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Q&A: ExpandED Principal Discusses Extended School Days
This December, The After-School Corporation (TASC) launched an initiative to take its ExpandED Schools program to the national stage. ExpandED Schools connects schools to community organizations in order to provide students with increased learning opportunities in the community through an extended school day. At Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School (TMALS) in Harlem, an ExpandED School, Principal Dawn Brooks DeCosta discusses her experience with the program.
Year in Review: Top 10 Headlines of 2011
Getting Smart has witnessed some exciting news and trends throughout 2011. Today we've showcased our 10 most read headlines of 2011.
Time to Embrace Online Learning
To be successful, our public education system must continually evolve and adapt to take advantage of innovation that supports different ways students learn. Today, young people are spending a significant portion of their lives online and learning in ways that take advantage of a wide-open universe of information available to them 24/7. Educators must embrace this innovation and the power of online learning.
Online Algebra Course Leads to Higher Achievement
Eighth-grade students who are "algebra ready" and take an online Algebra I course because their schools do not offer the class, outperform their peers in algebra knowledge and are twice as likely to take advanced mathematics classes in high school. The findings are in a rigorous new federally funded study conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) for the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands (REL-NEI).
ExpandED Schools Launches National Extended School Day Initiative
ExpandED Schools, an initiative by The After-School Corporation (TASC) to bring students longer school days for increased, quality instruction and mentoring, announced today that it received $11.5 million in new funding from Open Society Foundation, The Wallace Foundation and TASC to support a national expansion.
From the Source, the Potential of Personal Digital Learning
Earlier this month, the Pacific Research Institute released a video that showcased the power of personal digital learning and the challenges that the parents, students and educators face in realizing its full potential. The following video, directed by Nick Tucker and produced by Lur Films and Ozymandias Media, looks at the tools that are generating the tipping point in an educational technology revolution.
Fareed’s Take: Education & Infrastructure Key to Growth
On his show and in his blog Fareed Zakaria argued that there is no evidence to the current Republican mantra about taxes and regulation stifling growth. He thinks the answer is pretty clear--we need to invest in infrastructure and improve educational outcomes.
Webinar: National Trends In Online & Blended Learning
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) announced Wednesday that it will provide a webinar with highlights on the latest developments, policies and practices in online and blended learning from the recent Keeping Pace With K-12 Online Learning by the Evergreen Education Group.
HULK’s Thoughts on E-learning
Last week I had a guest in my social-media war room. He is a . . . let’s say . . . a rather misunderstood figure. Most of us think of him as a brute who is emotional and impulsive. He’s been described as part Golem and part Frankenstein monster. I’m referring to none other than THE INCREDIBLE HULK.