Teach for America is attracting a record number of applicants this year. The program recruits top college graduates to spend two years teaching in low-income public schools. At Dartmouth College alone, 11 percent of the entire senior class has applied.

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By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY

In an age when schools are on alert for campus shooters, school officials nationwide say they're battling a new phenomenon: threats of violence that trigger a flurry of text messaging and drive up absenteeism among frightened students.

By Ben Arnoldy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Half of courses in Grades 9 to 12 will be delivered online by 2019, predicts a new report.

Meridian, Idaho - Rather than send her kids off on the yellow bus, Briana LeClaire has school come to her home. Her kids attend a virtual public school, connecting online to teachers and coursework. Everything from books to microscopes to radish seeds arrives via brown trucks.

Evaluating Online Learning: Challenges and Strategies for Success features seven evaluations of online learning programs or resources.

This report provides useful information on an issue of growing importance to all our affiliates.

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Some blogs written by teachers that have been designated by readers as top education bloggers.

2007 Weblog Winners

http://thejosevilson.com/blog/

http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com/

http://www.hoboteacher.com/blog/

http://nyceducator.com/

http://www.matthewktabor.com/

http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/

2006 Weblog winners

http://historyiselementary.blogspot.com/

http://educationwonk.blogspot.com/

Some blogs written by teachers that have been designated by reporters as top bloggers…

2006 Top Teacher Blogs by Dayton Reporter (note these bloggers are all still posting)

Mr. AB is a third generation teacher and a former Teach for America fellow.
http://thetrenches.blogspot.com/

This teacher works in a middle school.
http://www.polski3.blogspot.com/

This educator works in a New York City school.
http://nyceducator.com/

This female teacher works in Oklahoma.
http://shrewdnessofapes.blogspot.com/

This blog is written by a California-based teacher known for finding the weird, shocking, amazing or outrageous education news before anyone else.
http://educationwonk.blogspot.com/

Kalyn Denny is a third grade teacher in Utah who blogs on Blogher.com. Kalyn’s blog is about food and is called Kalyn’s Kitchen.
http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2006/03/exciting-news-for-kalyn-kalyns-kitchen.html

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Story online@http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=57889By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

In annual educational technology survey, students say they want more access to mobile devices and online courses

Looking for ideas on how to spend federal stimulus dollars to enhance educational technology? Project Tomorrow has a suggestion: Listen to what students say they'd like to see in their schools.