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The NEA Spells Out Support for Blended Learning
The NEA issued a policy brief in support of blended learning. The policy prescriptions are mostly on track but the report missed the potential to improve working conditions and career opportunities for teachers.
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Q&A: Ohio Educators & Students Talk Digital Learning With House Education Committee
Yesterday I joined colleagues from KnowledgeWorks and testified before the Ohio House Education Committee chaired by Gerald Stebelton. They already passed HB153 expanding online options for students in Ohio, but they have work to do as I outlined in my testimony. I followed for very articulate students well served by online and blended schools. The committee asked great questions.
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Technology Transforms Teachers Into Master Chefs of the Classroom
A teacher is like a chef of the classroom, creating recipes for learning, devising experiences for students the way an expert chef composes a dining experience. A skillful teacher processes an almost constant stream of micro-decisions, juggling many lessons, as they plan, carry out, and adapt.
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How Will Personalized Learning Really Work?
“How will personalized learning really work?” The question was asked today by someone who should know the answer—the strategy director for an educational software company. But that’s the nature of the dynamic shift underway.
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K12 & Project Tomorrow Say Tech Can Improve Critical Edu Challenges
K12, Inc. and Project Tomorrow recently published "Leveraging Technology to Close the Achievement Gap: A Critical Peer Survey," a white paper in a two-part series that examines results from the SPEAK UP national survey and ways edleaders are targeting critical challenges in education.
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Kickin’ it old school and inventing the future
Most edreformers want the best version of old school for every student: talented teachers, high expectations, quality instruction, curriculum alignment, strong accountability, and enough standardized tests to verify all of the above. The problem is that it's really hard to pull off and scale. As Bob Wise has pointed out, digital learning is the solution to the teaching gap, the achievement gap, and the fiscal gap. Schools need to balance old school reforms while they phase in the future.
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Key Predictions for the K-12 Education Sector in 2012
As William Gibson has noted, “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.” Innovative districts facing the challenges of the “new normal” will increasingly step forward to adopt some of the most promising edtech innovations of the last few years, turning early stage proofs of concept into large-scale solutions that hold promise for helping teachers be more efficient with every child.
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Why Three Districts Chose Chromebooks Over Tablets
The Richland 2, Leyden, and Council Bluffs school districts think of students as producers not consumers. They think Chromebooks provide the perfect platform for writing, producing, collaborating, and learning and are implementing 1:1 programs this fall.
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CER Lunchtime Lessons – Blended Learning
Tom Vander Ark discusses the models of blended learning and how its capabilities can benefit students, educators, and schools at the Center for Education Reform Lunchtime Lessons for School Choice.
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Why States Should Require Online Learning
Graduation requirements translate society's expectations to the young. It's our collective best guess at the knowledge and skills they will need to participate in the society they will inherit. If we did not require algebra, not many students would take it. Low-income, minority, and struggling students would be steered away from advanced math. Setting minimum education requirements promotes equity and participation.