House, Senate Reach Agreement on Teacher Evaluations (The Columbus Dispatch) – The Ohio House of Representatives and the state Senate came to an agreement yesterday on a new bill that will change the way teachers and students are evaluated.
Some Ohio Colleges Still Admitting Fall Students – in June (The Columbus Dispatch) – At least 18 Ohio colleges are still admitting students for the upcoming fall semester to fill their enrollment goals.
The Largest Makerspace on The Planet Opens in Columbus, Ohio (TechCrunch) – A new makerspace is opening up in downtown Columbus that will allow for local businesses and residents to rent out tools and space to work on hardware and art projects.
U Arizona IBM-Powered Supercomputer Joins Ranks of Top500 (Campus Technology) – A new IBM supercomputer has been built at the University of Arizona and it is ranked 336 on the Top500 list of the world’s fastest systems and ranked 7 for the Green500 list of the most energy efficient supercomputers.
What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades (The New York Times) – While education policy is focusing more on typing skills over handwriting, evidence still indicates that the brain processes information differently when it is handwriting over typing.
