UPDATE: EdStartup Founder Now US DOEd Deputy Director of Educational Technology Missouri Education Watchdog: Get Busy and Start Downloading/Saving Files from ed.gov for Common Core Information

Missouri Education Watchdog: Get Busy and Start Downloading/Saving Files from ed.gov for Common Core Information:

EdStartup Founder Now US DOEd Deputy Director of Educational Technology

by stlgretchen

Is the title of this conference just another term for tracking students and creating apps for that purpose? From an ed.gov press release:

“Reimagining Learning Through Personalization”

The EETC conference is an annual event that brings together researchers, policy makers, administrators, educators and solution providers to explore technology in preschool and elementary education. The conference hosts attendees from around the world to share ideas and engage in lively discussions on early education and the use of technology in the learning process.

Richard Culatta is the acting director of the Office of Education Technology for the US Department of Education and will be presenting ideas on data tracking (personalized learning) and technology:

his work focuses on leveraging open data to create personalized learning experiences for all 

Get Busy and Start Downloading/Saving Files from ed.gov for Common Core Information

by stlgretchen

Perhaps it is coincidental, but since Glenn Beck has been focusing on Common Core standards, trying to access Common Core/Race to the Top documents on the ed.gov signed by states has yielded few results.  When you search "race to the top phase 2 applications" this is what you will see:

The U.S. Department of Education's main website, www.ed.gov, is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Information such as Race to the Top proposals, reviewer comments on those proposals and appendices to proposals are no longer available.

Here's a way to find your state's proposals concerning Race to the Top and MOUs signing your state on to Common Core standards.