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• Diversity without racial preferences May 18, 2013
  Can Diversity Survive Without Affirmative Action?  The Supreme Court will rule soon on whether the University of Texas can use race and ethnicity in admissions, points out the New York Times‘ Room for Debate blog. If universities can’t use race, can they achieve diversity by giving preferences to low-income students, improving outreach and financial aid or e […]
  Joanne
• CDC: 1 in 5 kids has a mental disorder May 18, 2013
  Nearly 1 in 5 children in the U.S. suffers from a mental disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That includes attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression and autism. Kids who once would have been called antsy, shy, moody or odd are now being diagnosed with mental disorders and disabilities. How many re […]
  Joanne
• OK, Teacher May 18, 2013
  Jeff Utecht has a post worth reading on his Google I/O Reflection:If you haven’t seen the demonstration of what is coming to the Chrome Browser than you need to watch this. How does this change the classroom?The entire search presentation starts at 2:03:41 of this video, and it's worth 15 minutes of your time. If 15 minutes is too long, then just watch […]
  Karl Fisch
• Google I/O Reflection May 18, 2013
  Posted in Random ThoughtsNow I have admitted before that I am a google fan boy. I love Google, I love their products, I love the way they take risks in development, I love the future they are trying to make a reality. So it should be no surprise that on Wednesday I prepared myself for the 3 hour Keynote that kicked off Google I/O Developers Conference this y […]
  Jeff Utecht
• Redeeming the Family: Blessing Children of Incarcerated Parents May 18, 2013
  (cross-posted from Redeeming the Family and Eyes Right) This is a 14 minute video reflection by Wesley Fryer, who volunteered with Redeeming the Family on May 15, 2013, at the Cimarron Correctional Facility (prison) in Cushing, Oklahoma. Oklahoma currently has 17 prisons, and Cimarron is one of three which is privately operated. Corrections Corporation of Am […]
  Wesley Fryer
• A concatenation of glittering vagaries May 18, 2013
  Robert Shepherd says: One cannot tell [how sophisticated the Xerox automated essay grader] is from the marketing literature, which is a concatenation of glittering vagaries. But even if one had a perfect system of this kind that almost perfectly correlated with scoring by human readers, it would still be the case that NO ONE was actually reading the student’ […]
  dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott McLeod)
• No one is listening to the students May 18, 2013
  Diane Ravitch says: [The] data-driven focus [of Houston Independent School District's Apollo Program] contains the seed of its own destruction. Talking about tests all the time, doing test prep all the time, making kids take tests that they are not relevant to them and that they are not prepared for. . . . I was not surprised by the emotional and physic […]
  dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott McLeod)
• The hottest posts that everyone's reading May 18, 2013
  Here’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog this week. Below you’ll see the top weekly posts along with the number of pageviews. I hope there's something that looks of interest to you.  If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired, share it with others and/or leave a comment. Post Views Was #JeffBliss disrespectful for […]
  noreply@blogger.com (Lisa Nielsen)
• Schools Chancellor to Strike Back at Candidates Critical of Mayor’s Policies May 18, 2013
  Dennis M. Walcott, in a speech to administrators, will defend Michael R. Bloomberg’s record on issues like charter schools against harsh campaign criticism from Democrats.    
  By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ and AL BAKER
• Is It Safe to Live Near a Volcano? May 17, 2013
  The primary focus of this excellent interactive site is for users to decide how to plan for evacuation when a volcanic eruption is imminent.
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