Education Links for Monday, July 12

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Every weekday I’m sharing the top local and national education stories from around the Internet. Today: The Hawaii State Board of Education is accepting superintendent applications and inviting public feedback, Hawaii State Assessment results will be released this week and may reflect the impact of Furlough Fridays and fewer Hawaii teachers are leaving the profession this year due to the economy.

  • The Hawaii State Board of Education announced Friday it is accepting applications for the superintendent position and invited the public to participate in a survey about what qualities a superintendent should possess. Patricia Hamamoto vacated the superintendent position on Dec. 31 last year in the midst of departmental crisis over budgets and Furlough Fridays. Kathryn Matayoshi has since been serving as interim superintendent. Applications for the permanent position are due by Aug. 9. Be sure to fill out the survey here.

  • Hawaii’s education leaders expect to see the impact of Furlough Fridays and budget cuts in this year’s Hawaii State Assessment scores, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported today. The cores will be released at the Hawaii State Board of Education‘s regular meeting this Thursday.

  • Fewer teachers in Hawaii are retiring and leaving their jobs because of the economy — which of course means fewer teachers are being hired into the school system — The Star-Advertiser reported yesterday.

  • The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is making a lot of teacher evaluation and performance pay experiments possible in public schools, The Washington Post reported today.

  • Here is a breakdown of the top five education donors and where their grants were spent, compliments of The Washington Post.

  • It’s truly the era of artificial intelligence when robots are doing the teaching. Some smarter-than-average machines are using interaction to instruct youngsters (especially preschoolers) with remarkably good results, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

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