The New Learning Landscape
No more lowest common denominator bargaining. That world no longer exists and it's time to learn.
Who Will Build the iPhone for Edu?
Tom Vander Ark heads to Arizona State University to moderate a panel on mobile technology in education
RTTT Phase Two Slog
We're not seeing a rush of significant new thinking in the effort to make up for Race to the Top Phase One shortfalls. What's next?
Interview: Mike Magee, CEO, Rhode Island Mayoral Academies
We interview Mike Magee, CEO of Rhode Island's Mayoral Academies, a charter school foundation that puts school management in the hands of city mayors.
New Hope for Alternative Teaching Certification?
PBS TeacherLine and NBPTS Offer Six-Week Online Training Course For Educators Who Provide Support To Teachers Pursuing National Board Certification
New Access to Appropriate Lit for Autism Spectrum Students
A seven-week intervention studied 43 students in total, ages 12 to 21, with diverse ethnicities and exceptionalities. The result: appropriate literature for the autism spectrum leads to improvements.
ACTE Creates Outline for "Career Ready"
The Association for Career and Technical Education released a paper today that delineates their ideas on what students need to be career ready.
Flipping Florida: The New Employment Bargain
The only thing at stake is the future of American. Two big dramas involving teachers and testing are at play in education. My last post discussed the $350m federal grant program that is likely to lock in another decade of bubble sheet tests rather than a forward leaning framework open to the flood of keystroke data telling us more than we ever knew about achievement, motivation, and learning modality.
More Widgets, Fewer #2 Pencils
With last week's launch of the $350m federal grant program last week, National Journal is hosting a conversation about student assessment. Here's my contribution.