economic mobility

EdTech

Empowering Black and Latino Boys in NYC

Getting Smart Staff

This past Friday, the NYC Department of Education Office of Community Engagement launched its Empowering Boys website which serves as a one-stop resource for educators to gather and share resources that support Black and Latino boys in reaching their full potential.

EdTech

The Last Union Stand?

Getting Smart Staff

Union days of wielding power may be numbered; techno panels; Bloomberg praising teachers (well, some of them); new education web sites; policy support; training teachers; student progress; community college all the rage; Bill and Melinda Gates put money into completion rates

Personalized Learning

Tired of Waiting

Tom Vander Ark

NBCs Education Nation kicked off with a screening of Waiting for Superman and town hall. Good Randi for showing up, but hard to take her seriously as reformer after squashing Fenty/Rhee in DC.

EdTech

Edu-Stumping

Getting Smart Staff

Oprah goes big for ed reform; Colin Powell stumps for immigrant rights; Dept of Ed goes viral with video; equity push for new ed commission; get that college paper; minding the achievement gap, again

EdTech

Reversing Generational Poverty

Getting Smart Staff

Courtland MIlloy writes for the Washington Post that, despite DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s (EEP board member) tough road to reform, her commitment for equal education for all is inspiring. Milloy comments on a commentary written by Rhee, in which she wrote, "I believe we can solve the problems of urban education in our lifetimes and actualize education's power to reverse generational poverty."

EdTech

Maximize Ed to Fulfill Every Student Need

Guest Author

Patrick Riccards, a guest blogger from the eduflack blog, tells us that Chicago Public Schools gives us a great example of making school an adaptable and flexible environment that matches every student's need with an appropriate offering. The result is achievement.