EdTech
10+ Articles Responding to Richtel’s NYT Piece On Classroom Tech
This week, Matt Richtel's article "In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores" on The New York Times received a great deal of hype following Tom Vander Ark's rebuttal "Richtel's Rearview Mirror Misses the Mark" on the Huffington Post and Getting Smart.
EdTech
Tomorrow’s College: A Three-Part Series
American RadioWorks recently published a three-part series on Tomorrow's College, which takes a close look at the competitive 21st century economy and the growing need for higher education.
EdTech
Chief Executive of BELL Discusses Management Challenges & Solutions
This weekend, The New York Times writer Adam Bryant published a Q&A interview with Tiffany Cooper Gueye who is the chief executive of BELL, a nonprofit that assists urban children from under-resourced communities to achieve academic and life success.
EdTech
Education Leaders Meet At the Wash. Education Innovation Forum
Policy leaders, foundations, district leaders, and local and national technology innovators plan to meet today at the Washington Education Innovation Forum, hosted by Robin lake and the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), to explore how Washington can become a leader in education technology and innovation.
EdTech
McGraw Education to Split from Markets Group
The long rumored split was announced at McGraw-Hill today. The education group will operate independently of the markets division including well know brands like S&P.
Personalized Learning
Free Post-Sec Will Put the Breaks on Spiraling Costs
Mike Feerick, Alison In the last 24 hours I’ve seen a half a dozen articles about free post secondary learning–a little anecdotal evidence that this Internet stuff may actually change higher education in America. The Independent reviews Open University and free courses offered by Stanford.
Leadership
Good Work: Living in Community
You have been given a community to nurture and be nurtured by. -Rev. Mike McIntosh An anniversary like today makes me think about diverse communities living together. A few years back I went to a school board convention in San Francisco and on the way back to my hotel…
EdTech
Tennessee Legislator and Districts Try to Block Online Options
Legislator Andy Berke has been blasting online learning provider K12, a contractor of the Union School District. Other districts have been actively blocking enrollment the new virtual school.
Personalized Learning
The Seven Steps to Becoming a 21st Century School or District
Last summer, as I was winding down my eight years as president of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, I went around the country and met with 30 superintendents, asking them, "What can I do to support your efforts to implement 21st century education in your district?" Together we came up with the idea of creating a professional learning community (PLC) of education leaders committed to 21st century education. A team of us liked the idea so much that earlier this year we launched EdLeader21, a community of education leaders committed to building critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity into their educational system.
Leadership
Staff Picks: Testing, Flipped Classroom, Effective Teaching
This week's Staff Picks from Getting Smart takes a close look at the positive side of testing, the idea of the "flipped classroom," and the skills it takes to be an effective 21st century teacher.