Houston: As Good as it Gets
School improvement is more about execution than innovation, but doing what works — like tutoring struggling students — consistently across a network seems pretty innovative in education.
Deeper Learning: How Eight Innovative Public Schools Are Transforming Education
Monica Martinez and Dennis McGrath promise a book of inspiring stories about Deeper Learning, and that's exactly what they deliver with Deeper Learning: How Eight Innovative Public Schools Are Transforming Education in the Twenty-First Century.
Making the LMS Decision
Choosing an LMS can be a difficult for schools and districts, however it is a key decision in the planning of any blended learning environment. We recently talked with Megan Leich, Campus Coordinator for the BlendEd Consortium on how BlendEd approached such an important decision.
New Study Reveals Trends in Professional Learning
By: Jason Lange. A 2013 Australian study conducted by the government-funded Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership and the nonprofit Innovation Unit examined 50 high-performing corporations, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations from around the globe to identify common features of professional learning experiences.
10 Things Superintendents Should Do Now
A discussion with a group of Ohio superintendents led to a list of ten projects we discussed for fall 2014.
10 Things Educators, Mayors, Business Leaders Should Do Now
Take 10 minutes and think about ways you can extend your impact. Here's 10 things educators, civic and business leaders can do to help create #SmartCities
EdTech 10: Special #WIFI4SCHOOLS Edition
On the eve of an important vote by the FCC on E-Rate Modernization, we are dedicating this week’s EdTech 10 list to the top stories supporting the proposed plan.
Engaging Students with QR Code Matching
At my ISTE poster session on student Tech Camp, I showed a QR code matching game that I use for hardware and software terminology. Many people liked the idea. Here’s how to do it!
It’s Time: Connecting What Students Need & What Entrepreneurs Create
By: Stacey Childress. Pull mechanism refers to things like challenges, prizes, and advanced market commitments – ways of paying for innovations based on their actual performance. This in contrast to government agencies and philanthropists making upfront investments in design and development of solutions and then “pushing” them to (or some would say on) buyers and users. A key idea is that some sort of coordinated action on the demand side – in this instance from schools, districts, and states – will create compelling reasons for suppliers to behave differently, better, more responsively.
20 Things States Should Do Now
Considering the opportunity provided by new tools and new schools, here are 15 things every state should do now.