We continue to talk about what education should look like in the 21st century, but we are already 10 years into the 21st century. What are we waiting for?

Is it possible to create a disciplinary procedure that keeps students in school and lessens the amount of misbehavior?

Can public schools be replaced by charter schools? Can education in the U.S. be improved by utilizing smaller schools and avoiding the structure of public schools? New research on Ohio charter schools casts some concern on the role of charter schools.

If the world is changing exponentially but the schools not changing at all, where will students find the most relevancy? What does an Exabyte have to do with understanding the world? How do students deal with a world of exponential change?

What is the status of American education? Every year the NCES produces a Congressionally mandated report, The Condition of Education. It uses indicators to examine if we are making the grade with our schools.

Part 1 of this whitepaper deals with the justification for programmatic change and focuses on understanding the needs.

As the US economy continues its recession, the deficits in state revenues become more severe and the budgets at the school districts become leaner. Resourceful teachers who want to continue keeping their classrooms vital are looking to grants to keep their classroom afloat.

One of the most important 21st Century skill is collaboration. Teachers and students are more effective when they learn to work together to become a professional learning community.

Seth Godin’s new book “Linchpin” lists “The Seven Abilities of the Linchpin” that make you indispensable. Find out how - with a little effort - you can be on the road to indispensability.

During the past ten years, efforts have increased to meet the academic needs of English Learners (ELs) as the number of EL students has steadily increased. NCLB has ensured that ELs have access to resources that will make them successful.

In North Carolina, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) have been the focus of a turnaround effort to improve test scores and get selected schools back into positive performance. This is a study of how leadership and teaching helped to quickly turnaround a group of schools.

Group work is seen in schools as synchronous work. Yet in the real world, much of our work is shifting to an asynchronous group work model.

How do teachers, future teachers, and administrators feel about students being Free Agent Learners in the world of education? How do you prepare to teach in an environment that is changing and expanding outside of the classroom? The Speak Up survey sought to find out.

How many computers and mobile devices are available in our K-12 schools for instructional use, and what support is available to help with the educational mission of technology in the classroom? These and other questions were the object of a 2008 survey from the Office of Educational Technology.

The nation’s high schools have a 33% dropout rate. Federal policy makers must go beyond talking about reform and prioritize solutions that will help failing high schools.

A new book, Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators, shows you how to unleash your students’ creativity and imagination with short, personal multimedia tales.

English language learners’ ability to use English and perform mathematical skills has been improving, but is it realistic to demand 100% proficiency by 2014?

Is Information Technology the key to education reform? Tim McDonald presented a challenge to conference goers to totally transform American schools by utilizing the personalization capacity of information technology to lower costs and put the student in charge.

What is a STEM school? How would you design one? The American Architectural Foundation brought a group of architects and educators together to discuss the role of design in bringing STEM education into American schools.

How will U.S. education utilize technology? While some of the main funding lines for educational technology are being shut down, it seems that this is a great opportunity to use technology to personalize education and utilize data to make education more efficient.