In these monthly briefings, Bill Daggett and his colleagues at the International Center for Leadership in Education share information on trends and technologies that will have an impact on education, as well as some thoughts on the impact of the No Child Left Behind legislation on schools. Topics covered in recent issues are listed below.

Volume IV:  2004 - 2005 School Year

Vol. IV No. 11  2005 The Birds and the Bees . . .  and the Robots Replace Your Batteries Pointing a Finger at Retail Move Over, Double Helix I'' Have a Hamburger, No, Make that Two Programming Imitates Life Smile and Say Nano Putting Out the Grad Studies Welcome Mat By the Numbers

Vol. IV No. 10  2005 Watch the Cookies Signal Strength - Using Cell Phones In-flight? Training the Brain Steps to Longevity? Protein Nano-particles Fight Cancers How Small Is Nano? Pass the Chips Get 'Em While They're Fresh Achievement Up, Improvement Slows By the Numbers

Vol. IV No. 9  2005 An Eye for Nanotech Electrical Treatment for Epilepsy A Plague on Your Ancestors State of Stem Cell Research Grow, Don't Multiply Smile and Say "On" Watching American Idol When You're Not Idle? Time Online Thery're Number One! My Language, Your Language High-level High School Coursework America's Most Successful High Schools By the Numbers

Vol. IV No. 8  2005 3 - D Nano Images Nano - Products All Around Not so Minimally - Conscious Putting the Finger on Security Cell - Mates Searching - Conventional Internet Engines Access vs. Ownership - Biotechnology How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? Trench Creatures National Education Technology Plan Life After High School American's Most Successful High Schools By the Numbers Special Education Institute - Update

Vol. IV No. 7  2005 The Technology of Tsunami Detection Cyber Security Let Me Bounce Something Off You May I Peek into Your Room? No Big Deal Smart as a Guppy The Future of the Internet Students Feel Safer, but . . . By the Numbers

Vol. IV No. 6  2004 Brain Scientists Able to Follow the Pathway of Thought Engineered Brain Simulates Flight Baby Teeth Identified as a Source of Versatile Stem Cells Launching New Telecommunications Tools Not Just Another Brick Wall First Place Finnish? National Research Center on Learning Disabilities Lessons from America's Most Successful High Schools By the Numbers

Vol. IV No. 5   2004 Digital Hanks Arrive Alive? Virtual Concerts Bloomin' Nanos Gobble Gobble.  Gas from Grass? Let the Fur-Balls Fly Listen to the Music Population Boom vs. Burst No Education Agenda Left Behind Inclusive Schools Week Lessons from America's Most Successful High Schools By the Numbers

Vol. IV No. 4   2004 Some Chips with That? Boo Hang in There for "Chad-less" Voting Technologies A Good Sense of Smell Trying on Genes Pardon Me, But Your Hamburger is Glowing Commonsense and "Antisense" DARS a Change in Radio Happening Letting Voters Decide America's Most Successful High Schools - What Makes Them Work Special Education Institute By the Numbers

Vol. IV No. 3   2004 Nanotech and Hurricanes A "Little" NanoVocab Popeye Knew What to Do Germs with a Magnetic Personality Corporate Research in China Measuring Up for College America's Most Successful High Schools -  What Makes Them Work?

Vol. IV No. 2   2004 Sometimes When We Touch... Customized Chemotherapy In Search of Healthier French Fries Carbon Nanotubes For-Profit Hi-Tech University iPods at Duke University ACT Results: Good News, Bad News By the Numbers

Vol. IV No. 1  2004 "Thought-Input" Computers Car Talk Genetically Delaying Gray Hair? Generation-Two Cloning Provides Insights on Aging State High School Graduation Rates Vary Success at Scale By the Numbers

Volume III:  2003 - 2004 School Year

Vol. III No. 9    May  2004 "Seeing Eye" Computer Genetically Modified Plants to Produce Essential Fatty Acids "Onshoring" Jobs Grad Rate Gaps Kudos for NCLB Daggett Teleconference By the Numbers

Vol. III No. 8    March 2004 U.S. Dominance in High Technology Being Challenged American Technology Companies Urged to Support Math and Science Teaching Biometric Passports Available Later this Year Paperboard Computers Hitting the Market Liberal Arts Curriculum At-Risk Career Academies Show Promise Success at Scale Update By the Numbers

Vol. III No. 7    March 2004 High-tech Speech Interpreter The Latest Advancement in microchip Technology:  Wireless Communication Connecting the Dots - How Human Biological Molecules Work Together Treating Clinical Depression with Magnetic Therapy Mandarin Chinese Becoming the Next Must-learn Language Urban Students Improve NAEP Scores

Vol. III No. 6    February 2004 Advertising Getting Innovative in Seeking Out the Younger Audience Foreign Companies Hope to Capitalize on China's Economic Growth Obesity Rivals Smoking as America's Top Health Threat Human-machine Systems Give Insight to Others Redefining What an "Ordinary" Household Item is

Vol. III No. 5    January 2004 Michigan Investing Replacement of High School MEAP with ACT Proficiency Levels Vary Across States, Subjects, and Grades Putting Dehydrated Stem Cells on the Shelf for Later Use Face Scanners help to Make Schools Safer India Is an Outpost for US Research and Development Microsoft Progressing in Automotive Telematics

Vol. III No. 4 December 2003 Cloning Primates Proving to be Difficult Cure for Pain Cancer Vaccine Close at Hand? Fingerprint Recognition Systems in Stores - and Schools? Black Box Data Recorder - for Your Car

Vol. III No. 3 November 2003 Human Enhancement Technology Monkeys Manipulate Robots with Their Minds Genealogy goes Hi-tech Building the World's Smallest Synthetic Motor How a Single Subgroup can Effect an Entire School Under NCLB Building Momentum for Home-schoolers Assisting Teachers to Manage their Culturally Diverse Classrooms

Vol. III No. 2 October 2003 Measuring School Success MIT Online - Free and Available to All PDA's in the Classroom PDA's in the Classroom South Koreans Are Well Connected Location-based Computing Teaching Computers to Read Lips Brain Chip Technology May Offer Help for Dementia Victims

Vol. III No. 1 September 2003 Human Speech Recognition Technology Microscopic Laser implant Could Warn Body Bionic Eyesight for the Blind Modern Military Vehicles Using Smart Paint Computer Based Testing Softening Graduation Requirements The Changing Influence of Women Another Tool in the School Leadership Repertoire

Vol. II No. 1 August 2002 The Growing Ranks of the Disabled High School Reform Online Courses Cognitronics Biointeractive Materials Home Nanotests

Vol. II No. 2 September 2002 Tooth Phone Using Light to Power Nanotechnology Devices The Nanotech Revolution Got Milk? Got Silk Handheld Device for DNA Analysis Human Cloning Gets Green Light in England Holding the Line on Tougher Tests Nothing is Standard about Standards

Vol. II No. 3 October 2002 Global Economy Earnings Tied to Schooling Women Outnumber Men at College The Purpose of School Tattoo for Diabetics Pharmaceuticals Down on the Farm

Vol. II No. 4 November 2002 The Bionic Human A Keyboard That's Really Light Attitudes Toward Public Education Blue Ribbon School is Failing School Some Thoughts on No Child Left Behind

Vol. II No. 5 January 2003 Technology Spending and Internet Access UN Study Ranks USA Low Broadband Internet Usage Oh, What Cell Phones Can Do Biometric Scanning No Child Left Behind Update

Vol. II No. 6 February 2003 SPOT Technology Windows as Computer Screens Artificial Retina Can Restore Vision Sniffing Out Bioterrorism Smart Bandage Lights-out Manufacturing Baby Boomers and Bear Market

Vol II No 7 April 2003 Small, Focused Learning Communities Data-driven Decision-making New NCLB Resource for Administrators Lawsuits Related to NCLB Projected Labor Shortages Increases Importance of NCLB Internet Literacy Computers to Go Robots at the Bedside

Vol II No 8 Virtual Classrooms of the Future Lesson Study Holds Promise for Redesigning Teaching Flow of Young American Engineers and Scientists Slows to a Trickle Seeing the Light via LEDs (Nano Technology) Nanotechnology Terms Changing Demographics Gold-Collar Workers Gold-Collar Workers