Monthly Archives: August 2016

Governor Hassan visits Ellis School to Celebrate Increased Connectivity

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Stan Freeda

The Ellis School in Fremont opened this morning with a celebration of connectivity.  The school recently enlisted the help of the New Hampshire School Connectivity Initiative to work towards increasing broadband to students in the school.  NHSCI has partnered with … Continue reading →

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Personalized Learning: Enabling Student Voice and Choice Through Projects

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Stan Freeda

Overview Addressing four teenagers standing at the front of the classroom, Gary Hook, a history teacher at Nashville Big Picture High School, told them, “I’m going to give you $100,000 for 20 percent equity in the company. I need to … Continue reading →

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Public Opinion of Education Reports from EducationNext and Gallup

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Stan Freeda

Americans Like Their Schools Just Fine — But Not Yours As a new school year gets underway, the Common Core remains a partisan flashpoint, while Americans overall have serious concerns about the direction of our public education system. That’s according … Continue reading →

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SAU 19 Celebrates the completion of dark fiber WAN at Goffstown High School

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Stan Freeda

Come on Baby Light my Fiber…and that’s what we did in New Hampshire this week.  SAU 19 hosted a celebration on the completion of a district wide dark fiber to the premise WAN at Goffstown High School. Pictured are (left … Continue reading →

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Can testing save arts education?

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Stan Freeda

Teachers hope exams will make arts matter as much as math and English KINGSTON, N.H. — It sounded like an ordinary assignment for a visual arts class: Teacher Karen Ladd asked her freshmen at Sanborn Regional High School to research … Continue reading →

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How to Give Rural America Broadband? Look to the Early 1900s

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Stan Freeda

ZENA, Okla. — From the sofa in his living room, Clinton Creason can see the electric pole outside that his father staked 70 years ago to bring power to this remote area of hilly cattle pastures. Electricity came late here … Continue reading →

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Flexible Seating and Student-Centered Classroom Redesign

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Stan Freeda

Article by Kayla Delzer originally posted on Edutopia at http://www.edutopia.org/blog/flexible-seating-student-centered-classroom-kayla-delzer I remember exactly where I was when I had a watershed moment that changed me as a teacher forever. In fact, it inspired my EdSurge column, Why the 21st-Century Classroom … Continue reading →

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Education News Updates: August 2016

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Stan Freeda

Every Dollar Counts: In Defense of the Education Department’s ‘Supplement Not Supplant’ Proposal    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2811950 A new paper from two Columbia Law School scholars defends the Education Department’s proposed regulatory language implementing ESSA, Title I’s supplement, not supplant provisions. Evidence compellingly … Continue reading →

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Goffstown School District Lights New Fiber Optic Network

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Stan Freeda

Goffstown, NH – August 1, 2016 – This summer the Goffstown School District implemented a cutting-edge fiber optic-based wide area network (WAN). This new “dark fiber” WAN connects all five Goffstown schools and the administrative offices at 10 gigabits per … Continue reading →

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