Posts by Getting Smart Staff
What a 12 Year Old Can Teach Us About Learning
Here's a 12 year old student telling adults how they can help children excel.
Students Know
A collection of notes taken during a student panel about personalized learning. What do students think about using virtual education to
Another Open Letter to Commissioner Chester, Massachusetts
Michael Horn, Director of the Education division of Innosight Institute, writes and open letter to Commissioner Chester, after press reports indicate changes to virtual schools legislation in Massachusetts.
Video: Noble Street
We talk to Michael Milkie about his feat of opening up charter schools in Chicago, the role technology plays in them, and the future.
Virtuality Supported
Illinois is on the verge of big changes in online learning delivery. Here are some notes from a meeting with Illinois Virtual School that show some of that.
David Wiley's TEDX Talk
I hope I can meet David Wiley in Chicago this week. If anyone sees him, point him out to me.
Math That's Fast, Flexible, and Great for Kids
We interviewed Sarah Weston, Utah's Educator of the Year, and the very first online facilitator to win the award.
Video: The Online Urban Student
Robin Gonzalez, Manager, Chicago Public Schools, Virtual Schools
Don't Discount the Online Student
A conversation with Robin Gonzalez, Manager of 100 Chicago Public School Virtual Schools about the role that online learning already plays in urban students' lives. "You can have this crazy idea one day and you can actually make it happen, and there are no barriers.”
Hacking Tools, Please
Those quick and nimble angel investors and VC firms -- are they really that quick and nimble? Or is the new metaphor for investing in education a stone mason, pounding away at a slab of granite?