This Week In Education: Thompson: Rocketship & Khan Academy Not That Impressive

This Week In Education: Thompson: Rocketship & Khan Academy Not That Impressive

Thompson: Rocketship & Khan Academy Not That Impressive [image: Khan] Larry Abramson’s two-part NPR series points a way towards the proper use of educational technology. I would feel more confident that online learning would not be abused, however, if its purpose was to either save money or improve ...

LIFO: Mayors Endorse Seniority Phaseout (No One Notices) [image: 9c2ad92c-eed8-447a-a28f-d40e8e83f717] Resolutions aren't binding. This one about ending LIFO isn't even written that strongly. Ending LIFO is much less of a pressing issue than it might have seemed to be a few months ago with New York City ...

Quotes: Incentive Pay Probably Won't Cover Cosmetic Surgery *[image: image from scholasticadministrator.typepad.com] Of the 100 largest school districts in the country only six offer bonuses on the basis of performance to individual teachers that would be substantial enough to cover the average cost of breast ...

VIDEO: Don't Be Guh - "Read A Book" This Summer Like Jazzy says: "I'm no flower, mad brain power, don't be sour, I read daily for three hours." Also: I knew "gully" but I didn't no "guh." (Anacostia News) Thanks to whomever sent this to me or wherever I found it (sorry forgot).