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Rule the Borg, or the Borg Rules You (Video)

Oct 6, 2010

Programming is the new digital literacy. In the new Internet, you need to know how to program and amass all the power you can to direct people and ideas using your own technological skill set.

Personalized Learning

Colleges Losing Their ROI

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 6, 2010

The cost of college is squeezing out the middle class and reducing return on investment; $25k/yr for a string of keggers and lousy lectures is no bargain. Increasing completion will take innovation and private participation.

Personalized Learning

Performance Contracting: Lessons from Chartering

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 3, 2010

Performance contracting, with lessons from charter school authorizing, should be used by states to fill gaps in service delivery.

EdTech

Five Pieces of Advice for Newark Plan

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 30, 2010

Time education columnist Andy Rotherham, who also blogs at Eduwonk, gives Facebook CEO a pep talk of sorts on what to do with that US$100 million matching grant to Newark.

EdTech

Michael Horn: Co-Author, "Disrupting Class" Chat Replay

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 29, 2010

Here is the replay of the live chat with "Disrupting Class" co-author Michael Horn, Executive Director of Education at the Innosight Institute.

EdTech

Pershing Square Donates $25 Mil to Zuck Match Grant

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 28, 2010

A Barbara Martinez report on the Zuckerberg-Booker Alliance, with news that Pershing Square has donated US$25 million to the challenge grant started by Mark Zuckerberg's Startup: Education grant to Newark Public Schools.

EdTech

NYC Event "Education: Reform and Possibility"

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 28, 2010

Wednesday Sept. 29 at 6pm SHAEL SURANSKY, Deputy Chancellor in the Division of Performance and Accountability, NYC Department of Education; CHARLES BARONE, Director of Federal Policy, Democrats for Education Reform; Dr. LEO CASEY, Ph. D., VP of Academic High Schools, United Federation of Teachers

EdTech

$100k for Dropping Out of School

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 28, 2010

Peter Thiel, President of Clarium Capital, reveals to TechCrunch writer Sarah Lacy that he's offering 20 students a chance to drop out of college for US$100,00 each and a chance to work on disruptive technology and innovations.

EdTech

Zuckerberg Visits Newark KIPP School (Photos)

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 25, 2010

I found these pictures of Mark Zuckerberg's visit with 11th-grade math students at the KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy Saturday in Newark.

Personalized Learning

A Super Portfolio in Newark

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 24, 2010

Zuckerberg's breathtaking gift to Newark will require a super superintendent to build a portfolio of new schools

	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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