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To deal with the cuts imposed by sequestration, the House Appropriations Committee has chosen to target certain departments—including Education—instead of spreading the cuts across all agencies.

Republicans controlling the House of Representatives pressed ahead May 21 with a plan to slash spending on certain domestic programs—including education—far deeper than the cuts these departments already face under a painful round of automatic austerity.

Military Construction/Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and the Pentagon would be spared under the plan approved by the House Appropriations Committee on a party-line vote, but total funding for education, health, and labor programs would absorb a cut of 18 percent below fiscal year 2013 levels adopted in March.

At issue are deep agency budget cuts required under sequestration, or the automatic, across-the-board reductions triggered when lawmakers were unable to agree on alternative ways to curb the deficit. This year, the cuts are being applied to domestic agencies and the Pentagon equally; the budget plan approved by the House on May 21 is for the 2014 budget year and restores cuts to the military while making cuts to domestic programs favored by Democrats—including education—even deeper.

(Next page: More details about the plan)

To deal with the cuts imposed by sequestration, the House Appropriations Committee has chosen to target certain departments—including Education—instead of spreading the cuts across all agencies.

Republicans controlling the House of Representatives pressed ahead May 21 with a plan to slash spending on certain domestic programs—including education—far deeper than the cuts these departments already face under a painful round of automatic austerity.

Military Construction/Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and the Pentagon would be spared under the plan approved by the House Appropriations Committee on a party-line vote, but total funding for education, health, and labor programs would absorb a cut of 18 percent below fiscal year 2013 levels adopted in March.

At issue are deep agency budget cuts required under sequestration, or the automatic, across-the-board reductions triggered when lawmakers were unable to agree on alternative ways to curb the deficit. This year, the cuts are being applied to domestic agencies and the Pentagon equally; the budget plan approved by the House on May 21 is for the 2014 budget year and restores cuts to the military while making cuts to domestic programs favored by Democrats—including education—even deeper.

(Next page: More details about the plan)

To deal with the cuts imposed by sequestration, the House Appropriations Committee has chosen to target certain departments—including Education—instead of spreading the cuts across all agencies.

Republicans controlling the House of Representatives pressed ahead May 21 with a plan to slash spending on certain domestic programs—including education—far deeper than the cuts these departments already face under a painful round of automatic austerity.

Military Construction/Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and the Pentagon would be spared under the plan approved by the House Appropriations Committee on a party-line vote, but total funding for education, health, and labor programs would absorb a cut of 18 percent below fiscal year 2013 levels adopted in March.

At issue are deep agency budget cuts required under sequestration, or the automatic, across-the-board reductions triggered when lawmakers were unable to agree on alternative ways to curb the deficit. This year, the cuts are being applied to domestic agencies and the Pentagon equally; the budget plan approved by the House on May 21 is for the 2014 budget year and restores cuts to the military while making cuts to domestic programs favored by Democrats—including education—even deeper.

(Next page: More details about the plan)

Edutopia blogger Nick Provenzano confronts the weary heartbreak of teacher burnout by offering four warning signs to help recognize it in yourself and your colleagues.

On May 7, 2013, panelists with diverse roles in the strategic direction of Youth Media Reporter (YMR) led an online conversation about the renewal of YMR and its relationship to the youth media field. Watch video of the conversation here and follow along with the full transcript here.

The online conversation provided a first look at the call for articles and digital media submissions for the inaugural issue, and participants had opportunities to exchange ideas to inform both this and future issues during a moderated discussion and Q&A.

Panelists included the current editor of YMR, Lora Taub-Pervizpour; the editor of YMR from 2006 - 2011, Ingrid Dahl; and longtime advisor and contributor to YMR, Steve Goodman, Executive Director of Educational Video Center. You can currently support Educational Video Center's Annual Benefit & Documentary Premiere by contributing here.

Download CFP for a special relaunch issue of Youth Media Reporter. Deadline for all manuscript and multi-media submissions: July 15, 2013.

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A number of technologies could impact education in the coming years.

Technologies that enable more personalized learning are poised at the forefront of learning trends, according to this year’s Horizon Report K-12, an annual report that forecasts learning technologies that will have a large impact on learning in the immediate future and in the coming years.

The report comes from a group of about 45 international experts who go through a set of research questions and discuss about 60 different learning technologies, thinking about trends, challenges, and impact.

(Next page: The NMC’s list of 12 impactful technologies)

A number of technologies could impact education in the coming years.

Technologies that enable more personalized learning are poised at the forefront of learning trends, according to this year’s Horizon Report K-12, an annual report that forecasts learning technologies that will have a large impact on learning in the immediate future and in the coming years.

The report comes from a group of about 45 international experts who go through a set of research questions and discuss about 60 different learning technologies, thinking about trends, challenges, and impact.

(Next page: The NMC’s list of 12 impactful technologies)

A number of technologies could impact education in the coming years.

Technologies that enable more personalized learning are poised at the forefront of learning trends, according to this year’s Horizon Report K-12, an annual report that forecasts learning technologies that will have a large impact on learning in the immediate future and in the coming years.

The report comes from a group of about 45 international experts who go through a set of research questions and discuss about 60 different learning technologies, thinking about trends, challenges, and impact.

(Next page: The NMC’s list of 12 impactful technologies)

Even though no state has yet adopted the standards, some teachers have already scrapped old lessons and instructional styles to embrace new ones.

The blueprint for the standards writers, the framework provides a reader-friendly accompaniment to the "technical document."

The District of Columbia has devoted many resources to the standards, resulting in hopes, frustrations, and the knowledge that changes are necessary.

Mikel Robinson is among millions of students trying to meet the common standards.

Now Brian Pick has the challenge of ensuring students, many of them disadvantaged, master the common core.

When Dowan McNair-Lee took an education class at college, she knew that was where she belonged.

Proposed mandates for emergency-preparedness drills are gaining traction in many statehouses.