Do students learn better using flipped instruction? For some Iowa high-school students, teachers have turned the tables on traditional teaching through the flipped-classroom method. Using technology, students do their homework in the classroom and learn through Internet-based course materials on their own at home. Educators say the change has been met with mostly positive feedback and allowed students to do more learning and thinking. Sioux City Journal (Iowa) (5/4) Other News | | Other News  | Keep More Students in Gen Ed.
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 | Push for virtual education estimated to be costly in Texas A proposal to require all Texas students in grades 6-12 to take at least one course online would have cost the state more than $1 billion over two years -- a price tag that has led to a change in the proposed legislation. Now, lawmakers are considering a proposal to expand virtual courses, including to private and home-school students, at a cost of about $200 million over the next two years. The Dallas Morning News (free content) (5/5) | Teenagers seek to boost spirits on Twitter A 15-year-old girl turned to Twitter following the suicide of a friend, writes TechNewsDaily senior writer Leslie Meredith. The teen, Meredith's daughter, created a Twitter account intended to post compliments in an effort to make people feel better about themselves. The account, which has sparked similar efforts by others on Twitter, attracted close to 500 followers soon after launching. TechNewsDaily.com (5/3) Other News | Study: U.S. tech worker shortage is a myth A new study calls into question the urgency of the reported tech worker shortage as American companies lobby Congress to increase the number of highly skilled foreign workers allowed in the country under the H-1B visa program. According to the report from the Economic Policy Institute, the number of U.S. students graduating from college with a degree in science, technology, engineering or math is small, and only half of them are hired each year for a job in their field. The researchers reported that among computer and information science majors working outside their chosen field, nearly 32% took their current job because they could not find one in tech. Politic365.com (4/29) |  | Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. ... I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward." -- Kurt Vonnegut, American writer | | Please contact one of our specialists for advertising opportunities, editorial inquiries, job placements, or any other questions. | | Publisher, Education Group: Joe Riddle P: 202.407.7857 ext. 228 | | | | |
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