Dr. Ben S. Carson at the National Prayer Breakfast with words on education
On Feb. 7, 2013, Dr. Ben S. Carson a neurosurgeon and Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast to President Obama, vice president, and...
View ArticleCalifornia school workshops to aid transition to Common Core State Standards
The Association of California School Administrators was established in 1971. ACSA is the largest umbrella organization for school leaders in the nation, serving more than 16,000 school leaders."The...
View ArticleSeattle Teachers boycott a computerized exam resulting in national attention
This past December, 21st, 2012, Garfield High School posted a letter for their reasons in boycotting an on-line adaptive web-based assessment exam called Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP). The MAP...
View ArticleCalifornia scored lower than the nation in reading, mathematics, and science
On February 21st, 2013, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has released the nations report card in education for mega states including California.The IES mission is to:Provide rigorous and...
View ArticleNational Science Foundation funds Lean LaunchPad education and innovation
On Feb. 21, 2013 the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) effort awarded grants totaling $11,239,921 to three consortia of universities.The first is a collaborative effort...
View ArticleMac trojan virus can open backdoors through Java enabled browsers (Photos)
Multiple virus attacks have been reported recently which have attacked companies like Twitter, Facebook, and Apple.It seems these are different virus types but the most recent virus can potentially...
View ArticleApps World 2013 Conferences and the social-economic impact on Edtech (Photos)
On February 7-8th, 2013, approximately 5,500 mobile developers, entrepreneurs, marketeers, innovators and investors converged upon San Francisco’s Moscone Center for the Apps World North America 2013...
View ArticleMobile World Congress features a new series of phones, tablets, and phablets...
Feb. 25-28, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain, the Mobile World Congress features the mobile ecosystem which continues to expand at lightning speed, with rapid innovation and new telecom devices and...
View ArticleEducation & The Workforce Committee hearing on school safety
Feb. 26, 2013 - Washington DC, in the wake of last year's Sandy Hook shooting and in memory of the lives lost, the United States House of Representatives Education & The Workforce Committee will...
View ArticleRaising the Bar: Education innovation & teacher performance hearings
Feb. 26, 2013 - Washington D.C. continues hearings on education. Last February 15th a series of witnesses spoke to the United States House of Representatives Education & The Workforce Committee on...
View ArticleNext Generation K12 Science Standards to be released in March 2013
Next Generation Science Standards are due to be released this month, March 2013.These standards stem from the Framework for K-12 Science Education which was developed by an 18 member expert committee...
View ArticlePI Day - 3/14 1:59
Today is PI Day and people are celebrating this education and technology packed day across the world.San Francisco Bay Area families can visit the Exploratorium.Welcome to our twenty-fifth annual Pi...
View ArticleUNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2013 spans the globe
iHomeEducator, Inc. was one of more than 300 attending the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2013 symposium and 500 registered for the webinars organized during the UNESCO second annual Mobile Learning Week...
View ArticleUS will need to fill 9.2M STEM jobs in the next ten years
The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), today held a hearing to review the state of science, technology, engineering, and math...
View ArticleJoin in Galactic Unite’s lesson plans in support of STEM
Who else is feeling supersonic? Everyone who loves adventure and is fascinated by space has a smile on their face today...states Richard Branson on his blog.Nothing provokes wonder like space travel....
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