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In spite of, or perhaps because of, my comments about the New York Times column last week, to be fair I should point out that the New York Times weekly "Cybertimes" column on education, published every Wednesday and written by Pam Mendels, actually has pretty decent coverage of technology in education issues. And unlike news articles in the New York Times, columns from previous weeks can be accessed for free.
A list and description of recent Cybertimes education columns can be found at <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/indexeducation.html>. Most deal with US educational topics (both higher education and K-12) but occasionally columns deal with international issues, such as the article, "Sowing Technologies Seeds in Developing Countries" (http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/04/cyber/education/21education.html).
I n addition to the weekly educational column, cybertimes also has regular columns on topics such as e-commerce, the arts, and law. See <http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/tech/indexcyber.html> for more information.
The New York Times also published "Learning Network" articles with lesson plans to be used in grade 6-12 education <http://www.nytimes.com/learning/>, with free searchable archives. This week's article (September 23, 1999) is entitled "Girls Soak Up Technology in Schools of their Own" and discusses uses of technology in girls-only schools.
Now, a question that I've long wondered about. Perhaps a Papyrus News reader can offer a suggestion. In the US, we use the term "K-12" to refer to primary and secondary education (e.g., from kindergarten to 12th grade). Not all countries have kindergartens, or call them that, and not all countries have the same number of years of primary and secondary education. Is there a universally accepted term for K-12 (other than just saying "primary and secondary")?
Mark
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