EdTech
Video Comment: Congressman George Miller
Congressman George Miller says we need evidence to show who is a good teacher, and who is not performing. We can't compare right now.
EdTech
Congressman George Miller's Comments
Congressman George Miller thanks the ed reform community for what they have done and says that ed ventures are a "resource" that must go back to the districts to set the pace of change.
EdTech
Arne Duncan and George Miller Conversation
Secretary for Education Arne Duncan sat down for a conversation with Congressman George Miller, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor. Follow edNews and get the quotes.
EdTech
Video Interview: Michelle Rhee, Chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools
After her message to education reformers that they should not be timid, Michelle Rhee tells edReformer that collaboration only works when the aim is to stop harming children.
EdTech
Video Testimony: Marc Magee, COO, CONNCan
After the interview Magee told me that states are actually starting to contact him to get going on this initiative. And his earlier idea to pursue the Acela Corridor is evolving into looking at states like Indiana.
EdTech
Video Testimonies: Dave Anderson and Laurel Dumont
Dave Anderson from Headsprout and Laurel Dumont from The Center for Collaborative Change tell edReformer what they are doing in education.
EdTech
Walter Isaacson, Ted Mitchell: New Chances, New Stories
Ted Mitchell follows Walter Isaacson in today's opening of the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit and says we must be activated to change.
EdTech
@NewSchools Summit, Three Reasons We Can Never Turn Off the Web
At the first day of the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit, a question about schools being safe havens from the wired and wireless world made me think of the three reasons we cannot steer kids from a wired learning environment.
Personalized Learning
More Productivity: Sooner Rather Than Later
Our schools need to be more productive--educationally and operationally. The proposed jobs bill just postpones the transition to more learning online.
Personalized Learning
The Blended Solution to the Root Canal
Education is going to become more expensive, so we need to invest in ways to bring more students into channels for success at greater speed and at lower costs. Online blended learning provides an answer.