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The Digital Learning Mantra for Success
According to Digital Learning Council's Gov. Jeb Bush: "Effective teaching is the most important factoring student success – digital learning does not change this. It will help teachers be even more effective. It can also extend the reach of effective teachers beyond their classroom."
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13 Steps to Building Your Blended School
13 questions that may be helpful in planning your new/conversion blended school
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Jim Shelton: Asst Dep Sec Innovation & Improvement, DOE
The Department of Education has asked for more funding to address the problem of dropout factories in America's urban centers, but it is not entirely clear that additional funding will be allotted, said Jim Shelton, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement, in a quick interview with edReformer this morning.
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Open High Teacher to Receive President's Award
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Technology is the highest recognition that a K-12 mathematics and science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the United States. PAEMST is awarded annually to the best pre-college-level science and mathematics teachers from across the country.
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Renee Lord: Adequate Funding Needed for Cyber Schools
“After today’s virtual education committee study group meeting, we are hopeful that the Commission is heading toward an appropriate funding level for Georgia’s cyber charter students. This meeting was a breath of fresh air; a very encouraging, open and positive dialogue with Charter Schools Commission and State Board of Education members.
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From Drop Out to Push Out in Online Learning
We have the opportunity to avoid the replication of a broken system where the culture of “read and do” exist. We must take ownership of the walls that exist for students and seek to find ways to climb.
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Georgia Families Urge Review of DLN Report
In a continuing effort to guarantee the Georgia Charter Schools Commission follow HB881 and provide fair and equitable funding for Georgia’s current and future full-time online public schools, Georgia Families for Public Virtual Education (GFPVE) parent leader Renee Lord again points to an important report released last week by former Governors Jeb Bush (R-FL) and Bob Wise (D-WV)
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Parents Pull the Trigger in Compton and Nationwide
Parents voted—a majority of them now exercise choice. It’s time for state policies to reflect parent demand and educational opportunity—it’s time to make educational choice the norm not the exception.
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Six Edtech Predictions for K12
Alex Hernandez is a partner at Charter School Growth Fund, a venture philanthropy that provides growth capital for high-performing charter school networks. He claims massive declines in state and local education funding will lead to a tsunami of blended learning programs, where students learn online in brick-and-mortar schools.
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Union Square Investment Puts Edmodo in High Gear
Union Square Ventures makes their first education investment and backs Edmodo, the largest and fastest growing social learning platform