What's Next: The Top Topics in Teaching and Learning This Year
As the school year begins, we look to the future and at ten ideas to improve education.
September 2, 2007

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- NCLB: Law and Evolution [1]
- Merit Pay: For Love and Money [2] (Sidebar: California Dreamer: The Golden State's Champion of a New Education for a New Economy [3]
- Alternative Schedules: A New School Day Dawns [4]
- Online Learning: Virtual Valedictory [5] (Sidebar: Virtually Real: Distance-Learning Educators Go the Distance When They Go Offline [6])
- Politics: Elephants, Donkeys, and Teens [7]
- Language: Learn What a Billion People Already Know [8]
- Science: Sputnik Redux [9] (Sidebar: A Neo-Nemo for the Classroom: Remote Exploration 42,000 Miles Under the Sea [10]
- Social Networking: TheirSpace [11] (Sidebars: Digital Discussion: Take Your Class to the Internet [12] and Edublogs We Love: Ten Top Stops for Internet Interaction [13])
- Vocational Programs: Labor Relations [14]
- Arts: Wherefore Art? [15]
Links:
[1] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-nclb-improvement
[2] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-merit-pay
[3] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-jack-oconnell
[4] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-school-day
[5] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-online-learning
[6] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-online-teachers-classroom
[7] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-classroom-politics
[8] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-learning-chinese
[9] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-science-NCLB
[10] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-robert-ballard
[11] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-school-social-networking
[12] http://www.edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-classroom-blog-setup
[13] http://www.edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-best-blogs
[14] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-career-academies
[15] http://edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-arts-education