Connecticut education department experiments with music-based history course

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Connecticut launches “Course in a Box” to teach history through music Connecticut’s Department of Education has introduced its first-ever “Course in a Box,” a one-semester elective called An American History of Rock and Soul. The course uses music as a learning tool to explore key social movements, pop culture, and historical events from the 1950s […]

Engaging Students through Online Collaboration

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With the help of technology, students in a growing number of classrooms are collaborating with their peers—both in their own schools and around the world—to solve problems and complete projects. This trend has important implications for schools, which are under enormous pressure to engage students in academically challenging ways that are relevant to their lives. […]

Students protest scheme that may shut 25,000 govt schools, ETEducation

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Malini Mesta of the Midday Meal Workers’ Association said the scheme would deepen the crisis in public education. Opposition mounts against KPS Magnet as educationists warn of rising dropouts, job losses, and exclusion of marginalised children Left student organisations, including the All India Students’ Federation (AISF), Students’ Federation of India (SFI), All India Democratic Students’ […]

Council of American-Islamic Relations renews ‘hostile campus’ designation for Stanford University

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations has again designated Stanford University a “hostile campus” in its 2025 Hostile Campus Ratings Report, marking the second consecutive year the university has received the label.The report, released on Feb. 11 and shared with The Stanford Daily under embargo, evaluated 51 universities on administrative policies, leadership decisions, disciplinary actions and […]

Leveraging the Power of Mobile Learning

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Mobile learning used to imply laptop computers. But now, with a host of new and more powerful mobile learning devices available (including tablets and smart phones, with all kinds of corresponding learning “apps”), the definition of “mobile learning” has expanded tremendously. This opens a new world of possibilities for extending the learning time for students, […]

STAR: School Technology Action Report

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  Stay on top of the key developments affecting education technology. Become a star in your classroom, school, district, college, or university with the STAR series—carefully selected reports composed of current news and must-have information on ed-tech’s most important topics, prepared by the editors of eSchool News, eCampus News, and eClassroom News.     Source […]

Columbia, Barnard back Harvard in high-stakes international student battle

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Columbia University and Barnard College have joined Harvard University in challenging the Trump administration’s restrictions on international students. On January 20, both institutions signed an amicus brief supporting Harvard’s lawsuit in the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief highlights the critical contributions of international students, stating that they have “cured diseases, invented transformational technologies, […]

Emerging Trends: 2011

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With widespread adoption of the Common Core State Standards, the national push for school reform, and a renewed federal investment in education, 2011 just might be the year 21st century innovation finally becomes a reality in our nation’s schools. In this edition of STAR (the School Technology Action Report), “Emerging Trends: 2011,” eSchool Media, Inc., […]