http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/ Browse our updated collection of education articles, audio reports, webcasts, blog posts, and video from around the Web. Comments are welcome. Copyright 2009 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:46:17 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Around the Web is taking its summer holiday and will be on hiatus for a while. Please check back in the fall.... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/summer_break.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/summer_break.html Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:46:17 -0500 "If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Parkview High School should be blushing." That's how Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter D. Aileen Dodd begins her story on a new high-end subdivision in Atlanta with six streets named for the nearby... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/if_imitation_is.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/if_imitation_is.html Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:35:00 -0500 A new private school in Miami promises "customized education" for children with autism and other neurobiological disorders, The Miami Herald reports. Kevin Gersh, the school's founder, says allowing students to help design their educational plans ultimately helps them focus on... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/new_school_prom.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/new_school_prom.html Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:22:17 -0500 The National Retail Federation projects that back-to-school spending this year will exceed a whopping $18 billion. According to the National Retail Federation’s 2007 Consumer Intentions and Actions Back-to-School survey, conducted by BIGresearch, American "families with school-age children are expected to... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/backtoschool_sp.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/backtoschool_sp.html Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:45:00 -0500 Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., has begun digitizing 900 episodes of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" dating to 1967 and will make them available to educators and media specialists studying child development, early learning, and children's media, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/saint_vincent_c.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/saint_vincent_c.html Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:30:00 -0500 http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/the_internation.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/the_internation.html Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:50:00 -0500 The nation’s schoolchildren aren’t the only ones taking a vacation from school. When it relaunched its Web site last month CNN.com nixed the “Education” news link on its home page in favor of a category dubbed “Funny News,” Dan Brown... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/cnn_gives_educa.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/cnn_gives_educa.html Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:24:16 -0500 Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/study_examines.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/study_examines.html Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:20:00 -0500 "Place yourself back in First Grade," Matthew Ladner writes on edspresso.com. Then, choose where you'd like to attend the public schools: (a) Washington, D.C., (b) Los Angeles, (c) Chicago, or (d) none of the above. Did you choose (d)? Uh-oh.... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/multiple_choice.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/multiple_choice.html Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:55:00 -0500 More teens are spending summer days in school rather than on the job, USA Today reports. According to U.S. Labor Department statistics released July 6, only 48.8% of teens ages 16 to 19 were working or looking for work in... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/summer_school_n.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/summer_school_n.html Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:30:00 -0500 The American School Board Journal offers educators perspective on legal twists and turns of the cyber age in a piece titled, "Blogging for Columbine." "The 'dark side' of student online expression, including some aspects of social networking sites like MySpace,... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/the_american_sc.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/the_american_sc.html Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:50:00 -0500 The Boston Globe reports on the sharp increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism in Massachusetts and the impact its having on programs that serve them. "Many people who haven't had the experience assume the hardest part is... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/the_boston_glob.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/the_boston_glob.html Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:35:00 -0500 The Kansas City Star reports that schools are less frequently being named after historical figures and are instead becoming namesakes for geographical features or forces of nature. The article is based on this report out of the Manhattan Institute, that... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/whats_in_a_scho.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/whats_in_a_scho.html Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:08:37 -0500 As school districts try to interpret last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision on school desegregation, editorial pages across the country have offered the following opinions: The two major newspapers covering the districts in the case were split. The Seattle Times... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/commentary_on_t.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/07/commentary_on_t.html Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:31:10 -0500 Though the U.S. Supreme Court today rejected school diversity plans that use race as a factor in the case involving voluntary integration plans in school districts in Louisville, Ky. and Seattle, the ruling didn't stop bloggers from opining about the... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/06/following_the_s.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/publications/archives/2007/06/following_the_s.html Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:59:19 -0500