Measuring Text Space
What impact have digital resources had on the choices librarians and districts make about reading materials available in public school libraries?
ISTE Notes
@AudreyWatters posted on her blog that she was surprised that many people didn't post their thoughts on ISTE in Colorado this year. We thought so, too. Frank Catalono was one of the people posting notes from the forum. We link to those here for you to check out.
Achievement First Hiring in RI
Achievement First is looking for a new leader for their first Rhode Island School.
The Internet is What We Make It
David Brooks rehashs Carr's 'the Internet makes us dumb' argument but ends in the right spot--it's up to us to build powerful learning experiences that harness the web.
STEM Taking off at Aviation HS
Secretary Duncan and Sen Murray visited Aviation HS to see a great STEM school.
Stop the Dropout Churn
We found this interesting report by Richard Lee Colvin at the Hechinger Institute at Teachers' College at Columbia University. Read through.
Don't Put Education Reform at Risk
Are education programs really a luxury that we can afford to lose? No. They are the means towards changing status quo politics, and the status quo is getting in the way.
Tech Re-Design in Maryland?
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley wants to spend US$1 billion on school construction. How about thinking smarter about what goes on inside the building? Technology for students is certainly part of re-design efforts. His competitor is geting there. Bob Ehrlich wants to ramp up the number of charter schools.
About Schools, Tech, Poetry & Justice
LAUSD doing some of the right things to turnaround failing schools; selling edtech now; and Merwin's ode to mistakes
Blended Learning Singularity
This is another in our continuing series of online learning posts in advance of the SIIA Innovate to Educate Symposium on Personalized Learning, to be held August 4-6, 2010 at the Harvard Club in Boston, Massachusetts.