Place Based Education
Personalized Learning
A Back To School Choice: Virtual Learning
The summer is coming to a close and the nation is preparing to head back to school. For many families it is a great opportunity to have the ability to choose online or virtual school.
Leadership
Should K-12 Schools Really Certify Their Own Teachers?
By: Thomas Arnett. Summit Public Schools recently made headlines with the launch of its new teacher residency program where participants can earn a teaching credential. What might this approach mean for the future of teacher preparation?
Personalized Learning
Losing Our Way
Bob Herbert's last column for the NYT is titled Losing Our Way. As he's done for 18 years, he rails against our inattention to unemployment, poverty and income inequality.
Difference Making
Dating For A Job, Landing A Career
By: Nicolay Lameijer. Graduates are faced with the challenge of knowing where they stand in the job market and employers are receiving thousands of resumes from unqualified candidates. Inspired by dating services, GenDIY student Nicolay Lameijer founded MySlate.
Personalized Learning
Community organizing in a post school district world
“What will happen when school districts go bankrupt or are taken over by the state?” a community organizer asked. He was contemplating future scenarios with combinations of increasing charter school market share, decreasing state and local financial support, and persistent academic failure. Paul Hill has spent more than 15…
EdTech
Q&A: Video Games Broaden Learning for Diverse Learning Styles
Dr. Paul D. Cotnoir, who leads the computer video game department as chair of design at Becker College, answered a few questions for Getting Smart on his views around gaming for learning following the Serious Play Conference in Redmond, Wash. this August.
Personalized Learning
A Rocketship Takes Off in South Africa
“We are introducing the blended learning model into South Africa to provide quality education at a cost that the country can afford,” said Stacey Brewer, a recent MBA graduate following the now prevalent U.S. trend of smart kids becoming edupreneurs.
Personalized Learning
Review of HigherEd Adaptive Learning Products
Last week we reviewed an EdGrowth white paper, A Case for Accelerating Adaptive Learning in HigherEd. Yesterday EdGrowth released a second paper that includes 8 profiles of adaptive learning providers.
Ed Policy
5 Ideas Likely to Make a Big Impact
The great thing about the IFC audience is the unusual commitment to impact and entrepreneurship.
EdTech
A new twist to parent involvement–the 'reset' button
“Parent involvement” in education often means “make your kid behave” and “donate to the PTA.” Parent involvement is taking on a serious new role in Los Angles. If more than half of the parents of students in struggling demand change, educational options improve—charter schools are opened in their neighborhood, their…