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.
Five Consequences of the NY Charter Cap Lift
An examination of what it really means that the charter cap legislation has passed in New York.
Community Wise, Charter Strong
Dirk Tillotson, Director of the New Schools Incubator Program for the New York Charter Schools Association talks with edReformer about the process of building schools and communities.
On the Horn with Michael Horn
Michael Horn, co-author of Disrupting Class, takes a phone call while sitting in Boston's Logan airport.
Ten Global Trends in ICT and Education
Robert Hawkins, Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank, spoke at the MIT LINC Conference about the 10 global trends in ICT and Education. It's a must see for teachers, edupreneurs, administration and thinkers.
Bill Clinton Asks Yalies to Tidy Up
President Bill Clinton delivers commencement address at Yale over the weekend
By Teachers, For Teachers
Educators 4 Excellence rallies teachers to help create a more fair and equitable education system for our children. We meet guest bloggers Sydney Morris and Evan Stone, founders of Educators 4 Excellence.
Enabling Personalized Learning to Trust the Future
Sir Ken Robinson, a public lecturer and author, says we must enable creativity and risk-taking thinking for our future, because our current education system has trained it out of most present generations.
Not Change for Games, But Games for Change
A non-profit that seeks to use video games to tackle education issues, poverty and human rights is having a four day festival at Parsons School of Design from May 24-27 in New York City.
Mayoral Control Leads to Improvement
They used to say it wouldn't work, but now skeptics of mayoral control are saying maybe Michelle Rhee is correct.
Take This Job and Understand It
Guest blogger Jason T. Bedell, a librarian with a jones for technology, gets ready to leave his library media specialist role in a public school. He leaves his staff and admin with some thoughts about what it really means to mix tech with literacy efforts.