Charter Schools
Personalized Learning
Review: No Excuses Works But There Are Some Lousy Charters
The National Study of Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness released their final study, Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts. The factors that differentiate high performers from the dirt bags are behavior policies and teacher coaching--the high expectations, no excuses culture.
Personalized Learning
Kevin Johnson: Read to Succeed
“All students should read at grade level by the end of third grade.” Former NBA All Star and Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson visited the Northwest this week on behalf of our friends at the League of Education Voters promoting this simple but important idea.
Leadership
Staff Picks: Charter Authorizing, Charter Days, Solar Power & Cloud Textbooks
Karen picks the article "Emanuel Takes Push for Longer Day to Charter Schools." Sarah picks the article "Publishers Turn to Cloud Computing to Offer Digital Content" on McGraw-Hill Education's Cinch platform. Tom picks performance contracting as the idea of the week.
Personalized Learning
Performance Contracting: Model for Governance, Provisioning & Accountability
I attend the National Association of Charter Sschool Authorizers Leadership Conference every year because I’m a disciple of Paul Hill. Almost 15 years ago, Paul got it about right in Reinventing Public Education: How Contracting Can Transform America’s Schools. Compared to the strange patchwork of local control, contracting…
EdTech
Pearson Acquires Connections Education
Learning company Pearson announced today that it plans to acquire the virtual public school provider Connections Education, formerly known as Connections Academy.
EdTech
Superintendent Tackles Charter School Debate in New Orleans
Contributing Op-Ed columnist, John White who is the superintendent of the Recovery School District, wrote an article regarding the two recent announcements made about public education in New Orleans. He covers the debate about ACT-score improvement from charter school students and the criticism around the negative effects of charter…
EdTech
18 Low Tech Ways to Help Kids & Educators Get Smart
I frequently write about new learning technologies, but there are lots of low tech learning innovations (i.e., produce better outcomes and potentially cost less). Here’s a lit of 18. I bet you can add two to the list to make it an even 20. At this point, some aren’t…
EdTech
Indiana Named Education Reform Idol 2011
Fordham Institute names Indiana America's Education Reform Idol 2011 at its event this morning that compared contestants Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin to see which state made the most legislative gains this year.
EdTech
NACSA Releases Viewpoint On Authorizing Online Learning
The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) released today "Authorizing Online Learning," a Viewpoint article by iNACOL President and CEO Susan Patrick and Chair Tom Vander Ark that targets key questions around authorization, enrollment and funding of online learning.
EdTech
Alan Blankstein Addresses 200 Public Education Thought Leaders
Author Alan Blankstein addressed more than 200 public education thought leaders in New York at the annual Leadership Conference of the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) and the Public Education Association (PEA) today about high-debate issues surrounding public, private and charter schools.