter Grades?

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It was an unmitigated disaster in Maine,” Eyler admits, referring to a 2012 state law mandated that schools move to “proficiency-based” grading (a flavor of standards-based grading). Correction: This article originally misstated Joshua Eyler's title. But the track record for such reforms is mixed. “It

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Why most schools won’t ‘reinvent’ themselves after the pandemic

Dangerously Irrelevant

Here is a smattering of such articles: A time for disruptive innovation in education. Here is a smattering of such articles: A time for disruptive innovation in education COVID-19 as a catalyst for educational change Restarting and reinventing school: Learning in the time of COVID and beyond What if we… don’t return to school […]

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