FBI Records: The Vault The FBI has converted many FOIA documents to an electronic format (PDF), and they may be viewed

FBI:

The Vault Index

The FBI has converted many FOIA documents to an electronic format (PDF), and they may be viewed below. In the case of voluminous pages, only summaries or excerpts from the documents are online. Subjects are sorted alphabetically by first name. You can also use your browser's find feature to locate subjects on the page.

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Technology Embedded Pedagogy | Connected Principals

Technology Embedded Pedagogy | Connected Principals:

Technology Embedded Pedagogy

by Johnny Bevacqua

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This post was originally posted on  Figuring It Out  by J Bevacqua
I get a little frustrated when I  hear comments that continually relegate the use of technology in education as something supplemental to teaching learning.  I suppose videos like the one above don’t help this situation – although the idea of “Learning empowered by technology” makes me feel better.
Nonetheless, I wonder when we will stop seeing “technology” as an “add on” to sound teaching pedagogy.
If we agree that we live in a technology and information rich time, then schools, as places of learning 

Jersey Jazzman: The Lawsuit That Might Change Everything

Jersey Jazzman: The Lawsuit That Might Change Everything:

The Lawsuit That Might Change Everything

by Duke

I'm going to make a prediction: this lawsuit will change the entire conversation about education "reform":

CHICAGO -- The oft-maligned Chicago Public Schools (CPS) policy of subjecting neighborhood schools to “turnaround” discriminates against African-American teachers and staff according to a federal lawsuit filed this week by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and three public school educators. More than half of the 347 tenured teachers who were terminated by CPS as a result of the most recent turnarounds are African-American. This is the second major legal action on this matter taken by the union.

The Dec. 26 lawsuit alleges that the process for selecting schools for turnaround results in schools being selected that have a high percentage of African-

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012: The Politics of Ed-Tech | Inside Higher Ed

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012: The Politics of Ed-Tech | Inside Higher Ed:

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012: The Politics of Ed-Tech

December 28, 2012 - 10:07am

By

Audrey Watters

Part 10 of my Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012 series

Education is political — inherently so and despite the protestations from some quarters when what happens in our schools, in our textbooks, in our brains “becomes politicized.” Education is political not simply because of the governmental role — federal, state, local — in school funding and policies. It is political because of the polis — the connections between education and community. Education is political because learning is at once personal (and, of course, “the personal is political”) and social; it is both private and public.

But I’ll leave a round-up of all that happened in 2012 with regards to the “politics of education” — the U.S. Presidential Elections, the Chicago Teachers Union strike, the Dream Act — for someone else to write. I’m interested here in the “politics of ed-tech.”

Of course, if education is political, then ed-tech must be as well. As such, “the politics of ed-tech” isn’t really a trend; it’s a truism. (And wait, “what is ed-tech?”) So why frame this as the penultimate trend in my year-in-review series? I think it’s because, much like the first trend I examined — the business of ed-tech — we witnessed in 2012 the (education) technology sector discovering, seizing, wielding its power and influence.

The year began with the Internet’s protests against SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA

Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/hack-higher-education/top-ed-tech-trends-2012-politics-ed-tech#ixzz2GMTuXiyK
Inside Higher Ed 

Miss Lahey’s Epistle to the Romans « The Core Knowledge Blog

Miss Lahey’s Epistle to the Romans « The Core Knowledge Blog:

Miss Lahey’s Epistle to the Romans

by Jessica Lahey
December 28th, 2012

Tags: language, Latin, Teaching, vocabulary
Posted in Curriculum, Education Practice, Literacy, Teaching | No Comments »

When Robert Pondiscio wrote “How to Get a Big Vocabulary,” I knew it was just a matter of time before I my defenses would weaken, and I would have to start spouting off about the beauty of language, Latin, etymology, and classical roots. I can’t help it. I get excited about these things. I teach Latin, English, and writing, and my happy place lies at the nexus of these subjects.

Just when I thought it was safe to take a break from grading my students’ writing assessments and see what’s happening on the internet, Core Knowledge blog reader John Webster had the nerve to ask specifically for a Latin teacher’s opinion on the value of Latin, and Robert had the unmitigated gall to publicly provoke me into a response to John’s comment.

@Robert (comment 30). Here in Minnesota, I know of several public schools that offer – require – Latin. They’re called charter schools, and all of them are also Core Knowledge schools. Yet another reason why some alleged supporters of Core Knowledge who oppose all charter schools are