Is computer science gaining ground in high schools? While high schools in Massachusetts and elsewhere are taking a greater role in promoting and teaching computer programming, officials report a lack of student interest that is reflective of a national trend. However, some say that could change as the technology industry becomes more involved in training its next generation of employees. Already, at one Massachusetts school, a teacher says he has 30 students enrolled in a programming course next year -- an increase from 19 this year. The Boston Globe (tiered subscription model) (7/3)  | Join us in Orlando for the 2013 ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo! Choose from more than 600 education sessions, visit with our 250 exhibiting companies, network with colleagues from around the world and more! Make sure to register before July 10 to take advantage of our early bird discount. We'll see you in Orlando! | | Instructional model uses technology to personalize lessons Technology, when thoughtfully integrated, can do a lot to advance individualized lessons and improve teaching and learning, writes Joel Rose, a former fifth-grade teacher and co-founder of the Teach to One instructional model. Under the model, students receive personalized, digital schedules and access a "skills playlist," where they can check their progress and pick up where they left off. Using this process, Rose writes in this commentary, students' work plans are developed through analysis and students are working at their own skill levels. EdTech magazine online (7/1) | Duncan: Philadelphia must resolve $304M budget shortfall U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued a statement Tuesday in which he urged Philadelphia officials to work to eliminate the school district's $304 million budget shortfall, which Duncan called an "educational crisis." Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Diane Ravitch, a national education expert, said they asked Duncan to step in. Duncan said his office is offering support to the city and school officials to help resolve the funding crisis. The Philadelphia Inquirer (7/3) | Twitter becomes a mainstream tool in N.Y. district In the Hudson, N.Y., school district, teachers and administrators are more regularly using the microblogging tool Twitter to communicate with students, parents and colleagues, and complete professional development. High-school social studies teacher Nick Chiorian uses Twitter as a classroom tool. "So for me, instead of hoping the kids go to my website to see an assignment I posted or an announcement I put up at the last minute, with Facebook and Twitter, I can now get the information to them," he said. Hudson Hub-Times (Ohio) (7/3) | To truly cure behavioral problems, go beyond PBIS Positive behavioral interventions and supports can be an effective short-term solution to remedying students' behavioral problems that can disrupt schools, suggests Jim Dillon, director of the Center for Leadership and Bullying Prevention. However, he writes in this blog post that PBIS is not a long-term solution. Instead, he points out, to get the desired results, schools should develop learning environments that focus on autonomy/agency, belonging and competency. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Education (7/2)
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