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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Education News: June 27, 2010

June 24 | NY elementary schools adopt digital curricula in math and reading via a software platform intended to create interactive, one-to-one environments for its users -- T.H.E. Journal

June 23 | 30 social studies teachers, selected from applicants across the country, get a behind-the-scenes look at the Supreme Court and its operations in a week-long institute for teachers -- Google

June 22 | CA district puts summer school students in courses that teach academic content along with job skills . . . and in which students get paid minimum wage -- Bakersfield Californian

June 22 | NC adopt online video game software that helps students prepare for state assessment by playing games and taking practice tests that are tailored to the state's standards and benchmarks -- T.H.E. Journal

June 21 | CA middle school students participate in a project with NASA enabling them to utilize an imaging spacecraft orbiting Mars . . . and they discover a previously unknown cave -- Space.com

June 21 | Massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico provides "teachable moments" for lessons on science concepts, environmental issues, politics, international relations, and more -- ABC News

June 21 | Tech-savvy students are encouraged to pursue careers in "cybersecurity" or "information assurance," putting their technology knowledge and interest to use at keeping the Internet safe from hackers -- USA Today

June 20 | WA schools and Native American tribes collaborate to create new curricular materials so teachers can have reliable information from which to teach about the state's tribes' history and culture -- Seattle Times

June 19 | New television program for children is part sitcom, part cooking lesson in which children teach children (their viewers) about nutrition and healthy cooking in an effort to combat childhood obesity through entertainment -- Orlando Sentinel

June 18 | CA teacher engages his students during math lessons by performing raps to help them learn--and remember--algebraic equations, a technique that students find effective and for which he has won awards -- Google

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