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K-12 Assessments and Teacher Evaluation: Putting Students First
In the first part of this three-part guest series, Dr. Raymond Yeagley of NWEA discuss putting students first when creating assessments for individual classrooms or at scale.
Bigger and Better: How Schools Can Increase Admission While Maintaining Quality
How can schools let more students in while still maintaining educational quality? Is it possible for students to feel connected, inspired, and accountable for their education – to really excel – in a large school with large classes?
The Running Record, Now on the iPad
Reading is arguably the most important thing an elementary student needs to master and fluency, as the research shows, is a great indicator of how successful overall they will be.
What’s Keeping Me Up At Night
Preston Smith, the CEO of Rocketship Education shares his thoughts about the biggest challenges facing CMOs and how EdTech providers can be part of the solution.
Can Sexy Accents Save Us?
Becoming bilingual not only has positive effects across unrelated disciplines like science and mathematics, but also appears to have some unanticipated, and delightful, side effects.
HotChalk Education Index: A Guide to the Future of EdTech
Amy Chu explains that the mission behind the HotChalk Education Index is to make a difference in the lives of students and teachers by helping them solve problems with innovative, data-driven, technological education products.
Campus Tech: Improving Collaboration with Interactive Whiteboards at King’s College
King’s College in Pennsylvania has had huge success with Steelcase Education’s Eno Markerboard — these devices allow users to save, store, and quickly display the work they’ve done with others.
Charter School Authorizing 2.0
Within the richness and diversity of the ed reform sector, the practice of charter school authorizing isn’t the trendiest. However, the multitude of charter school authorizers in Michigan is leading to a paradigm shift of authorizing in the mitten state.
Building STEM Skills by Learning Game Design
Alex Chisholm, Executive Director of the Learning Games Network describes the journey to the HP Catalyst Academy as grant recipients and designing the Game Design Tool Kit (GDTK).
Building a Digital Depository
Benjamin Riley explains exciting times for education entrepreneurship, technology and the policy ecosystem that surrounds them both.