Personalized Learning
Boredom Dampens U.S. Achievement
I'm in India this week observing education innovations and styles. Newsweek's Samuelson claims lack of motivation in US high schools results in lost elementary gains. Hard to change society, but we can add cool learning games to the daily student playlist.
EdTech
Sec. of Education Arne Duncan: "ESEA a Priority"
Though Congress might not be paying attention to it, it appears Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is committed to spending almost all of his time on pushing for ESEA Reauthorization.
Personalized Learning
What Would Real Engagement Look Like?
By: John Danner. These simple ideas of transparency and convenient communication are crucial, because parents are extremely busy, and if engagement takes too much work, many parents won't have the time to do it.
Leadership
Good Work: Inhabited By a Question
For 35 years, Roger Weissberg has been inhabited by a question: How do schools, parents, and communities come together to promote positive behavioral outcomes in young people? CASEL launched the Collaborating Districts Initiative aimed at supporting district-wide SEL efforts in Anchorage, Austin, Chicago, Cleveland, Nashville, Oakland, Reno, and Sacramento. Each district is improving SEL leadership, strengthen instruction, and building a culture connections and continuous improvement.
Personalized Learning
Two Studies: Data, Implications, and Potential
A recent study by the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at the University of Washington, found that a several financial realities can have impacts on implementation.The study, which took place over the course of two years, focused on resource allocation, management of new technology costs, and financial sustainability
Personalized Learning
Why Standardize When We Should Personalize?
Follow up on yesterday's National Journal post with great questions from Chad.
Personalized Learning
In favor of Humanities
In an engineering curriculum crowded with plug-n-crank, Drama was one of the few humanities courses I took in college. I don’t know how I ended up in the course, it must have fit in my schedule and looked easy. When I saw Dr. Hogan at lunch today,…
EdTech
NYC Event "Education: Reform and Possibility"
Wednesday Sept. 29 at 6pm SHAEL SURANSKY, Deputy Chancellor in the Division of Performance and Accountability, NYC Department of Education; CHARLES BARONE, Director of Federal Policy, Democrats for Education Reform; Dr. LEO CASEY, Ph. D., VP of Academic High Schools, United Federation of Teachers
EdTech
Sealing the Digital Gap
National Journal asks: In education, how should technology be used to close the digital gap rather than exacerbate it? What can policymakers do to help advance the promise of technological benefits in the classroom? EEP Signatories Tom Vander Ark and former Florida governor Jeb Bush have already offered their opinions.
EdTech
Teached — Film Clip
Kelly Amis, a former corps member of Teach for America, is making a film about the systemic gaps in the American education infrastructure.