EdTech
Pathways in Lincoln Land
Three bright minds at the Illinois Policy Institute luncheon put it all together: pathways to success; individualized learning; student-centric thoughtfulness in education reform.
Dear Arne
Duncan should encourage states to leave room for assessment innovation, push blended learning, and encourage public-private partnerships
Online Learning Will Change Things
Michael Horn describes the changes to education that come from using an online learning or blended model.
Gates, Hewlett, iNACOL partner for NextGen Learning
Gates, Hewlett, iNACOL, and CCSSO launch www.NextGenLearning.com
Model Rockets
Rocketship Education is proving to be a model for expansion of high-performing charter schools.
Have Platform, Will Grow
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.
Data Visualization Hauling in Prizes
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.
Flat World Leader Pretend
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.
A Phone for Geography
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.
The Long Slide to Happiness?
Do national standards, without the advancements of high-tech assessment and teaching tools really help American students who are living in a global economy?