09.30.08
New — How to Organize Your Teaching
suggests ways to organize instruction to improve students' ability to remember information, solve problems faster, understand abstract concepts, and transfer what they've learned to new situations. (Department of Education)09.17.08
New — Einstein’s Big Idea
tells the story behind the world's most famous equation, E = mc2. Learn about its discovery and legacy. Meet scientists whose experiments laid the groundwork. Read about the unknown patent clerk's bleak career prospects before his "miracle year" (1905). Hear top physicists describe the equation. Discover its role in the careers of three young physicists. Explore time dilation and the energy in a paper clip. Find a teacher's guide and transcript of this PBS program. (Public Broadcasting Service, National Science Foundation)09.09.08
New — Democracy in Brief
gives a concise account of the intellectual origins, history, and basic values of democratic systems of government. The book examines topics such as rights and responsibilities of citizens, free and fair elections, the rule of law, the role of a written constitution, separation of powers, a free media, the role of parties and interest groups, military-civilian relations, and democratic culture. (Department of State)New — Principles of Entrepreneurship
describes the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, which is vital for stimulating economic growth and employment opportunities. Learn about the essentials for building and running a business from the planning stages to marketing a product. (Department of State)09.08.08
New — Educational Resources from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
provides websites, books, and newsletters about dozens of topics -- economics, economic trends, the Federal Reserve system, U.S. monetary policy, great economists, and personal finance. Learn about banking basics; building wealth; inflation; foreign trade; financial markets, housing, and the economy; why kindergarten age matters; young Americans and competition in the global economy; speculative bubbles; and more. (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, The Federal Reserve)New — 9/11 Commemorations and Information
is a first stop for finding government information related to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Find national memorials in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. See online exhibits. Read and hear stories of survival, loss, and heroism. (General Services Administration)09.05.08
New — NSF and the Birth of the Internet
is a multimedia story of the creation of the Internet. Learn about the individuals who began connecting computers in the 1960s. Listen to Vint Cerf, often referred to as "the father of the Internet," describe their work. Find out about TCP/IP, packet switching, CSNET, and other technologies and initiatives. Trace developments back to the first Internet message (Oct 29, 1969) and the first web page (Aug 6, 1991). See predictions about what's next. (National Science Foundation)Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week (Sep 7-13)
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Stephanie Monroe will join 1,000 higher education leaders and policymakers on September 8 in Washington, D.C., during the 2008 national conference celebrating the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).New — Environmental Health Perspectives
is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health. Learn about dengue, modifiers of health effects of air pollution, World Trade Center rescue worker mental health morbidity, iron metabolism genes as predictors of children's blood lead, satellite snapshots of global pollution, China's growing organic market, estimating community drug abuse by wastewater analysis, and more. (Environmental Health Perspectives, National Institutes of Health)New — Great Chicago Stories
presents historical fiction that illuminates Chicago's past. Listen to (or read) 12 stories about the abolitionist movement; public housing and white flight; labor and the Haymarket Affair; progressivism, Hull House, and immigration; great migration and the jazz age; the 1893 World's Fair; trains; baseball; hot dogs; and more. Stories are offered for elementary and high school students. Use the interactive map to examine artifacts and explore places in each story. (Chicago History Museum, National Endowment for the Humanities)Van Gogh’s Van Goghs
Features nine paintings, a history, and a chronology of the life of this ingenious Dutch painter. Van Gogh was 27 years old when he decided to become an artist after unsuccessful attempts at being an art dealer, a teacher, and a clergyman. He taught himself mostly by studying the prints and reproductions he collected. The paintings he produced before his death at age 37 set the direction for many of the expressionist tendencies in 20th century art. (National Gallery of Art)09.02.08
New — Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices
provides five recommendations to improve literacy among adolescents in the upper elementary, middle, and high school grades. The guide is designed for teachers and personnel who work directly with students. It presents strategies that have the strongest research support and are appropriate for use with adolescents. (Department of Education)08.29.08
Higher Ed Grants to Help Students with Disabilities
The Department announced the award of $6.7 million in grants to 23 higher education organizations to help them develop pilot projects for students with disabilities.08.22.08
New — Digging for Answers
offers interactive quizzes that draw fun facts and interesting historical facts from the Smithsonian's collections. Topics include famous women, food, dogs, horses, clothes, stars, insects, brain teasers, and more. (Smithsonian Institution)08.21.08
Grant to Utah to Help Create More Charter Schools
ED's Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Doug Mesecar visited Guadalupe Schools in Salt Lake City today to present an $8,533,334 Charter Schools Program grant to the Utah State Department of Education. Utah's Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert and Vice Chairman of the Utah State Board of Education Mark Cluff joined Mesecar for the announcement.08.14.08
Teaching Resources: U.S. History, Polar Sciences, Countries of the World and More
The Constitution, U.S. government, international relations, nations of the world, pivotal moments in U.S. history, early childhood education, calculator-controlled robots, and polar sciences are topics of new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find.08.01.08
Statement on Reauthorization of Higher Ed Act
Secretary Spellings issued the following statement on Congressional reauthorization of the Higher Education Act: "I congratulate Congress for its hard work in concluding the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which seeks to tackle many complex and challenging issues that are vexing to students and their families, as well as to institutions. The Administration supports many of the bill's provisions, which are designed to enact needed reforms and address the problems facing colleges, students and families in the 21st Century. However we remain concerned with the creation of more than 60 new, costly, and duplicative programs."07.31.08
How Your Brain Understands What Your Ear Hears
helps students learn how audio and visual cues can help communication, how loudness is measured, how changes in the "hearing pathway" may affect hearing, and how to prevent hearing loss. Animations (under "student activities") show an ear hearing the Gettysburg Address in 5 languages, a graphic display of pitch and volume, and how sounds are converted into electrical impulses and sent to the brain. (National Institutes of Health)07.30.08
Higher Ed Grants to Prepare and Plan for Emergencies
Secretary Spellings announced the award of $5.2 million for 13 new grants to colleges and universities to develop and implement emergency management plans for preventing and responding to campus violence and natural disasters in order to ensure the safety of the entire campus community.Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking
looks at the science behind food and cooking. Learn about what happens when you eat sugar, bake bread, cook an egg, or pickle foods. Find out how muscle turns to meat, what makes meat tender, and what gives meat its flavor. Take tours of breads and spices of the world. Explore your sense of taste and smell. (Exploratorium, National Science Foundation)07.29.08
Special Ed Teacher Training Grants Announced
ED announced the award of $2.4 million in grants to 20 institutions in 15 states to help train highly qualified teachers of students with high incidence disabilities, such as learning disabilities, emotional disturbance and mental retardation.To Know Ourselves
Tells about the Human Genome Project and provides general information about and links to the coordinated effort to determine the complete sequence of the DNA in the human genome. It surveys the project's goals, the tools being used to map genetic code, the spin-off technologies generated by the project, and the ethical, legal, and social implications of knowing our genetic blueprint. (Human Genome Project, Department of Energy)07.25.08
Secretary Spellings’ Remarks at Summit on Higher Education
Secretary Spellings spoke at the 2008 Higher Education Summit, "A Test of Leadership," in Chicago.Brazilian Student Exchanges and Partnerships Grants
Secretary Spellings announced the award of 13 new grants totaling $364,904 to promote partnerships between universities and to increase education and training opportunities in a wide range of academic and professional disciplines for students and faculty in both countries.
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