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This article focuses on the changing roles in the Van Meter school district (IA) as information technology is introduced.

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Tech smith, the makers of screen capture software Camtasia, feature Principal Greg Green discussion the effects on learning when they flipped the classroom, doing "homework" in class and "lecture" at home.

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interesting analysis of school spending vs performance, indicating that more money isn't the solution for poor performance.

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Dick Lilly at Crosscut summarizes the discussion of the panel at Seattle U's Education Conversation series.  According to Lilly, the diverse group on the panel agreed on much, including longer school days and higher expectations for all.  I guess there is room for consensus --- if you aren't running for office.

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Edmonds Community College math instructor Pat Averbeck is using Facebook Groups as an alternative to the school's learning management system, Blackboard.  The article talks to students about some of the advantages they see in using Facebook.

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A friend of the blog shared this opinion piece from members of the UW's iSchool on information literacy. Their research suggestions that all of today's student are not lazy slackers, but that most have trouble navigating the glut of information available to them. Relying on a few, well-worn information resources of indicates a risk adverse information gathering strategy instead of mere laziness. More emphasis on information literacy would help.

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Dale Stephens is a 19 year recipient of the Theil Scholarship to stay out of college and a leader of the UnCollege movement. Stephens rightly points out that this road less traveled isn't for all, but I think he raises some important points about gaining skills/knowledge and signally ones preparation for work through means other than college.

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Kudos to the state's largest employers to stepping up with significant donation of funds to support scholarships, but the total is a drop compared to the cuts that colleges and universities are facing. The $1,000 scholarships will disappear quickly as the schools raise the question under new rules established by the state.

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Nicole Brodeur in the Times thinks the Washington legislature missed the mark related to education in the most recent session.  We cut pay across the board, but didn't build in any accountability for performance, Perhaps, Brodeur thinks, we need to lower our expectations for schools.  

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PayPal tycoon Peter Thiel has started to award his 20 Under 20 scholarship, $100,000 to skip college for now and venture out to start an innovative business instead.  Thiel has been in the news lately for his thoughts on the education bubble and what he considers a lack of innovation.  

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Barbara Hulit, president of Fluke and board member of Washington STEM, offers her thoughts on growing a well educated local workforce for a technology focused economy.  While I don't fundamentally disagree with any of her points, I do think she is missing something.  Like so many others, she fails to address the more significant problem of student disinterest in these fields which has plagued STEM for a decade or more.  Certainly the numbers have stabilized or rebounded slightly, but our best intentions won't lead to any improvements if there isn't a significant interest among students in these programs.  It will be interesting to what the program she cites in the article.

What if you build it and they don't come?

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Not all local political leaders think the WSU takeover of University Center is a good idea.  Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe and Rep. Luis Moscoso weigh in on the subject, suggesting that the WSU proposal does nothing to strengthen educational opportunities and that we must be more focused in the allocation of limited resources.

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The Herald's editorial board thinks much work lies ahead in establishing a trusting relationship between WSU and the other partner institutions at University Center if the larger goal of expanded educational opportunities is to be achieved.

I would ask the Herald's editorial board just exactly why they think any of these partners would participate.  Seriously, these institutions have worked hard to establish these programs and to build up the University Center.  The editorial board would have them give it their all for a couple more years so WSU can create a plan to get rid of them.  Really?  You think that's something they ought to do?  Really?

When it comes to 4-year education in Snohomish county, the Herald's editorial board has completely lost all sense of reason.  

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Jerry Cornfield provides the background on the journey to the get Washington State University to take up residence on the Everett Community College campus with the long term goal of creating a 4-year, degree granting institution here in Snohomish county.  

While the legislation will make the coordinator for the multi-college University Center program at EvCC, there are no solid plans nor funding to move beyond this arrangement.  It seems to me that we risk losing eduction opportunities if the other existing partner colleges pull out of University Center or if the recently announced WGU online university takes hold.

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This is a nice, concise post on the value of the Google Advanced Search.  The author argues the place to start teaching search is on the advanced page, where it is easy to learn techniques that can later be used on the basic search page to produce better results (some are not available on the "command line").

I really like the opening paragraph where the author reminds us digital immigrants (I hate that term) that while the natives are comfortable with the technology, they may have the experience and education to be effective with the technology.  

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Peter Thiel is a Pay Pal co-founder thinks we're in a bubble, again, and this time the bubble is education.  He says “A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed”, noting that you can't question the value of education today.

And if you think about it, our description of education sounds an awful lot like our description of housing a few years ago (and internet stocks a few years before that).  Everyone needs to own property (bachelor's degree).  The value of property (education) never goes down. Borrow the money for property (education) and buy now -- it's an investment.  

Perhaps are problem is that we confuse education - life long learning - with degrees.  While ongoing learning/relearning has never been more critical to individual success, the value proposition of a 4-year degree in the first 4 years after high school becomes ever more questionable.  

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Truly a sad commentary.  The only state education institution that didn't participate in the University Center is the one that will be allowed to run it in the future.  

My favorite quote was "providing new approaches to old problems". Honestly, this providing old approaches to new problems.  But hey, it's only money.  We got plenty of it for post-secondary education.

Sigh ........  

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Danny Westneat doesn't pull any punch in this article about the UW's decision to enroll more out-of-state students. In his opinion, the UW is doing exactly what we asked them to do - to get by with less and less money.

"Sheesh, we weren't even willing to go along with a temporary, 2-cents-per-can tax on soda pop last year. Now we're going to get all indignant when the UW looks to the other 49 states because we're too cheap?"

As Westneat points out, the funding is only going to get worse. The state paid 70% - 80% for the cost for me to attend the UW back in the ... well just you never mind. It's fallen to 45% today and heading south.

Westneat thinks we need to fund education as we had in the past, but I have to wonder if that's possible. It's a lot easier to subsidize 80% of a student's tuition if only 10% of graduating high school seniors go on to college. In a world where k-16 is almost mandatory of the "best paying" jobs, well that's a lot of money.

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Starting your journey to a bachelor's degree can be more cost effective if it starts at a community college, but not all CC's are the same. Among other things, the author recommends finding a CC with a track record of transfers and do some planning.

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Nice letter to the editor of the Everett Herald questioning the value of WSU running the University Center at EvCC.  I don't fully agree that north Snohomish county needs its own university, but her challenges to the idea of a "employer-centric" educational program and the replacement of the University Center with a WSU branch are right on target.

WSU has done nothing to earn that position.  They failed to establish a presence at University Center when all the other universities choose to participate.   

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