NYC Event "Education: Reform and Possibility"
Wednesday Sept. 29 at 6pm SHAEL SURANSKY, Deputy Chancellor in the Division of Performance and Accountability, NYC Department of Education; CHARLES BARONE, Director of Federal Policy, Democrats for Education Reform; Dr. LEO CASEY, Ph. D., VP of Academic High Schools, United Federation of Teachers
Not Hopeful about Congress; Not Waiting
Elections won't help ESEA reauthorization prospects, but we've made some much progress with RttT and online learning, we should push what's working.
$100k for Dropping Out of School
Peter Thiel, President of Clarium Capital, reveals to TechCrunch writer Sarah Lacy that he's offering 20 students a chance to drop out of college for US$100,00 each and a chance to work on disruptive technology and innovations.
Education Nation: A Mostly Great First Effort for NBC
NBCs Education Nation highlighted the administration/edreformer alignment on teacher quality and charters and was a mostly great multi-channel first effort to wake up America.
Education Nation Live Feed
Watch live coverage of NBC's Education Nation right here on edReformer.com
Tired of Waiting
NBCs Education Nation kicked off with a screening of Waiting for Superman and town hall. Good Randi for showing up, but hard to take her seriously as reformer after squashing Fenty/Rhee in DC.
Blogging to Learn
Jason Bedell's PD2.0 series includes a great post on Writing to Grow. Blogging is a great way to find out what you think and promote focused learning in the process.
Marie Groark: Executive Director, Get Schooled Foundation
A former middle school teacher talks about how people can collaborate and move education reform forward.
Zuckerberg Visits Newark KIPP School (Photos)
I found these pictures of Mark Zuckerberg's visit with 11th-grade math students at the KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy Saturday in Newark.
The End of the Book
The First Book describes the magic of learning to read but treats the book as relic and the process as a religious rite. Digital natives are growing up post-book and that's not all bad.