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Teacher turnover results in lower student scores in math and English language arts, according to a researcher from the University of Michigan School of Education and two colleagues. MoreIn states that have adopted Common Core State Standards, most state education agencies foresee proceeding with implementation in the 2013-2014 school year as planned, despite growing pressures from within schools and from outside the education system. MoreAbout three-quarters of the school systems in the United States have adopted mobile technology or will adopt it within the next two years, according to a new report. However, insufficient budgets and infrastructure shortcomings are preventing most of those districts from implementing 1-to-1 mobile programs. MoreThe Adaptive Learning Research Grant Program has launched its second phase, offering up to $40,000 for institutions to examine adaptive learning principles that result in measurable learning outcomes in large-scale online and blended learning courses. MoreSix states will receive a total of $89 million in supplemental awards from the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge grant program to fund improvements and "expand access to early learning programs throughout their states," according to the United States Department of Education. MoreMicrosoft isn't talking publicly yet about what the company's reorganization means for its education customers. Is no news good news? More
The PARCC consortium is shoring up support for its online assessment program in the face of state desertions, including, most recently, Georgia and Indiana. Fourteen states and the District of Columbia confirmed this week that they are "committed" to field testing the PARCC assessments. MoreThe United States Department of Education has launched the 2013 Race to the Top - District competition, which will award nearly $120 million to school districts implementing "bold, locally directed improvements in learning and teaching that will directly improve student achievement and educator effectiveness." MoreThe Consortium for School Networking, a professional association for school district technology leaders, has added a chapter in New York State. MoreFollowing the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) recent decision to review and modernize the E-rate program, which helps schools and libraries pay for Internet access, the Fiber to the Home Council Americas (FTTH Council) has petitioned the FCC to now establish a Gigabit Communities Race to the Top program. MoreTo woo young people to the field of cyber security, local, regional, and global competitions give students a chance to test their knowledge and skills in front of the experts. MoreLocal news coverage in Waco, TX has reported that the school district there has approved the implementation of a computer service that will let schools communicate instantly with police via a click of the button. MoreTwenty universities and colleges in Texas are offering summer-time STEM camps to students, thanks to the annual largesse of a state agency in charge of workforce development. MoreA Washington school district is reconfiguring its network to give local law enforcement officers access to its school security cameras. MoreTwo states have switched their status within the Common Core online assessment consortium. MoreDevolutions has released a beta version of Remote Desktop Manager 9.0, a remote desktop connection and credentials management tool. MoreKaplan has acquired Grockit's social learning platform and test preparation assets. In related news, Grockit has changed its name to Learnist. MoreRosetta Stone, the creator of the language learning system of the same name, has acquired educational technology company Lexia Learning Systems for $22.5 million in cash. More
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