North Carolina County Super: Pursue Blended Technology
Dr. Donna Peters: "Leading change is hard work, and leading change for online and blended learning throughout a school system is indeed a significant challenge. While we don’t like to admit it, our schools tend to be steeped in traditional methodologies and practices that prove difficult to replace with 21st Century opportunities regardless of how ineffective the old ways may be."
Beyond the Bricks: Young Black Men in School
Washington Koen Media is putting out a new movie to add to the rush of education reform films that have entered the market over the past couple of years. This story is about two New Jersey students trying to make their way through the education system, and their community.
5 Key Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Education
Nathaniel Whittemore at Change.org says its absolutely okay to be thinking about entrepreneurial solutions in education that can bring true reform. He takes us through five opportunities that can take us there.
Why Solve Old Problems When a New Problem is Easier?
Conventional Wisdom is working the old problem: how to get a great teacher in every classroom? The right question is: what sequence of learning experiences will help individual students succeed?
Open HS of Utah Launches Open Resources Project
Open High School of Utah releases a video explaining its announcement today that it has become the first secondary school in the nation to offer an open resources curriculum.
Blended Learning Questions Tech People Should Ask
Howard Chan posted some thoughtful questions about blended learning on his blog, Socratech Seminars, over the weekend. They are worth re-reading here.
Review of "Waiting for Superman"
New York Magazine review of Davis Guggenheim's "Waiting for Superman" It's never been as perfect a time to pull away from entrenched positions that protect adults and to start thinking and acting in ways that liberate students from a system that does not work in their favor, or for their future.
Labor Day Over, Serious About School
Here is a review of the important interviews and a video that we played prior to the Labor Day holiday.
Assessment Grants Chart Course for Decade to Come
ESEA didn’t get reauthorized this year, but the new framework for US education was initiated this week when the Department awarded $330M grants to two state consortia.
Blended Learning Changes Minds, Widens Perspectives
Colorado expands a school using blended learning; Brooklyn launches its newest challenger in the blended learning realm; plenty of more opportunities in Grand Rapids, once they can get over the political and ideological fear of blended and emancipate the students.