Center of the Known Charter Universe
EdReformer is in Chicago this week at the National Charter School Conference. Doug Crets will be blogging and tweeting nonstop for the next 48 hours; look for some great interviews with charter leaders. This year, there’s likely to be a good deal of focus on the crappy charters…
David Wiley's TEDX Talk
I hope I can meet David Wiley in Chicago this week. If anyone sees him, point him out to me.
Math That's Fast, Flexible, and Great for Kids
We interviewed Sarah Weston, Utah's Educator of the Year, and the very first online facilitator to win the award.
Video: The Online Urban Student
Robin Gonzalez, Manager, Chicago Public Schools, Virtual Schools
Don't Discount the Online Student
A conversation with Robin Gonzalez, Manager of 100 Chicago Public School Virtual Schools about the role that online learning already plays in urban students' lives. "You can have this crazy idea one day and you can actually make it happen, and there are no barriers.”
Hacking Tools, Please
Those quick and nimble angel investors and VC firms -- are they really that quick and nimble? Or is the new metaphor for investing in education a stone mason, pounding away at a slab of granite?
Online in Rhode Island
A quick interview with Deborah Gist, Rhode Island's Commissioner of Education about online learning and new budgeting strategies for the state.
School Finance Fix
School finance is convoluted and ineffective. The fix: 1) money should follow kids to best options, 2) low income kids should get more money, and 3) funding should be flexible and outcome oriented.
Here's the Missing Findings from CRPE CMO Study
CRPE issued a descriptive interim report on Charter Management Organizations just in time for the national charter conference. Read a cheerleaders version.
Media Consumption's Transformation
Here is a copy of the presentation given by the PEW Center's Lee Rainie today at #MOBcon, the Newhouse School's conference about the monetization of mobile use.