THE Journal: Preparing for Common Core

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11/27/2012

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Preparing for Common Core
As states prepare to adopt the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and administer computer-based assessments in the 2014-2015 school year, many school districts have yet to begin preparations for implementing digital learning strategies required by these initiatives.
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Time To Focus on Helping People Use Education Data
Although states are doing a masterful job of accumulating data and integrating data sources to support education improvement, according to a new report, the next part of the job may be their toughest yet: teaching people how to use the data.
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McGraw-Hill Selling Education Business to Investment Group
McGraw-Hill is selling its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management (Apollo) for $2.5 billion.
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Student-run Tech Support Programs Advance at the Speed of Technology
As student-run IT initiatives evolve into full curriculum programs, schools find that students aren't just supporting technology--technology is supporting them.
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Houghton Mifflin Brings Digital Readers to iPad
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has unveiled a free iPad app designed to help children in grades K-6 to improve their reading skills.
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Netop Student Response System Turns Mobile Devices into Clickers
Netop has released a Web-based student response system that allows students to use their mobile devices as clickers.
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SEP Revs Backup and Recovery Solution, Expands Support for Exchange, Vsphere, Xen
SEP Software released a new version of its backup and recovery solution, SEP sesam 4.0.5, at the Educause 2012 conference in Denver.
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Conceptua Math Partners with CORE To Deliver Common Core Professional Development Services
Conceptua Math and the Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education have launched a partnership to deliver professional development services to school districts.
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Help Desk Premier Software Now Free for Educational Organizations
Help-Desk-Software.com is making its Help Desk Premier software available for free to educational organizations until the end of this year.
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Cator To Step Down from Office of Ed Tech
Karen Cator, director of the Office of Educational Technology at the United States Department of Education, is stepping down from her office, according to two reports.
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New Acuity Tool Tackles Online Assessment of Performance Tasks
Education publishing and technology company CTB/McGraw-Hill has released a new application that allows teachers to create project based assessment tasks.
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Dell Software Tool To Help Districts Prepare for Online Assessments
Dell Software has gone public with the news that its Dell KACE family of systems management appliances includes tools to help school districts ensure their technology is ready for online assessment testing programs.
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Professional Resources

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Research Results: Print Security in Education
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T.H.E. Journal asked their readers about how education institutions address protecting sensitive, confidential data as it relates to printer security. Their responses to sixteen questions are enclosed in this report–and they reveal an imperfect world.

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