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Archive for March, 2008

• National Mathematics Advisory Panel Releases Final Report
  Posted March 31, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

  On March 13, 2008, the National Mathematics Advisory Panel presented its Final Report to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Education. Copies of these ground-breaking reports, rich with information for parents, teachers, policy makers, the research community, and others, are availalbe at this link.

• Two New Technology Books
  Posted March 21, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

  Interested in learning about new technologies to use in the classroom?  Check out these two new books:    Podcasting for teachers : using a new technology to revolutionize teaching and learning / by Kathleen P. King and Mark Gura ISBN: 9781593116583 (pbk.) Call Number: LB 1044.87 .K57 2007 Making the most of the Web in [...]

• New Book on School Reform
  Posted March 5, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

  Breaking the cycle of failed school reform : what five failed reforms tell us / John M. Tharp Contents: A chronology of past school reforms — Profiling the failures of school reforms — Autopsy data from past reforms — Initiatives that may break the cycle of failed reforms. Check it out at Call Number LA [...]