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State agency calls on teachers to do more with technology »
January 6, 2010
Encarnacion Pyle
The Columbus Dispatch
Technology will never replace a good teacher.
But more Ohio teachers could use technology to better prepare students to succeed in school and life, a new state report finds.
“Just as literacy has the power to reduce barriers to success and advancement, technology has the ability to open new doors and opportunities [...]
Motivated teachers should be welcomed into Ohio’s classrooms »
January 6, 2010
The Columbus Dispatch editorial
Those who care about public education should know by now that long-established methods haven’t been serving poor urban or rural students for a long time. More and more effort and money have been poured into traditional approaches but yielded only modest improvement in student achievement.
Significant improvement is going to require, [...]
Columbus poised to get federal school funds: Ohio districts, teachers must agree to reforms to cash in »
January 2, 2010
Jennifer Smith Richards
The Columbus Dispatch
The Columbus school district and its teachers union are among a few groups statewide that have agreed to adopt reforms needed to secure millions in federal grant money for Ohio schools.
The federal Education Department has said the more than $4 billion in Race to the Top grants will [...]
Teacher technicality: Educators with high-level training and experience seek change in state rules to allow them full licenses »
December 26, 2009
Jennifer Smith Richards
The Columbus Dispatch
KIPP Journey Academy teacher Jenna Davis says of licensing: “It’s the enigma of it all. Just tell me what I need to do.”
Teachers at KIPP Journey Academy have college degrees in areas such as education, philosophy, political science, communication and business. Many have master’s degrees in education.
They have experience [...]
Studying Young Minds, and How to Teach Them »
12/21/09
New York Times
Benedict Carey
BUFFALO - Many 4-year-olds cannot count up to their own age when they arrive at preschool, and those at the Stanley M. Makowski Early Childhood Center are hardly prodigies. Most live in this city’s poorer districts and begin their academic life well behind the curve.
But there they were on a recent Wednesday morning, [...]
