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Leadership
Seven Trends Impacting Edu-Jobs
Seven Trends. As we explore in a new free e-book Navigating the Digital Shift, a confluence of forces has created the best opportunity we've ever had to dramatically boost achievement and completion rates.
EdTech
Relax. It is You . . . And Them
Yes, it all happened. Everything we feared would come true did to some degree. We had students that got off task in class and missed the assignments or the lecture or the project. We had students download music in the hallways between classes so they could listen to it in the next period. We had students at home not doing the work they didn't due in class because they were playing games, or on Facebook, or tweeting, or listening. Yes, it all happened.
Ed Policy
Try This: 10 Things Every State Should Do Now
A state chief asked for a list of things that his state should try. With help from Eric Smith, Chiefs for Change, here's a list of the top ten list of things every state should do now:
Personalized Learning
Infographic: A Trail Map for Parents of Children with Special Needs
We are excited to share the new infographic from PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live online speech and occupational therapy services for K-12 students and children with special needs.
Leadership
Another Study Validates Replacement of Big Bad Schools With New Small Schools
Another study demonstrating the effectiveness of the new small high schools in New York City was released last week. Like prior studies, this one dramatically understate the real benefit of the new schools in favor of gold standard research methods. The new schools have grad rates double many of the closed high schools.
Personalized Learning
Leading for Powerful Learning: Observations & Pictures from Danville
The pictures attached tell a great story! The first three are from Bate where students created furniture from cardboard. Talk about something that required thinking ...WOW! What's also really cool about this is that the kids have included their original design sketches and plans with the furniture, so you can really see their thinking processes.
Personalized Learning
Getting Out of the Way of Learning
I have learned from implementing design teams with students the importance of stepping back and letting students learn for themselves. Some teachers think of this more in terms of letting go of control. I think of it more in terms of getting out of the way.
Personalized Learning
Next-Gen World Language Learning
As the paper shows, there is no reason why all American students shouldn't have access to high-quality language instruction, thanks to advances in technology and the potential of blended learning to bring new tools for language instruction to the classroom.
Leadership
10 Burning Questions About Innovations in Learning
In preparation for the 2014 ASU GSV Education Innovation Summit, Mike Moe and Deborah Quazzo invited a group of advisors to contemplate the burning questions about innovations in learning. We discussed 10 big questions.
Personalized Learning
Infographic: Next-Gen World Language Learning
"Blended learning programs that incorporate proven educational software such as Rosetta Stone increase access and also address issues of cost effectiveness in the 'new normal' economy."