Video Interview: Being a Teacher @ Arkansas Virtual Academy
A teacher at ARVA explains that her teaching job puts her in closer relations with the family of students. It has also changed her view of the profession and the role of tech in education.
Video Interview: Janet Keller, Parent of High School Student
Janet Keller is a concerned parent, who wants her daughter to be educated online. Legislation and caps keep it from happening in Arkansas.
The Rest: On the Way Home from Central H.S. in Little Rock
A visit to the Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas turns out to be a metaphor for the newest civil rights issue -- better education for kids.
Video Interview: Governor Bob Wise, President, AEE
Video interview with Governor Bob Wise telling edReformer about the two types of teachers we need in the U.S. and the types of technology that can help them.
Gov. Bob Wise: Bringing Content to the Classroom
Governor Bob Wise is speaking at the Arkansas Policy Foundation online learning forum. You can follow us on Twitter.
NYC: Hub of the Learning Revolution
Yesterday I attended the NYC Symposium for Social Change. The focus was impact investing. My friends from City Light Capital made the case for investing with a high bar for return and social benefit. Seth Pinsky, NYC EcoDevo, made the case for NYC global hub for the innovation economy and…
WI Welfare is to LA Edu-Employment Bargain?
All Hess all day at EdReformer. In addition to his greenfield article debuting today, Rick wrote an EdWeek tome yesterday bemoaning all the things that could go wrong with rapidly drafted laws the goal of improving teacher evaluation and winning a RttT grant. As he loves to do, Hess…
Rick Hess: Fueling the Engine (Book Excerpt)
Rick Hess makes the case in his book excerpt, Fueling the Fire, that it's time for venture capital to start the greenfield education hotbeds of the United States.
Supporting Aggressive Reform: The Arne Duncan Case for Change
National Journal takes up the apparent dichotomy in Race to the Top applications between support vs. aggressive plans.
Arkansas Policy Foundation Paper: Virtual Education a Catalyst for Growing Information Economy
An economic study released today identifies virtual education strategies as the catalyst that will grow Arkansas' position in the nationwide information economy.