Posts by Getting Smart Staff
Marshall Roslyn: Principal, Revolution Learning
We talk with Marshall Roslyn, a principal at Revolution Learning who has just returned from a four year stint in China. We talk about education reform, opportunities for global investing in the global education industry and his viewpoint on where America holds promise in its strategies for education reform. Marshall will be blogging ocassionally with EdReformer.
Susan Patrick and Michael Horn Video Presentation
Susan Patrick, President, iNACOL and Michael Horn, Executive Director of Education Policy at the Innosight Institute were in Lansing, Michigan last week giving presentations on the benefits of online learning
If You Can Read This, Thank a Teacher
John Legend and Waiting for Superman; cash for teachers in Charlotte; Goldman Sachs gives US$20 million to Geoffrey Canada; technology helps, so we should use it. And more. Much, much more...
White House Announces STEM Challenge
The White House is ramping up efforts again to push the STEM agenda. This time the focus is on developing video games and technology that foster greater learning opportunities for kids.
Refining the Blended Learning Strategy
Next Gen Learning is trying to formalize the blended learning model.
5 Lessons from the Nation's Best Online Teacher
Educators who teach in an online setting should foster strong relationships with their students’ parents and should offer plenty of positive feedback, says the nation’s first-ever K-12 Online Teacher of the Year. Teacher Teresa Dove of the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) last week was chosen as the first winner of this new award, which not only recognizes excellent teaching but also the prevalence, and importance, of online learning across the country.
Med Student Wins $10k Ed Innovation Prize (Video)
Second year med student Dr. Andrew Deonarine’s EduCell plan is a cellular phone-based educational system that has content creation, distribution, and delivery capabilities. It provides a platform for basic literacy through “phonecasting.” He just won US$10,000 in the 21st Century Cyber Schools Challenge, sponsored by The Economist and InnoCentive.
iNACOL Offers Teacher Webinar for Language Arts
Speakers include Bruce Friend, Director, SAS® Curriculum Pathways®, SAS Institute, and John Warren, Director of Marketing, Publications, RAND Corporation.
Reversing Generational Poverty
Courtland MIlloy writes for the Washington Post that, despite DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s (EEP board member) tough road to reform, her commitment for equal education for all is inspiring. Milloy comments on a commentary written by Rhee, in which she wrote, "I believe we can solve the problems of urban education in our lifetimes and actualize education's power to reverse generational poverty."
Suzanne Tacheny Kubach: Exec Director, The PIE Network
This Wednesday, September 15, the PIE Network releases Rabble Rousers Revisited, a guide for launching state-based education reform advocacy organizations. It is an updated version of a 2006 report that helped put the education reform sector on the map. Here's our interview with Suzanne Tacheny Kubach, Executive Director of PIE Network.