December 14, the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce unveiled a new report about workforce readiness and educational system changes needed to meet the needs of the 21st century workplace. The report, titled “Tough Choices or Tough Times,” calls for a major overhaul of the way the United States educates its K-12 [...]
Archive for December, 2006
New Report Calls for Radical Changes in K-12 Education
December 21, 2006NCLB’s Technology Literacy Assessment
December 18, 2006What is your district doing to comply with NCLB’s Technology Literacy Assessment requirement? A report may be due in August, 2007 to feds. This report may consist of:
1.How many students are being assessed for 8th grade tech literacy?
2.How many students are technologically literate based on district’s definition?
3.Define district’s definition of technology literacy.
Some ideas for assessment [...]
YALSA News
December 10, 2006From Sherry Crow – AASL Liason:
Posted on behalf of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
Mark your calendars:
In just 6 weeks YALSA will announce the winners of its 2007 Alex, Edwards and Printz awards as well as the final choices for our six 2007 selected lists. The awards announcement takes place at ALA’s Youth Media [...]
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