EdTech

David Wiley: Access to Knowledge Initiative, BYU

Imagine going to the doctor and telling her that you cannot tell her how you feel because you don't trust her to do the right thing with the data you are providing. Yes, well, this happens every day in the education system, when learners' data is not put in the hands of the right people -- teachers -- so that they can make the right adjustments on time and with the most impact.

EdTech

Five Tips for Engaging Foreign Ed Providers in India

Recently, Raul Choudaha published an article on policy directions for engaging foreign education providers in India in University World News. He has co-authored previous papers with Professor Alan Ruby of the University of Pennsylvania. We publish the following post from his blog, Dr. Education.

Personalized Learning

What I’m Most Worried About

Some time ago, perhaps during Clinton, we passed an inauspicious point where the challenges we face outstrip our civic problem solving capacity.  The money and partisanship infecting congress make it largely impossible to attack problems in a long term, creative, and bipartisan manner. The Bush presidency appeared more interested…

Personalized Learning

Parents Deserve Options

Wow, lots of hate for the parent trigger  from the ‘we know better’ bloggers on National Journal.  Here’s my take. What other service would survive for more than 5 years when more than half of the customers were dissatisfied? The only problem with the CA parent trigger is that…