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Ed Gets High Marks for First 2 Years
Obama admin gets high marks for first 2--more reform than every--but could still use a tuneup and a forward lean
Advancing a Global Learning Agenda
Arne Duncan is saying that educational advances in other countries do not necessarily equate to an American loss at home, or abroad. Rather, advances and innovations are win-win solutions for an entire global architecture. The Digital Learning Council has a sense of this kind of change coming, and is working hard to help states advance a roadmap to get there.
Digital Learning Discussion
The Digital Learning Council will release the framework for the future of education on 11/30. Here's a preview of discussion topics.
Bill Gates Talks Ed Tech
Bill Gates has been taking online classes for years. Now, he thinks it’s time to make sure a whole lot more students do the same.
Digital Learning Questions
The Digital Learning Council is writing the constitution to the digital learning revolution. Some themes are emerging but so are lots of tough questions.
Reason TV: The Ed Reform Mainstream
Watch the first thirty seconds of this video. This is worth revisiting again, after Education Nation media storm passes over.
Reforming Teacher Education
After his groundbreaking report, Art Levine took over the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation and aimed it squarely reinventing teacher preparation
New Schools Venture Fund Pledges $5 Mln in Ed Reform Support
Honoring a pledge to the viewers of Waiting for “Superman,” national nonprofit venture philanthropy firm NewSchools Venture Fund announced today that it will invest $5 million in innovative education organizations to help close achievement gaps in low-income communities.
How to Fix Our Schools
Top urban educators publish improvement manifesto: performance-based employment, performance-based student progress, and a portfolio of options for families.
iPad Used in Surgery, Next Step School? (video)
Japanese surgeons have readily adopted the iPad as a surgical tool and add-on. What questions are we still struggling with in education in the United States that is keeping this tool from the hands of teachers and students?