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NY could learn some things from LA too
Margaret Raymond’s LA Times piece suggested that LA could learn from NY. Â That’s true in some areas of school reform, but I think there may be problems with some of her assertions and her timing. 1. She references her study which had obvious flaws regarding matching (i.e., first…
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Interview: Chip Kimball, Superintendent, Lake Washington
Dr. Chip Kimball, Superintendent, Lake Washington School District, Washington State
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Escalating Tuition Costs Aren’t in Anyone’s Best Interest
Colleges and universities provide a critical service to our society. However, institutions of higher education are also businesses. In our current economy, our attention is increasingly drawn to the business side of education. Rising costs, and a scarcity of funds to help those students who cannot afford them, are hurting our bottom lines – and those of many families across the country.
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Mayoral Control Leads to Improvement
They used to say it wouldn't work, but now skeptics of mayoral control are saying maybe Michelle Rhee is correct.
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Glogster: Teachers & Students Get Creative
Katie Vander Ark went to India. She made a Glog. What's a glog? It's a simple layout web page for sharing photos, video, and commentary.
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Boldly Innovate or Be Badly Irrelevant
Here is a summary of a presentation given by former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise at the Virtual Schools Symposium in Glendale, Arizona.
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Emerging Markets on Parity with American Ed System?
What makes this story interesting is not that Agilix is doing something with MSFT. What makes it interesting is that right now the emerging markets world and the industrialized nations are 50-50 when it comes to their uptake of MSFT servers and equipment that can enable personalized learning. Who would have thought...
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Indian innovation capital flowing to edu
Times of India, drawing on “Private Equity Pulse-Education,” reports that 80% of private equity and venture capital firms see education as recession proof and plan investments in the next 6-8 months. Given more room for innovation in India, its likely that we’ll see new learning innovations taken…
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Madison County: “A great place to be if you’re a kid”
Spend a few minutes with Tommy Floyd, superintendent of schools in Madison County Kentucky, and you'll be optimistic about public education.
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SmartTech Roundup: Tablets, Contests & Edtech Investments
Tab News & Views Intel launched, Studybook, a cheap tablet aimed at Chinese and Brazilian markets. Sounds like a great move since Chinese schools are replacing course books with tablets. Ematic’s eGlide Prism is a loaded 3D Android tab available for…