New Education Week ‘Spotlights’

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Education Week is again offering new “Spotlights on Education” for free.  Spotlights are collections of recent articles grouped by theme to give readers an in-depth look at education issues.  The currently offered Spotlights are:

Implementing Online Learning

  1. Blended Learning Sports Variety of Approaches
  2. Spotlight Turns Toward Virtual Ed Accountability
  3. School Districts Team Up on Virtual Ed Initiatives
  4. Lectures Are Homework in Schools Following Khan Academy Lead
  5. Virtual Ed. Advocates Respond to Wave of Criticism
  6. Virtual Education Targets Rise of Autism
  7. E-Learning Opens Doors for Gifted Students
  8. At-Risk Students Face E-Learning Challenges
  9. The School-Internet ‘Relationship’ and Online Learning

Aligning Curriculum and Technology

  1. Building the Digital District
  2. Schools Struggle to Balance Digital Innovation, Academic Accountability
  3. Educators Connect Digital Games to Learning
  4. Math Educators See the Right Angles for Digital Tools
  5. Art and Music Learning Emphasize Interactivity, Real-World Relevance
  6. Digitized Historical Documents Give Students Direct Access to the Past
  7. Programming Digital Fun Into Science Education
  8. Language Arts Educators Balance Text-Only Tactics with Multimedia Skills
  9. Taking Risks and Achieving Results
  10. Making Laptops Part of the Classroom: Four Suggestions

Professional Development

  1. Pairing Up
  2. Education Schools Playing Online PD Catch-Up
  3. Common Core Accelerations Interest in Online PD
  4. Social Media Feeds Freewheeling Professional Development
  5. Teacher Training Takes a Hybrid Turn
  6. Texas District Targets Teachers for ELL Training
  7. Using Professional Development to Create Effective Teachers
  8. Confessions of a New NBCT
  9. Bringing Professional Development Into the 21st Century

Special Education

  1. An Instructional Approach Expands Its Reach
  2. Special Educators Borrow from Brain Studies
  3. More Student with Disabilities Heading to College
  4. Districts Hire Outsider to Trim Special Ed. Costs
  5. Training Educators for Virtual Special Education
  6. Keeping Special Ed in Proportion
  7. One-on-One Speech Therapy Goes Digital
  8. Feds Loosen Rules on Cutting Special Ed. Spending
  9. Where Are the Autism Teaching Competencies?
  10. Social Skills are Critical for Those with Disabilities

STEM

  1. New STEM Schools Target Underrepresented Groups
  2. Fellowship Striving to Change Teacher Prep
  3. New Science Framework Paves Way for Standards
  4. National Park Service Expanding Reach Into STEM
  5. Role of Science Learning Outside of School Grows
  6. Out-of-School Time Drawing Girls into STEM
  7. STEAM: Experts Make Case for Adding Arts to STEM
  8. Researchers Probe Causes of Math Anxiety
  9. Putting Virtual Assessments to the Test
  10. Bringing STEM into Focus

To access these free Spotlights, please visit http://www.edweek.org/ew/marketplace/products/edweek_spotlights.html

 

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