Rural Kansas Charter School
Featured In U.S. Film
 A rural Kansas charter school that emphasizes hands-on learning will be featured as a model for educational practices.
A film crew from the U.S. Department of Education is visiting the Walton 21st Century Rural Life Center in Harvey County on Tuesday and Wednesday to videotape the students.
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eSchool News: Ten Steps to Media
Literacy Skills
 As policy makers work to increase the number of U.S. households with broadband access, many are realizing it's not enough for people to be able to access information online and through various media outlets; they also need the ability to analyze the information they find for accuracy and credibility-a 21st-century skill not every child or adult possesses.Find out more
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Kansas Education Spending 1969-2007By John R. LaPlante
If Kansas doubles the amount of money it spends on schools, will that be enough?
This afternoon I've been looking through the Digest of Education Statistics, a massive report compiled by the U.S. Department of Education. It's a compilation of information from across the country, so it's useful for making comparisons across the states.
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Oklahoma Gets It, Kansas Doesn'tBy Steve Wyckoff
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QR Codes Have Arrived
by Pam Misunas
 They are everywhere! Recently while opening the Sunday paper I noticed Best Buy had them placed throughout their ad, QR Codes, you have seen them right? (I have put one just to the right of this post.) I thought I needed to find out more about those "little boxes".
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Stuff You Missed in History Class
 Ginger Lewmen of Turning Point Learning Center fame posted a quick Facebook message letting people know of a cool Twitter feed she ran across called Stuff You Missed in History Class.Of course, I quickly clicked Follow and am now catching up on lots of stuff I missed.
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My Kids Turn - Hits 130 Videos for ParentsMy Kids Turn is a website which hosts 6 different shows which provides quick ideas for parents to use with their children. This would be awesome to share with parents as a follow up to parent teacher conferences.
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