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RSS Feeds Get the latest information through RSS Feeds. Blog Articles News College & Work Readiness What is RSS? Most Recent Resources Ladies and Gentleman, the Washington Class of 2008 Added: 4 weeks 4 days ago Article April Update Added: 10 weeks 2 days ago Article Creating a College-Going Culture Added: 17 weeks 2 days ago Article Teaching Science Teachers to be Leaders Added: 22 weeks 18 hours ago Article Senate Hearing to Delay Reading as a Requirement for the K-12 Diploma to be Held on Monday Added: 24 weeks 20 hours ago Article Find More Resources >>	Technology Microsoft Joins Effort for Laptops for Children Posted on 16 May The New York Times View this article >> Topics: College & Work Readiness \| Education Funding \| K-12 Education Reform \| Technology \| Education Tube Tie By maureen on 09 May \| 0 comments I’m a sucker for online videos: From Michael Cera’s turn as Alexander Hamilton on Drunk History to break dancing babies, it doesn’t take much to amuse me—or the masses, for that matter, from the millions of individuals who view these videos. Thus, I must marvel at the gumption of the ed video spinoffs, SchoolTube and TeacherTube. Read more... Topics: In The Classroom \| Technology \| Expanding Parent Access to Student Performance By maureen on 06 May \| 0 comments Last week, Allison posted on the increasing use of cell phone notification for parents regarding emergencies, their children’s school attendance and upcoming meetings. Our verdict: While letting parents know about school meetings by text message is a great idea, being notified about a student’s routine absences may not be the best thing. This week, the New York Times takes the expansion of parental notification a step further with development of instant, online student grade viewing technologies. Across the country, online programs like Edline, ParentConnect, Pinnacle Internet Viewer and PowerSchool (now used in more than 10,000 schools in 49 states—including Washington) are allowing parents to find out their children bombed quizzes and tests at the same moment as the students. Read more... Topics: Parents \| Technology \| Three cheers for TAF! By maureen on 25 Mar \| 0 comments Many in the ed world already know about the fabulous work of Trish Millines Dziko and the Technology Access Foundation, but it was a great surprise to see Trish’s smiling face in the pages of today’s Seattle Times. Read more... Topics: Technology \| Poverty \| Achievement Gap \| Hats Off to Whatcom Tech Prep Consortium! By maureen on 06 Mar \| 0 comments I hate to date myself, but I sure wish the classes that are available to high school students through the Whatcom Tech Prep Consortium were around when I was in high school. Read more... Topics: College & Work Readiness \| Technology \| Congrats to these tech-y teachers! By allisonm on 03 Mar \| 0 comments Technology, techonology, techonology. Everywhere you turn it's moving and changing so fast that sometimes I can barely keep up. Lucky for many students in Washington though, there are teachers out there who have no problem riding the tech wave and making a splash in the classroom. Read more... Topics: Technology \| Teachers \| Students \| Hats off to Raytheon and MathMovesU! By maureen on 28 Feb \| 0 comments When I was in middle school, I thought Oregon Trail was about as advanced as learning games got, which is why I practically fell out of my seat when I saw the MathMovesU website. The interactive site not only promotes math learning in a highly customizable manner, it's actually pretty fun too. Read more... Topics: Fun In The Classroom \| Math \| Students \| Technology \| Students Click, and a Quiz Becomes a Game Posted on 31 Jan The New York Times View this article >> Topics: Science \| Students \| Technology \| Save the Math School! By maureen on 15 Jan \| 0 comments Remember Tri-Cities’ great plans to build a math, science, technology and engineering high school? Ingenious, right? Especially with strong support from Batelle and the local science and technology sector. Well, unfortunately, it looks like the plan to open the school this fall may be derailed by funding and location concerns. Read more... Topics: Technology \| Science \| Math \| Log in, enter password, read a textbook Posted on 18 Dec USA Today View this article >> Topics: Students \| Technology \| 12 3 4 5next ›last »	Recent News Wenatchee not willing to use early WASL results for comparisons Posted on 02 Jul Wenatchee World View this article >> More districts experiment with ways to pay teachers Posted on 02 Jul Washington Post View this article >> Seattle initiative aims to revive schools Posted on 02 Jul Seattle Post-Intelligencer View this article >> Find More News >> Tag Cloud Achievement Gap College & Work Readiness Graduation Rates Legislature Math Math Curriculum Science Standardized Tests Students Teachers Washington WASL more tags What is a Tag Cloud?