EdTech
Education Technology is a multi-billion dollar sector of companies innovating in both software and hardware for teaching, learning, and running schools, districts, and state and federal education departments. We document some of the most essential technical innovations and companies that support learning, teaching and more.
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E-Line Media Launches Gamestar Mechanic
E-Line Media and the Institute of Play announced today the launch of Gamestar Mechanic, a game-based learning platform that teaches the principles of game design as a form of 21st Century skill building. Teachers may be interested in this.
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Pershing Square Donates $25 Mil to Zuck Match Grant
A Barbara Martinez report on the Zuckerberg-Booker Alliance, with news that Pershing Square has donated US$25 million to the challenge grant started by Mark Zuckerberg's Startup: Education grant to Newark Public Schools.
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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
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$100k for Dropping Out of School
Peter Thiel, President of Clarium Capital, reveals to TechCrunch writer Sarah Lacy that he's offering 20 students a chance to drop out of college for US$100,00 each and a chance to work on disruptive technology and innovations.
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Education Nation Live Feed
Watch live coverage of NBC's Education Nation right here on edReformer.com
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Marie Groark: Executive Director, Get Schooled Foundation
A former middle school teacher talks about how people can collaborate and move education reform forward.
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Zuckerberg Visits Newark KIPP School (Photos)
I found these pictures of Mark Zuckerberg's visit with 11th-grade math students at the KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy Saturday in Newark.
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Digital Media in Classrooms: A Conversation
Where have you faced difficulty in launching digital media strategies in schools? Where have you seen roadblocks, if you are an entrepreneur? We would love to hear from you.
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Those Ed Reform Nashville Blues
Yesterday’s big news revolved around the Nashville, Tennessee teacher merit pay study conducted by the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University. EdWeek reported that this study of performance-based teacher compensation (the first ever conducted on this scale) in the United States shows that a nationally watched bonus-pay system had no overall impact on student achievement.