Summer School: A Great Time to Try Blended Learning in Middle School Math
Success stems from having a clear focus on learning outcomes, strong collaboration among teachers and with students, and the strategic use of classroom time and technology depending on the learning goals.
Innovation Leadership: Spurring & Supporting Entrepreneurship
By: Christopher Nyren. Coming up on our two year anniversary, Educelerate hosts twice monthly panel discussions and workshops with nearly 800 local “Educelerants” in Chicago.
Was 2013-2014 an “A+” Year for Public School Options?
So while we prepare to embrace summer vacation, let’s take a moment to think of the families for whom this school year has been less than ideal. And let’s use the momentum of this year’s victories to prepare to make education opportunities available to more students in the school year to come.
How States Could Improve Online Options & Save Money
As full and part time online learning expands, "an emerging problem confronting state policymakers and education leaders is determining what states should pay for a specific course as part of an offering of supplemental courses."
Leadership for Education Innovation
By: Michele Cahill. At the heart of an ecosystem for learning is an ability to draw upon the assets of an entire city or community to support students as they grapple with the two primary tasks of adolescence: building competencies and forming their identities.
Ensuring a Brighter Tomorrow
By: Caleb Jones. Sometimes in life you come across people that are truly incredible, people that change the world. Julie Young is one of those people.
Conceptual Instruction And Middle Grades Math Blends: An Interview With Content & Intruction Expert Shara Turner
It’s important to first introduce concepts at a conceptual level so that students can understand the “why,” not just the “how.” This is how students gain deep understanding and a strong foundation so that they can increase their performance when moving toward more complex procedural strategies.
Google Apps Summer Camp: Classroom – NEW
Classroom was designed to help teachers “create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and communicate with their classes with ease” through establishing a learning management system that integrates Docs, Drive, and Gmail.
Smart Cities: Portland, Countercultural and Interesting
Like other left coast metro areas, Portland is a creative hotspot. But also like left coast cities, school districts are resistant to options and innovations. State leadership on proficiency-based learning has started to get some results and it is exciting to see the ed startups begin to connect to the public school systems.
A School for All Reasons
The data is in. And the results are excellent! Once again, New Tech Network’s annual data report demonstrates that schools can enable all students to achieve college and career readiness regardless of socio-economic status, geographic location or ethnic background.