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BBC News Covers US Schools Using Technology
BBC News reports on US school systems adopting technology in the classrooms.
Moving from Inputs to Outputs to Outcomes
A new Innosight Institute report, Moving from Inputs to Outputs to Outcomes: The Future of Education Policy, is worth a read and a board study session.
iLearn Project Working to Save WA Online Learning
Check out this video that the iLearn Project has put together discussing how Washington State online learning is under attack.
Coherence = f(Sustained Leadership)
As discussed with Summit Prep, the level of coherence—the degree to which every aspect of the school works together for students and teachers—is very high.
Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) May Be the Most Important Advocacy Group in America
Education is the issue that will most determine this country's role in the world and DFER is assisting state by state that will determine the quality of education in America.
Creating Cohorts in a Blended World
Cohorts in traditonal schooling are birthday based but creating cohorts in a blended world will look very different. Outlined at five innovative strategies for combining the benefits of customized learning and peer cohorts.
Tom Watkins 10 Personal Recommended Action Steps Innovative Learning
Tom Walkins argued that personal digital learning made obsolete the existing confinements of 180 days, 6 hour days, 4 walls of a classroom, and the 2 covers of a textbook. Tom concluded with 10 recommended action steps to innovative learning.
Differentiated Instruction
Lisa Nielsen offers an alternative to differentiated instruction: great idea, hard to practice–at least the way most schools and classrooms are organized.
The Importance of Value Added
The combination of digital learning and performance based reviews could make it much easier to measure student progress and transform todays education system.
Design Thinking for Human Resources
Design thinking can be used for the complicated process of recruiting and developing teachers and more broadly school staffs. Listed at 20 dimensions of an effective education human resource system.