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"Purpose and Sources: Connecting the Bits provides information for integrating technology into teaching and learning in K-12 schools. The information is based upon findings from two past programs of the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education: The Road Ahead program explored how technology can facilitate teaching and learning in both formal and informal education settings. Twenty-two sites across the country created schoold-community partnerships. The sites reflected a full range of technology experience, from elementary students' first computer use to high school students' commercial quality multimedia presentations. The Road Ahead program was supported by Bill Gates, chairman of the Microsoft Corporation, with proceeds from his book, The Road Ahead. The Learning Tomorrow program funded pilot projects that investigated how technology can improve teaching and learning for underserved students. The program supported teachers' professional development, examined how technology can meet diverse student learning needs, and engaged students in real-world learning activities. Learning Tomorrow was supported by the Sega Foundation of American and the AT&T Foundation. Evaluative data from the experiences of the thirty-two teams of teachers, administrators, and community-based partners that participated in The Road Ahead and Learning Tomorrow programs are major sources..." [from introduction] ... Read more

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Educational consultant Irvin provides useful information for parents on public and private schools in the Washington DC area. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

33pgs are OK, The rest is just a reference
If you want a basic idea of what you need to do to get your kid into a school and some basics, this is not a bad book.The first 33 pages has some good information but its only 33 pages. This information is likely available elsewhere on the internet. I give this 4 stars for the first 33 pages and 2 stars for the rest.

The rest of the book is a listing of schools and information on them.There is nothing in the listing that will give you rankings of the school nor recommendation so its just a reference and a list of all the schools. Most if not all the info you can get of the net but it is nice to have it all in one place so finding all the school online becomes easier. Worth $5-7 so get it used.

This book is much better than the 13th ed of Independant school guide.The format is much better and easier to read and the front pages are better.

Waste of time
Trolling the school web sites gave me more information than this book. It's very factual and really doesn't get into school character, etc.

Not Helpful At All
This book is just fine if all you want is the private school closest to you, or want very cut and dry facts which you can find for free at the schools websites or in their prospectus.If you are looking for insider information, or anything to tell you what the school is really like, look elsewhere. I recommend saving your money for your kid's education.

Extremely Informative
On returning to live in the DC area with two small children after having lived in another part of the country, I picked up this book and found a wealth of useful information about schools.The book not only gives practical information, but provides thoughtful and rare insight into the various strengths and weaknesses of each school, as well as valuable guidance on how to pick the best school for a particular child.I recommend this book highly.

Very Helpful!
Indispensable guide forWashington area parents considering public & private schools.Practical, Thoughtful & User Friendly. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Community College Week, published by Cox, Matthews & Associates on December 6, 2004. The length of the article is 720 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New head of education department expected to focus on K-12.(dateline Washington)
Author: Charles Pekow
Publication: Community College Week (Newspaper)
Date: December 6, 2004
Publisher: Cox, Matthews & Associates
Volume: 17Issue: 9Page: 10(1)

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This digital document is an article from The American (Washington, DC), published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2914 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The truth about America's schools: is K-12 education really lagging badly, or have we 'raised our sights'? Diane Ravitch answers the tough questions.(QUESTION & ANSWER)
Author: Diane Ravitch
Publication: The American (Washington, DC) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 1Issue: 5Page: 70(8)

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This digital document is an article from Chief Executive (U.S.), published by Chief Executive Publishing on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1965 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The K-12 dilemma: what can be done? Joel Klein, at the frontier of schools reform in New York, urges CEOs to lobby Washington on behalf of public education.(CEO2CEO SUMMIT)(chief executive officers)
Author: Paul Rogers
Publication: Chief Executive (U.S.) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: Chief Executive Publishing
Issue: 205Page: 70(4)

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I FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE TERRIFYING NIGHTMARES…
For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning. . . .
Legions of readers entranced by the New York Times bestseller Twilight are hungry for the continuing story of star-crossed lovers Bella and Edward. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural spin. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality. ... Read more

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very enjoyable...
I really enjoyed the book.I like the author's writing style and the characters.I especially liked how Bella rushed to save Edward and became a stronger character for it; overcoming her own sadness and depression.

Bella is a spine-less, pathetic excuse for a main character
This book is really infuriating.

The perfect, sweet smelling, brooding Edward Cullen decides the best thing to do would be to leave Bella so that she can start a less dangerous life without him in it. Bella's reaction to Edward leaving is utterly moronic. First of all, she HAS to know Edward adores her and loves her, but being the whiny and irritating character that she is, she tells herself that he must not care for her at all. She is supposed to be intelligent, but she never considers the real reason Edward left her - for her own benefit, so he could not hurt her any more. Of course, she jumps to conclusions and assumes Edward has no feelings for her whatsoever, which was really annoying to read. Second, after he leaves, she wanders the forest after dark until she collapses into the dirt, with no sense of time or direction. This. Is. Ridiculous.

No matter HOW much you love someone, no matter how obsessed you are with them, there is NO reason to curl up on the floor in the middle of the woods and go into shock. There is no reason why Bella should have to be saved by a rescue team and scare her father to death because someone broke up with her. I understand the devastation - cry all you want, scream all you want, etc - but to completely shut down like that is a little much. As the months go by, Bella is described as being "zombie-like". That is not Edward's fault. That is Bella being nothing but WEAK. Where is your spine? Where is any sense of confidence, any sense of self importance? She does not go out with her friends. She doesn't listen to music. She doesn't read. She is a shell of a person. I don't care how upset you are. Put on a front for other people and TRY and have as good of a time as you can despite being incredibly depressed. It's possible. Staying inside all the time in isolation is NOT going to make you feel better, at all. The "hole" in her chest analogy was really funny to me. I couldn't believe Bella actually had to LITERALLY wrap her arms around her chest to "hold herself together" - are you serious?

We are introduced further to poor Jacob Black, whom Bella does not seem to regard as an actual person. Jacob is used from beginning to end in this entire series. Bella starts hanging out with Jake as an escape from her tormented thoughts about Edward - which would have been fine, if she wasn't only hanging out with Jake to further allow herself to hallucinate about Edward. The "reckless" things Bella does - throw herself off a cliff, ride motorcycles, talk to potential rapists, etc - to conjure Edward's "velvet" voice were laughable. But the worst was that Jacob had no idea. He had no idea Bella was only riding bikes with him to think of Edward, no idea that Bella was even still thinking about him (until the end). She had NO regard for Jacob's feelings at all. She even has the nerve to invite Jacob to go with her to find her and Edward's special meadow in the woods. He has no clue what it signifies - how horrible if he ever found out! He is clearly in love with her, and yet she dismisses him immediately when Edward comes back into the picture. It's unfair to everyone involved.

The build-up in this book was even worse than the previous. I can think of hundreds of things more terrifying than the Volturi. They did not intimidate me or frighten me at all. I never felt as if any of the characters were ever in real danger. The way they simply shrugged off the entire issue at the end and basically postponed the punishment made me lose any feeling that they were to be feared. If you're the most powerful and ancient vampires and someone breaks one of your rules, it's expected that you do SOMETHING about it, rather than saying "Okay, do you pinky promise you'll change Bella into a vampire? In that case, we'll see you in book four!"

Couldn't put it down!
Love this book. Just as good as the first, the rest of the series is great too!

Slower paced but strong character development
Blood and Sunlight: A Maryland Vampire StoryOkay, so this is a lot of people's least favorite in the series. The pacing in the book is dreadfully slow. Bella spends a lot of time wallowing and doing harmful things. But it resonates true and it makes the ending in Italy that much more exciting. Finally, Edward and Bella are together for all about 5 minutes. It's a wonderful prelude to book 3.

I think I'm actually dumber now.
I thought it couldn't get worse but, yes, it did.So let me get this straight, super creepy stalker boyfriend who treats you like you can't formulate an idea, leaves you in the middle of the woods like the sniveling little whiney brat that you are and this is a bad thing?Okay, I give, where's the punchline?Oh wait, there isn't one.I guess it's me for reading this garbage.I can't go on, if you want to know why I think this is utter and complete trash see my Twilight review, that pretty clearly sums it up. ... Read more