Schools - 2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning

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Personal Education Advisor

Assigned by certified local education agencies, such as schools, resource centers, and libraries, or selected and contracted by families, personal education advisors help families create, nurture, and maintain personal learning ecologies. Personal Education Advisor »

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Mind Shifts

The June, 2008 issue of American School and University: Shaping Facilities and Business Decisions, features and cover story entitled, “Mind Shifts: Schools and Mental Health – Business, Legal, Security and Facilities Implications”. Mind Shifts »

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Little Green Schoolhouses

High-performance schools -- those that integrate the best in today’s design strategies and building technologies -- also referred to as "green" or "sustainable" -- can help us make the most of the opportunity presented by today’s massive school construction […] Little Green Schoolhouses »

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Program Could Turn Arkansas' School Buses into Classrooms

Prof. Julie Hudson of Vanderbilt Univ. and program director for the Aspirnaut Initiative (AI), recently told a legislative panel the AI program turns what would be idle time into productive learning time. "Many students in rural Arkansas, and many rural […] Program Could Turn Arkansas' School Buses into Classrooms »

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Schools Embrace Green Designs in Labs, Roof

Green roofs are sprouting at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., a pioneer in the effort, and at Harvard University which is building a $1.2 billion, four-building science complex in Boston to include innovative winter gardens. Schools Embrace Green Designs in Labs, Roof »

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Homeless High Schoolers Inspire a Plan

Boston is considering whether to open a residential program that would be the first in the state for homeless high school students and one of only a few in the nation. Homeless students, are more likely to miss school, struggle academically, and consider […] Homeless High Schoolers Inspire a Plan »

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Schools Banning Ipods to Beat Cheaters

Many schools started banning cell phones when educators realized that students could text message test answers to each other. Now, schools across the nation recognize digital media players as a potential cheating device. Devices including iPods and Zunes […] Schools Banning Ipods to Beat Cheaters »

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$20M Donation to Benefit Healthy Schools Program

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a New Jersey philanthropic foundation, is giving $20 million to a program designed to promote healthy eating and exercise in schools in 17 states. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is to use the money to help […] $20M Donation to Benefit Healthy Schools Program »

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Sanford Signs Virtual School Measure

Home-schoolers and students attending public, private or charter schools will be able to take online classes after May 18, 2007 when Governor Mark Sanford signed a new law creating the “South Carolina Virtual School Program”. The law, which will be administered […] Sanford Signs Virtual School Measure »

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Real Schools, Virtual Classes?

Students nationwide are enrolling in cyber programs to bolster or replace a brick-and-mortar education. Nationally, virtual classrooms -- cyber schools based on the Internet and run by public and private schools -- are beginning to augment traditional […] Real Schools, Virtual Classes? »

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