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Rittle-Johnson on kids and calculators

Melanie Moran, Vanderbilt News Service

Calculators are useful tools in elementary mathematics classes, if students already have some basic skills, new research has found. The findings shed light on the debate about whether and when calculators should be used in the classroom.

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Pulse Smartpen: Essential tool helps students capture notes and audio for easy recall

Wall Street Journal Marketwatch.com

Andy Van Schaack, Vanderbilt University professor and Livescribe adviser, suggests that the smartpen has a significant impact in the classroom.

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Springer interviewed on Denver teacher pay incentives program

CNN

NCPI director, Matthew Springer, was featured as an expert panelist in a story about Denver ProComp’s performance pay program on CNN with Lou Dobbs. He discussed implications that accompany recent struggles between district officials and the local teachers union that put the future of ProComp at risk.

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Faculty member leads citizenship training in East Tennessee

Chattanooga Times Free Press - August 1, 2008

Sharon Shields, Tennessee Academic Civic Engagement Program training leader and professor of the practice of health promotion and education, helps students better understand democracy and citizenship while becoming active, contributing citizens through the services they perform.

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