Leadership
60 Day Whirlwind Reveals New Schools & Tools
The future of education is being built, bit by bit, all over this country. New tools and new schools are being developed at a dizzying pace. Here’s a few things we’ve seen in the last 60 days.
Innov8
SMARTtech Roundup: Edmodo, Rapping Teachers & Math Apps
Blended Schools & Tools Be heard. The USDOE’s Karen Cator wants to know what ED can do to support teaching and learning over the next four years. We think this is a great chance to tell Karen about all the great blended learning happening across the country. Add your comments.
EdTech
Rule the Borg, or the Borg Rules You (Video)
Programming is the new digital literacy. In the new Internet, you need to know how to program and amass all the power you can to direct people and ideas using your own technological skill set.
EdTech
Alan Blankstein Addresses 200 Public Education Thought Leaders
Author Alan Blankstein addressed more than 200 public education thought leaders in New York at the annual Leadership Conference of the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) and the Public Education Association (PEA) today about high-debate issues surrounding public, private and charter schools.
Personalized Learning
Learning a la carte (and how to make it coherent)
Rick Hess has laid out a market-friendly education agenda at American Enterprise Institute, something I appreciate, and recently hosted a form on the demand side of quality education.  I participated on a panel; everyone else wrote a paper; I got off easy as ‘discussant’. Kim Smith, founder of…
Uncategorized
Take the Bio-Bus to the Future to Learn About Recycled Fuels
Chemistry teacher Tray Sleeper at Merrimack High School in Merrimack, NH published "Bio-Bus to the Future," a SchoolTube video demonstrating how to create fuel from recycled fry grease in a parody that plays off of the hit 1980's film "Back to the Future."
Ed Policy
E-Rate 2.0 is Here
We believe it is time to compete. To do this, we need to work together with the Federal Communications Commission on E-Rate 2.0 and rally around clear broadband capacity goals for every school.
EdTech
Superintendent Tackles Charter School Debate in New Orleans
Contributing Op-Ed columnist, John White who is the superintendent of the Recovery School District, wrote an article regarding the two recent announcements made about public education in New Orleans. He covers the debate about ACT-score improvement from charter school students and the criticism around the negative effects of charter…
Personalized Learning
Magical Transformation to Digital is not Magic
Huntsville City Schools deployed 1:1 access to technology this year in partnership with Pearson. Scott Drossos leads Pearson's 1:1 team and visited Huntsville on Digital Learning Day.
Personalized Learning
3 Organizations Selected by The Learning Accelerator for Grants in Blended Learning Human Capital
The Learning Accelerator announced the selection of three finalists who will receive nearly $1 million for principal trainings, teacher professional development platforms, and further implementation of a previously funded teacher fellowship program.