Students rally in Sacramento against budget cuts | Daily Sundial

Students rally in Sacramento against budget cuts | Daily Sundial

Students rally in Sacramento against budget cuts

March 23, 2010

Tags: Capitol, March in March

By Yazmin Cruz

Thousands of students walk across the Tower Bridge, making their way to the state Capitol in Sacramento in protest of budget cuts Monday. Photo Credit: Hannah Pedraza / Photo Editor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – CSUN students along with other students and faculty from across the Golden State who rallied on the steps of the Capitol against budget cuts were encouraged by speakers to continue their activism even after the March in March event was over.

The event’s master of ceremonies Reid Milburn, student senate for California community colleges president, said change depended on the more than 15,000 students including CSUN students that marched to the Capitol on March 22.

“It doesn’t end here,” Milburn said. “It’s up to each one of you to go back and talk to legislatures. It’s up to us to rescue education.”

The trip to Sacramento was a follow up to the Associated Student’s postcard initiative held last semester, said Neil Sanchez, A.S. attorney general. Students from CSUN’s Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA), Central American Student Association (CAUSA), the Black Student Union (BSU) and Students for a Better Education (SQE) were among some of the participants.

Sanchez said that after the March 4 walk outs, A.S. became aware that students wanted to become more involved in events like the rally. Sanchez added that the trip to Sacramento had been planned in conjunction with the California State Student Association (CSSA) and an invitation was extended to students willing to participate.

One of the students participating was senior Danny Santana, a member of MEChA and Students for a Quality Education (SQE), who said he was participating to send a message to the governor and the chancellor about the

Researchers Meet at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to Discuss the Emergence of the Digital Teaching Platform in K-12 Education | SYS-CON CANADA

Researchers Meet at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to Discuss the Emergence of the Digital Teaching Platform in K-12 Education | SYS-CON CANADA

Researchers Meet at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to Discuss the Emergence of the Digital Teaching Platform in K-12 Education

By: Business Wire

Mar. 24, 2010 07:02 AM

This month, 15 leading scholars and researchers in the fields of education and educational technology convened at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to present and discuss research on a new product category emerging in K-12 education: the digital teaching platform. The workshop was hosted by the Research Advisory Board of Time To Know, developers of an interactive curriculum system designed specifically for today’s one-to-one computing classrooms.

The Research Advisory Board plans to publish a book on this research, which will discuss the evolution of the digital teaching platform and its potential to transform teaching, learning and assessment in K-12 education. The digital teaching platform is designed to function as the primary instructional environment in today’s technology-intensive classrooms. The platform operates in a teacher-led classroom as the primary carrier of core curriculum content. It supports the teacher with tools for curriculum planning, classroom management and assessment.

“The digital teaching platform is an innovative approach to personalizing student learning in a group classroom setting,” said Chris Dede, Ed.D., the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a member of the Research Advisory Board. “The research community is developing a variety of strategies for achieving this goal. Time To

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UC Riverside's Autism Center Recruiting Families

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - An autism resource center at UC Riverside is conducting screening clinics for young children suspected of having autism and recruiting parents for group sessions about treatment options that will begin this summer. (Media-Newswire.com) - RIVERSIDE, Calif. - An autism resource center at UC Riverside is conducting screening clinics for young children suspected of having autism and recruiting parents for group sessions about treatment options that will begin this summer. "This is all about creating an appropriate education program," said Jan Blacher, founder and director of SEARCH ( Support, Education, Advocacy, Resources, Community, Hope ) center and professor of education. "There is absolutely nowhere in the Inland Empire for parents to go to find that. We have tried to create one-stop shopping." The screening clinics, which are ideal for children 2 to 5 years old but open to everyone, provide an in-depth assessment using the Autism Diagnostic Observation System. They are being conducted in English or Spanish on the UCR campus and in the San Bernardino Unified School District. Three UCR doctoral students traveled to the University of Michigan to learn the system. Funding from First 5 San Bernardino made that training possible. Meanwhile, the group sessions are aimed at parents of children with autism up to age 7 years, said Blacher, who was recently named co-chair of the Inland Empire Autism Regional Taskforce. Parents will meet in groups once a week for three weeks to learn about evidence-based autism education programs. In the fourth week, parents can attend an optional one-on-one session with a staff member who will consult about their child’s education program. Parents who want more information about the group sessions or screening clinics can call SEARCH at 951-

Pity the kids in Texas and elsewhere, too | Style | NewJerseyNewsroom.com -- Your State. Your News.

Pity the kids in Texas and elsewhere, too | Style | NewJerseyNewsroom.com -- Your State. Your News.

Pity the kids in Texas and elsewhere, too

TUESDAY, 23 MARCH 2010 20:25

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BY SUSIE WILSON

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

SEX MATTERS

I have a particular interest in the recent actions of the Texas State Board of Education because of my five years of service on New Jersey's State Board of Education. Last week, the Texas board voted to revise the state's K-12 social studies curriculum based on right wing, conservative ideology and not sound facts.

The board's actions were antithetical to the educational welfare of students; they put their own ideological views about issues ahead of young people's right to receive unbiased information in the classroom.

State education board members across the nation are entrusted with setting policies for public school students. It is a challenge and responsibility to get it right for the kids. I personally found it challenging to keep kids' needs in the forefront when making decisions. Many adult groups constantly put pressure on board members to keep their needs at the forefront, ahead of the needs of students.

My service on the board introduced me to the topic of sexuality education, or family life education, as we referred to it then. In 1982, we passed a policy that required local districts to develop their own family life education programs, but did not provide a single curriculum for the entire state. Before passing the policy, we consulted with experts and studied polls showing that the majority of New Jersey residents favored it.

My colleagues and I believed that we were helping young people lead safer, healthier, and more

Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrate Women in Technology | GeekDad | Wired.com

Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrate Women in Technology | GeekDad | Wired.com

Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrate Women in Technology

• By Jenny Williams
• March 24, 2010 |
• 7:30 am |
• Categories: People, Science and Education

Ada Lovelace (Image: Public Domain from Wikipedia)

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate women and girls in technology. It is in honor of Ada Lovelace, obviously, who is often credited with writing the first computer program.

Ada Lovelace was often ill as a child, but she kept up her education during her illnesses. She learned mathematics and science from private tutors. She then went on to work and correspond with Charles Babbage, leading to the important work of hers that we know today. She worked with him in relation to his mechanical analytical engine. This engine was inspired by Babbage’s difference engine, a version of which is on display at Mountain View, California’s Computer History Museum. It is quite an impressive sight to see it in action!

After reading more about her life and her work, I still feel it is best summarized by BrainPOP’s Ada Lovelace video, which is designed for kids.

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