Teens make nice words, not cyberbullying, go viral
Instead of using technology for cyberbullying, many teens and tweens in the US are using it to promote nice words about their classmates and schools. Nice it forward!!
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Free books to Baltimore's kids — a LOT of them
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Free children's books are coming to kids in Baltimore and more than 500 other communities, thanks to a partnership between a teacher union and First Book, a Washington-based nonprofit.
There are really 5 types of boredom, not 4
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Have you ever wondered about boredom? That state where nothing interests you? Well, teachers think about boredom in their students quite a bit.
Maryland is now the fiscal agent for PARCC
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Now that Florida has jumped off the PARCC team, Maryland will assume the role of fiscal agent for the multistate testing consortium.
Gubernatorial candidate wants Md. to leave PARCC
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Citing questions over the cost and problems with test questions, David R Craig, county executive for Harford County, Md., says the state should withdraw from participation in a multistate testing consortium.
Chicago Bears to host state football champs on Dec 29
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The IHSA and the Chicago Bears have announced that state champions will be invited to the Bears-Packers game on Dec 29 and honored with a ceremony.
Like us, ants reprioritize their tasks based on experience
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It has been found that ants who don't know what they're doing individually can work as a team to reprioritize their tasks and make decisions as a group. Can this help us choose a home or a school?
A little late, PARCC releases more sample test items
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The assessment consortium to which both Maryland and Illinois belong (PARCC) has released another set of exemplar items to show teachers what's coming in terms of the tests aligned to the Common Core.
IL school report cards released
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The Illinois State Board of Education published its school, district, and state report cards for the quality of schools in the state on Thursday.
Startup Calif. firm builds programmable robot for kids
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Robots that kids as young as 5 will be able to program have been developed by a startup in Silicon Valley, which is now launching a crowd-funding campaign to bring them to market.