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Interview: Inigral CEO Michael Staton

Apr 21, 2010

It's not that students don't care, it's that they are producing work that nobody cares about. -- Michael Staton, CEO, Inigral

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Jaime Casap, Google Education Evangelist

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 21, 2010

@jcasap makes a great point, and I wonder if it means we keep kids from finding future collaborators while in school.

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Interview: Chad Ratliff, Albermarle County Public Schools

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 21, 2010

Chad Ratliff, Assistant Director of Instruction and Innovation Projects at Albermarle County Public Schools.

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Dreambox Acquired: More Blended Charters Coming

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 20, 2010

Reed Hastings of Netflix makes a move. Acquisition opens pathway to blended learning models

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Less Deliberation, More Leadership

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 19, 2010

Tom Vander Ark looks for signs of leadership in the newly formed Senate HELP Committee.

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Who Will Build the iPhone for Edu?

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 19, 2010

Tom Vander Ark heads to Arizona State University to moderate a panel on mobile technology in education

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RTTT Phase Two Slog

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 19, 2010

We're not seeing a rush of significant new thinking in the effort to make up for Race to the Top Phase One shortfalls. What's next?

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New Hope for Alternative Teaching Certification?

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 16, 2010

PBS TeacherLine and NBPTS Offer Six-Week Online Training Course For Educators Who Provide Support To Teachers Pursuing National Board Certification

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ACTE Creates Outline for "Career Ready"

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 16, 2010

The Association for Career and Technical Education released a paper today that delineates their ideas on what students need to be career ready.

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Flipping Florida: The New Employment Bargain

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 13, 2010

The only thing at stake is the future of American. Two big dramas involving teachers and testing are at play in education. My last post discussed the $350m federal grant program that is likely to lock in another decade of bubble sheet tests rather than a forward leaning framework open to the flood of keystroke data telling us more than we ever knew about achievement, motivation, and learning modality.

	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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