• WOW! Look what CJEL is Doing!

  From The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford:

  The Commission on Jewish Education & Leadership recently convened rabbis, educators, and community leaders to learn about WOW!: a collaborative community initiative with Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA). WOW!'S goal is to engage greater numbers of children and families in...

• Ed. Dept., FCC Unveil 'Digital Textbook Playbook'

  From Education Week:

  U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski were on hand to unveil the new "Digital Textbook Playbook," a resource designed by the Digital Textbook Collaborative to help guide educators in their transition to electronic resources, as the pair headlined a national...

• Chicago Public Schools lift ban on YouTube

  From the Chicago Tribune:

  Chicago Public Schools' is lifting a ban on YouTube as part of its efforts to expand digital learning in the classroom.

  Teachers will now be able to jump onto YouTube and find other teaching tools on that website and others to create playlists for lessons, individualize...

• From Math Helper to Community Organizer: New longitudinal studies identify key factors in leadership development

  From the Harvard Education Letter:

  Is the student who organizes tag during recess or chooses to help a classmate with math on track to be a senator, a CEO, or a community leader?

  He—or she—may well be.

  Behaviors like embracing novel experiences, supporting peers, even pestering parents for lessons can predict...

• Co-Creation: The New Imperative

  From Sh'ma, a Journal of Jewish Ideas:

  A dozen New Jersey parents, reviewing a recent field trip, discuss their children's progress in an experiment in family-driven Jewish education. A California mother organizes a group of families to study traditional Jewish texts through storytelling. Local experts are hired to facilitate...

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