Start Making: Startup Stories from Entrepreneurs
Check out the Start Making series, more than a dozen great videos from entrepreneurs on the joys and challenges of starting a company.
Scrapbook Showcases a Year of Gains for Virtual Learning
State by state, more parents are gaining the option to send their child to a full-time public virtual school. That’s the story told by our PublicSchoolOptions.org 2012-2013 scrapbook, released last week.
Yes to Blended, But Maine Should Authorize Virtual Schools
The Maine Cohort for Customized Learning is a group of nine districts leading the way in meeting the needs of every student. Several cohort schools were featured in a recent Nellie Mae report on innovative schools. Rather than advancing students based on time in a seat, these schools ask students to show what they know.
Then And Now: The Olympics and Education
By: Jaclyn Norton. Technique and technology is the driving force in the evolution of athletics and education. In the video below, Bob Wise, President of Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia, journeys back to 1948 - the last London Olympics - to examine how America’s education system changed pace over the last sixty-four years.
Yes! A Productivity Agenda!
In a recent report (and a wave of blog posts) it is clear that Bruce Baker takes offense at the current discussion around improving productivity in public education.
Common Sense Media: Making Sense of the Learning App Explosion
Common Sense Media aims to provide "trustworthy information to parents and teens about technology and media." Founder and CEO Jim Styer has been working on this mission for 20 years. He's the author of a new book, Talking Back to Facebook: A Common Sense Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age , a look at how digital media affects the development of young children.
Changing the World One Mind, One Song at a Time
Grammy-nominated indie-jazz singer Carolyn Malachi teams up with The School Fund to keep students in school with the power of music.
Recapping a Dozen Don’t Miss Op-Eds
Here’s a baker’s dozen August Op-Eds you may have missed. Leadership 1. The Art of Balancing Execution & Innovation: principals and systems heads need to help their community of learners balance process improvement strategies with new approaches to learning. 2. Done Reforming; Focusing on Getting Smart: five things that…
SMARTER Reading & Writing?
Fordham's Kathleen Porter-Magee criticized the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium reading assessment strategy
Good Work: Sweat the Small Stuff
Culture is the unwritten rules for how things work and how people treat each other. It’s a function of all the little stuff: the stories people tell, how decisions are made and communicated, where people sit and park, and how contribution is recognized. An award winning principal taught me that while trying to accomplish big things you need to sweat the small stuff.