"The central task of education is to implant a will and a facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. T...

Some have said that the Common Core State Standards have been driven primarily by corporate officials, politicians and testing companies. I...

by Bob Keteyian Without fail, I am asked to comment on internet communication—whether it’s during a workshop, book talk, or other speaking ...

Couldn't help myself: I put my money down (9 bucks) for inflight Internet today. I am writing this at 30,000 feet, flying from Chicago ...

Workshop Link COABE/ProLiteracy Conference 2010: Sure-Shot Recipe for Tech Integration Training - Mentoring with a Big Dose of PLC!

By Pam Kenney I spent much of last weekend reading and critiquing the new Common Core Math Standards (K-6 only) for the National Coalition...

"The line between public and private has been eroding for half a century (or more). That the ASCD, one of the best financed professiona...

Agenda

by Bob Keteyian In my study of learning styles, I came across the whole to part and part to whole concept. As with all learning style pa...

"There is something fundamentally antidemocratic about relinquishing control of the public education policy agenda to private foundatio...

Cosmic Thinking at LIM Resources

Feynman at TED Feynman at Wikipedia Lawrence Krause - Richard Dawkins Discussion Cosmic Quandaries with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Physics at L...

Should laptops and phones be put away in order to focus on the lectures? Might college professors re-think how they deliver information in t...

Below is a resolution being passed by a number of Maine SAUs. (Thanks to Melissa Prescott for bringing it to my attention). RESOLUTION SEEK...

What human beings need to be good at doing when the technology doesn't work . . .

Snopes Review Who(m) Do You Trust?

“Since we can’t fire poverty, we can’t fire students, and we can’t fire parents, all that is left is to fire teachers.” ~ Diane Ravitch NCLB...

by Olga LaPlante There has been a lot said about using Google Earth to show places and look up things in relation to a location. We have alr...

This bill enables school administrative units to establish innovative schools that meet the requirements of the federal Race to the Top Asse...

In order to qualify for the RttT federal funds (4.35 billion dollars), Maine, like every other State, is quickly passing legislation to mak...