future of learning
Leadership
Detroit: Pulling Out of the Death Spiral
“The Motor City’s traditional district remains the worst-performing big-city school operator in both the Midwest and the nation,” reported RiShawn Biddle. “With 69 percent of its fourth-graders and 57 percent of eighth-graders being functionally illiterate in 2011, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, Detroit has become infamous for perpetuating educational neglect and malpractice.” Biddle notes, “the district’s financial mismanagement has been even more spectacular.”
Personalized Learning
Rocketship to Open 8 Blended Learning Schools in Nashville
Rocketship Education announces its plan to open and operate eight public charter schools in Nashville, starting in the fall of 2014, under its charter authorized by the Achievement School District (ASD). Rocketship has been approved by the ASD to open an additional eight schools in Memphis.
Leadership
Fund Raising for Education Innovation
Last Wednesday, we led a #SXSWedu conversation about funding and fund raising in education. Yesterday we discussed the investing side of the equation. Below we tried to quickly answer 15 questions we received at the end of the session.
Leadership
Investing in Education Innovation
Last Wednesday, we led a #SXSWedu conversation about funding and fund raising in education. The first of two blogs outlines the conversation we led on investing in innovation.
Leadership
Campus Leadership: Susan Korzinek – “EdTech Leaders Must Be Open to Ideas”
With Edcetera's Campus Leadership profiles, learn about what makes CIOs, IT directors, and other executive level IT professionals tick. Here’s a Q&A with Susan K. Korzinek, Director of IT at Grand Valley State University.
Personalized Learning
SXSWedu: Keeping it Weird
Much like Austin, SXSWedu kept it weird for the third annual conference. Weird in a good way. Suits traded in for boots and jeans. Typical presentations traded in for interactive discussions. Its one of the few conferences that skips the exhibit hall and puts more emphasis on networking time. SXSWedu also features the best music of any education conference. From music before session starts to live performances by Wheeler Brothers and Alpha Rev we felt the Austin music spirit. For more on the first part of the week check out our halftime report.
EdTech
Gates: “We Need Even More Risk-Takers”
SXSWedu Executive Producer Ron Reed’s introduced Bill Gates as a “passionate, articulate voice for modernizing teaching and learning.” The standing room only crowd agreed. Gates delivered the closing keynote to a packed house at the Austin Convention Center on Thursday morning and left the attendees feeling inspired to take the week’s lessons back home to our own corners of the world.
EdTech
Why College Students Should Invest in New Learning Innovations
Throughout young students’ educations, the topics they study have largely been decided for them. They’ve probably spent most of their academic time studying core topics like English, mathematics, science and history, with the possibility of some elective courses and extracurricular activities during high school.
Personalized Learning
SXSWedu Halftime Report
The Getting Smart team is live from Austin, TX this week covering the SXSWedu conference. The event, in its third year expects up to 5,000 attendees this week, a large jump from the 800 its first year. We took a break from breakfast tacos for a first half recap.
EdTech
SXSWedu Preview
The Getting Smart team is excited to participate in SXSWedu for the third straight year. The conference continues to grow every year adding new events, speakers and an expanded audience. We’re excited for the addition of an education film festival and dinner with other edtech women!