Weekend Reading: Houston Goes Laptop, DC Streamlines Testing
There's always good reading that comes in over the weekend (or that I miss during the week), but I know that some of you have lives and/or don't take your jobs seriously enough to check the Internet 24/7, so here are some of the best things you might want to check out or at least know about:
Houston Launches Ambitious 1-to-1 Computing Initiative - @BenjaminBHerold @EdWeekEdTech http://ht.ly/sW6EI
DC Public schools are exploring ways to streamline, make best use of standardized tests http://ht.ly/sVFkf via @Morning_Edu [also via @washingtonpost! http://wapo.st/1c8J0Pm]
For Kids With Low Self-Esteem, Praise Has Unintended Consequences - @PacificStand http://ht.ly/sXzLj
How Tumblr and GitHub could be the future of education | Reuters @felixsalmon #edtech http://ht.ly/sXzjs
Will A Computer Decide Whether You Get Your Next [Teaching] Job? : Planet Money : NPR http://ht.ly/sXDrS
Against the Rage Machine http://ht.ly/sXxCi Why so many of us are outraged so often, and feel the need to say so via n+1
From Jay Mathews: Students won’t learn? Go visit their parents: D.C. is trying to see if visiting parents at h... http://tinyurl.com/krcektz
Young Catholics at Eastside High Revolt, Ctd: http://wp.me/p33JF9-Ue7 via @DishFeed
A week later, I'm still not much national coverage of unlawful teacher dismissal lawsuit in NOLA. Also, no one's biting on my prediction that if the new Ezra Klein / Matt Yglesias endeavor has an education component, Dana Goldstein is most likely to head it.