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Model Rockets

Jun 22, 2010

Rocketship Education is proving to be a model for expansion of high-performing charter schools.

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Have Platform, Will Grow

Jun 16, 2010

Less important than the news that a Japanese gaming company has set up a fund for social gaming ventures is the news that the companies they will invest in will go on a platform.

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Data Visualization Hauling in Prizes

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 16, 2010

The Knight Foundation award gets edReformer thinking about projects on the high school level. Are there any out there worth noting? I'm all ears.

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Scott Hamilton, Managing Partner, Seton Partners talks with us about the issues foremost in his mind. He says that worrying about whether we are giving all American students a chance to compete internationally is what keeps him up at night.

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A Phone for Geography

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 15, 2010

A New Zealand teaching university helps build strong curriculum and learning strategies that incorporate the devices kids use in their day to day interactions. Noeline Wright from the University of Waikato in Auckland visits us and gives us a scoop.

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The Long Slide to Happiness?

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 14, 2010

Do national standards, without the advancements of high-tech assessment and teaching tools really help American students who are living in a global economy?

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Chrome Ed

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 13, 2010

Chrome OS puts computing in the cloud, and now with a new remote desktop feature, it will be easier for netbook users to learn without sapping power.

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Digital Ed Is People

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 12, 2010

The first lessons in web 2.0 are you must teach people and treat people with respect. The whole process of engagement is a learning process. Why can't we make education like that now?

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In Data, Making Things Equal

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 11, 2010

There’s more than one reason why the sales cycle in school districts takes 18 months or so. One of the reasons is controlling for outcomes. Nobody wants to pay money for something that is unproven — like online learning — even though it’s clearly changed the lives of millions of…

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Frustrated Poets

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 11, 2010

Gotham Gal goes to the Berkery Noyes VC Summit and believes tech can help women enter the education investment workforce. True, but let's take it further.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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