35 Blogs for Districts Planning for Personalization

This week the Department of Education released guidelines for the Race to the Top District Competition. EdWeek posted a great summary. Hundreds of districts are contemplating personalized learning plans. Here are 35 recent and relevant Getting Smart blogs:
Blended schools

• An Inside View of Blended Integration at Rocketship Education
• Three Schools That Are Getting It Right (Rocketship, Carpe Diem, KIPP Empower)
• 10 Reasons Every District Should Open a Flex School
• Cornerstone Anchors Detroit’s Blended Future
• Grad Nation’s Blends Boosts Grad Rates & Achievement
• 60+ Top Articles On Blended Learning
• Intel Vision Video: Partial Picture of Blended Future
• Blended Learning Can Improve Working Conditions, Teaching & Learning

Adaptive tools & personalized curriculum

• Q&A: Hey, We Invented Blended Learning (READ 180)
• Matthew Peterson on The Neural Basis of Learning (ST Math)
• DreamBox Learning: Intelligently Adaptive, Engaging & Motivating Math
• i-Ready is Ready for Prime Time
• Educurious: Engaging Minds & Changing Lives (HS PBL)

Platforms

• Why Aren’t There Any Next Gen Learning Platforms?
• Welcome to the Post Textbook World: Ten Elements
• How Will Personalized Learning Really Work?
• Teaching Online: Choosing the Right Platform

Implementation planning

• 10 Strategies to Take Advantage of Productive Edtech Turbulence
• 10 Things I’d Do Right Now as a High School Principal
• 10 Things I’d Do Right now as a Superintendent
• It’s Not About the Machine, It’s About Heart
• Innovation & Execution: A Colorado Springs Case Study
• How Digital Learning is Boosting Achievement
• Every State Needs A Leadership & Empowerment Agenda
• Bloomboard Powers Improved Teacher Effectiveness in Colorado

Innovation

• Blended Case Study: Leadership Public Schools
• The Difference Between Improvement and Innovation
• Blended Learning Can Improve Working Conditions, Teaching & Learning
• 10 Ways K-12 Is Becoming More Like Cisco Academy

Flipped classroom

• 35 Sources for Curated Educational Videos
• Leveling Up In Your Gamification
• Is the Flipped Classroom the Right Tech Approach for Teachers?
• 4 Ways Flipping Forces Fundamental Change

Small personalized schools

• New Visions Builds On New School Success With Innovation Agenda
• Study Validates Replacement of Big Bad Schools With New Small Schools

Also, check out CompetencyWorks.org for a full discussion of competency-based learning.