Official Google Enterprise Blog: Google Apps just got smarter: introducing the Apps Marketplace’s new EDU category

Official Google Enterprise Blog: Google Apps just got smarter: introducing the Apps Marketplace’s new EDU category

Google Apps just got smarter: introducing the Apps Marketplace’s new EDU category

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 9:00 AM

The education technology space has seen an explosion of new offerings in the past few years. What has been missing is a centralized platform for schools and universities to easily evaluate and utilize web apps. Today we are excited to launch an education category in the Google Apps Marketplace designed specifically to help schools and universities easily discover and deploy new web applications that integrate with their existing Google Apps accounts.

The new education category includes over 20 applications from 19 vendors ranging from learning management systems (LMS) to student tools and teaching aids – all of which integrate with Google Apps for Education. Each app can be accessed through single sign-on and the Google universal navigation bar and many offer deeper integrations that synchronize with Google Calendar and Documents.

This new education category will make it easier for schools to have more web apps at their fingertips, including popular existing apps such as Aviary, Grockit, and LearnBoost as well as the new apps launching today.



Learning Management
Now faculty can bring their classroom management to the cloud with apps such as:

• Haiku: an LMS that allows teachers to create media-rich class websites, give and auto-grade assessments, annotate assignments and interact online with students.

Modern School: School Paid $6,000 to Private Eye to Spy on Black Mom

Modern School: School Paid $6,000 to Private Eye to Spy on Black Mom

School Paid $6,000 to Private Eye to Spy on Black Mom

by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Dunn)

Today I received a reply to my post, “Black Mom Jailed for Sending Kids to White School,” arguing that Kelly Williams-Bolar was in jail for refusing to admit guilt. This is not entirely true. Three others were found guilty of a similar offense and were offered the chance to pay the “tuition” they “stole” from the Copley Township School District. They chose to pay and did not have to go to jail. Had Williams-Bolar paid the $30,000, she too might have been off the hook.

It was not so much an issue of admitting guilt as one of extortion. After all, the courts do not generally allow

My Latest Post on The Future of Teaching 2030 — The Jose Vilson

My Latest Post on The Future of Teaching 2030 — The Jose Vilson

My Latest Post on The Future of Teaching 2030

by Jose

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Before policymakers and other key stakeholders can make decisions surrounding educational accountability, they would do well to focus their full attentions on the idea of trust. It’s the characteristic most lacking in every discussion about the word accountability in education, and with good reason. The present economic situation has many afraid that, like most industries, education departments will find ways to cut teaching jobs in the name of efficiency. They become dissonant when leaders will continue to cite faulty research about class size and success. They’re

Revelation of ROTC Classes on Stanford Campus Puts Debate in New Light - The Bay Citizen

Revelation of ROTC Classes on Stanford Campus Puts Debate in New Light - The Bay Citizen

Revelation of ROTC Classes on Stanford Campus Puts Debate in New Light

As the university considers reintroducing the military program, few were aware that classes have been offered for more than a decade

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Students participate in an ROTC training exercise

When the Faculty Senate at Stanford University began to examine the possible return of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to campus last year, the discussion was assumed to be purely hypothetical. Phased out from campus in 1973 amid anti-war sentiment, ROTC was thought to be a strictly off-campus option for Stanford students who still wanted to participate in the program.

Recent developments, however, reveal that the university reintroduced not-for-credit ROTC classes back to campus more than a decade ago, unbeknownst to most faculty and students. The classes, part of Santa Clara

Ebert recants his review of “Waiting for Superman.” « Fred Klonsky's blog

Ebert recants his review of “Waiting for Superman.” « Fred Klonsky's blog

Ebert recants his review of “Waiting for Superman.”

by Fred Klonsky

Who doesn’t like Roger Ebert?

First of all, he’s a local Chicago guy. I once took a class of his at the University of Chicago extension on silent movies.

He almost made it interesting.

In my book, his advocacy of small films, indie films, off-beat films and progressive politics places him along side

Lessons from School Closings « EdVox

Lessons from School Closings « EdVox

Lessons from School Closings

by edvoxny

by Jaritza Geigel

My name is Jaritza Geigel and I am a youth leader at Make the Road New York and a graduate of the Bushwick School for Social Justice.

Our community experienced the phase out of Bushwick High School Campus almost seven years ago and know directly the impact closing its doors had on students, teachers and community members. While the new small schools graduate a much higher percent of students, they serve less than half of the number of students that were on the original rolls. Nearby high schools felt the painful impact of receiving overflow in schools already struggling with the issue of overcrowding. Our community was making demands from the beginning about the removal of so many seats and were promised by the DOE they would be replaced. Seven years later we have not seen an increase in seats in Bushwick. District 32 has an average of 1,330 students enrolled in each grade level, but only 713 available ninth-grade seats.

Additionally, we found out with little advance warning that Bushwick High School was on the list slated for closure, allowing little time to inform the community. There were no community meetings with the DOE. There

Afternoon Udate: New Posts on Parents 4 democratic Schools 1-26-11 Get Involved- Read Education News

New Posts on Parents 4 democratic Schools

Get Involved- Read Education News

Parents 4 democratic Schools

• Jay Mathews: American Federation of Teachers Announces Innovation Fund – washingtonpost.com
• Common Application Won’t Add Questions on Sexual Orientation – NYTimes.com
• What Motivates Us – Not Merit Pay
• Boehner hopes to revive DC school voucher program – Boston.com
• “Voki For Education” Launches Today | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
• Wednesday churn: Easley recall approved | EdNewsColorado
• This Week In Education: Washington: The Kids Are The Salmon
• Joe Mirabella: Just Say No to ROTC On College Campuses
• HechingerEd Blog | Obama pushes education investment in State of the Union speech; Calls Race to the Top ‘most meaningful reform’ in a generation
• Quick Hits (1.26.2011)
• Education Research Report: Food-Allergic Children May Feel Unsafe in Schools
• Georgetown Students Battle With D.C. Residents over University’s Future | Education | Change.org
• How to choose a school for your child – CNN.com
• Expected National Merger of Student Affairs Organizations Facing Opposition From Within
• Ramsey school board OKs exploration of privatizing custodial services – NorthJersey.com
• Alan Singer: New York Times Promotes Latest Educational ‘Gimmick of the Month’
• Abortion is for women…? « Being Latino Online Magazine
• This Week In Education: Movies: The School “Superman” Left On The Cutting Room Floor
• State of the Union: Education Excerpts – ED.gov Blog
• Magnets and money | School Zone | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
• Parents Across America launches in NYC on Feb. 7 with kick-off event featuring Diane Ravitch | Seattle Education 2010
• Duncan, Key Senators Sing Off Same Page on ESEA Renewal – Politics K-12 – Education Week
• ASCD Inservice: Impressions of Finnish Schools – A Week to Learn
• The Answer Sheet – How a single test can change a child’s life –a must-see video from Rhode Island
• Reporting for Real Life | Connected Principals

Too much drama-Rahma. Big bucks continue to flow. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Too much drama-Rahma. Big bucks continue to flow. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Too much drama-Rahma. Big bucks continue to flow.

by Fred Klonsky

You’ve already read about the $12 million that “Too-much-Drama-Rahma” had raised prior to the January one deadline that places limits on political contributions.

And you’ve read about who gave them those millions. These were not the folks he shakes hands with at the Brown Line stations. The millions came from a handful of members of Chicago’s elite like the Crowns, Pritzkers and Zells.

Not surprisingly, these are the same money bags that are funding the anti-union, teacher bashing Oregon-based

House Education Subcommittee Leader Foxx Calls for Cutting Federal Role in U.S. Higher Education

House Education Subcommittee Leader Foxx Calls for Cutting Federal Role in U.S. Higher Education

House Education Subcommittee Leader Foxx Calls for Cutting Federal Role in U.S. Higher Education

by Joyce Jones , January 26, 2011

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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina) is the new chairwoman of the House Education and Labor’s subcommittee on higher education.

In advance of last night’s State of the Union address by President Obama, federal officials, including the incoming chair of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness, aired ideological differences over issues that are likely to be at the heart of major policy struggles during the new Congress. Discussion on for-profit schools, the controversial gainful employment regulation, college financial aid funding, and the evolving role of government in higher education emerged as top issues Tuesday morning at the 2011 annual conference of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The council is an association that represents more than 3,000 postsecondary institutions and helps set policies for the 60 accrediting organizations recognized by the council, including

High-Profile Black Political Scientist to Lead New Center on Race, Gender and Politics in the South

High-Profile Black Political Scientist to Lead New Center on Race, Gender and Politics in the South

High-Profile Black Political Scientist to Lead New Center on Race, Gender and Politics in the South

by Jamal Eric Watson , January 24, 2011

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Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry is leaving Princeton for Tulane University.

Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry, the witty Black political scientist who has developed a loyal following as a television pundit on MSNBC and a columnist for The Nation,has decided to leave her teaching post at Princeton University to join the faculty at Tulane University, where she will head up a new center focused on race, gender and politics in the South.

The 37-year-old Harris-Perry held a joint appointment in Princeton’s political science and African-American studies departments and will begin at Tulane in the fall. Her chief responsibility will be to develop a center to critically examine the role of progressive politics and the intersection of race, religion and gender in the South.

Harris-Perry, who received her doctorate from Duke University, was recruited to Princeton from the University of Chicago as a tenured associate professor a

solidaridad: Public Education Activists: Answers to very important PSC 2.0 questions

solidaridad: Public Education Activists: Answers to very important PSC 2.0 questions

Public Education Activists: Answers to very important PSC 2.0 questions

by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene

"[S]ome charters are known to discourage less academically inclined students from enrolling." — Los Angeles Times


CRES 14 Para La Comunidad volunteers were out this weekend and this morning encouraging parents to participate in the PSC 2.0 advisory vote, and of course to vote for the public school plan (Local District 4 and Echo Park Community Partners Design Team Plan) as opposed to the privatization plan proffered by the outside corporate charter-voucher company CNCA. We will be leafleting for the remainder of the week.

Several parents have asked us important questions about eligibility to vote, whether they needed ID, and more.

Fortunately UTLA's website has the answers to these questions

Closing schools serve students with greater needs, report says | GothamSchools

Closing schools serve students with greater needs, report says | GothamSchools

Closing schools serve students with greater needs, report says

by Maura Walz

The 25 schools the city is trying to close are low-performing, but their students are among the city’s most challenging — and are only getting needier over time.

Those are the findings of a report released today by the Independent Budget Office, the city’s data watchdog.

City officials argue that these low-performing schools should be closed because other schools serve similar student populations with better results. But critics of the closures often counter that the schools were set up to

Larry Ferlazzo: 5 Questions For Diane Ravitch

Larry Ferlazzo: 5 Questions For Diane Ravitch

Larry Ferlazzo: 5 Questions For Diane Ravitch

by Larry Ferlazzo

Diane Ravitch is one of the most visible advocates in the United States today for quality public schools, and one of the most outspoken opponents of much that is being done in the name of "school reform."

Ravitch, education historian and author of the bestselling book The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education recently agreed to answer a few of my questions:

What got you interested in education issues -- was there a specific incident or family experience?

I have been interested in education as long as I can remember. My first paper in a political science course in college -- in 1956 -- was a study of the influence of a far-right fringe group on school board elections in Houston,

A Call for Equity: Watch the video! « EdVox

A Call for Equity: Watch the video! « EdVox

A Call for Equity: Watch the video!

by edvoxny

Parents writing letters to Gov. Cuomo and making phone calls to their legislators

Yesterday evening the Alliance for Quality Education and the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice were joined by hundreds of parents, teachers, education advocates and community members from across the state to launch a budget fight campaign to ensure that ALL students are college and career ready, and sound the alarm that more cuts will devastate our schools. These kickoff events occurred in the five big cities across the state, all with the aim of raising parent voices to put pressure on legislators and the Governor so that they do right by our