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Content that enables educators, edleaders, organizations and families to increase capacity, apply a growth mindset and implement what’s next in learning on behalf of those entrusted to them.
Will Common Core State Standards Accelerate or Slow Innovation?
Some friends are working on a paper on the topic of common standards and innovation. The primary question is how and whether the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will accelerate or slow innovation.
DOE Announces Digital Promise as a Race to the Top-District Finalist
The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that a consortium of school districts in the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools is a finalist for a Race to the Top-District (RttT-D) grant.
Education Leaders & Policymakers Meet in D.C. for FEE National Summit
Education policymakers and leaders meet in Washington D.C. November 27-28 for the Foundation for Excellence in Education's (FEE) fifth annual Excellence in Action National Summit on Education Reform.
Answers For & Lessons From Critics of Competency-Based Learning
I'm trying to square two things that happened last week. The Nellie Mae Foundation issued a great report called Making Mastery Work: A Close Up View of Competency Education (MMW), a visit to 11 cool schools. The other event was a Facebook dialog with unschoolers that think competency-based schemes are more testing in a fancy package.
Top 10 Questions to Ask Common Core Vendors
The implementation of Common Core State Standards is intended to create change in our nation's public education system ... not put change in the pockets of the American publishing industry.
Addressing the Placement Gateway With Diagnostics & Instruction
For many young people, placement exams are a hidden gateway in the system. Students often assume that with a high school diploma they can walk on to a community college campus and start working on a degree but they flunk the placement exam and end up in non-credit developmental education courses. That spells the beginning of the end of college for many young people. But that placement trap is beginning to close as states make the exams and preparation available in high school.
Revising Federal Rules Would Promote Innovation, Improve Performance
In times of scarce resources and limited dollars, finding cost-effective ways to promote innovations in education is imperative. If federal education officials really want to help improve student performance, they should be doing all they can to promote technology-driven innovations in public schools.
Data Quality Campaign Releases Annual Report On Data to Improve Achievement
Data Quality Campaign (DQC) today released its annual state analysis, Data for Action 2012, which highlights states' progress in supporting effective education data use to improve student achievement.
Alliance For Excellent Education Releases Report to Inform Education Leadership Challenges
The Alliance for Excellent Education released today The Nation's Schools Are Stepping Up to Higher Standards, a report that identifies four key challenges that public school district leaders must systematically address in the next two years and outlines the essential elements for developing a comprehensive digital strategy.
Student-Centered Learning Need Not Cost Districts More
A new study of the financial implications for public schools embracing student-centered learning (SCL) models reveals that districts don’t need to spend more on these schools if they fund all schools fairly, and then allow schools to make choices about how they use their resources.