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Educurious: Engaging Minds & Changing Lives

Tom Vander Ark

May 21, 2012

Educurious set out to make kids work harder, learn more, and love it. With support from the Gates Foundation, the Seattle nonprofit created high school biology and English courses that are compelling and challenging. Results from a handful of pilot sites indicate that it’s working.

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Marysville WA Wins School Architecture Prize

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 27, 2012

Congrats to our neighbors to the north in Marysville WA for winning the Learning by Design Grant Prize. They worked with DLR Architects and Architects of Achievement and created a spectacular new campus.

EdTech

Is There a Future in Broadcast Video?

Getting Smart Staff

Aug 24, 2011

Dan Goble discusses the use of video production in high school. Support provided by an Abby Sophir testimonial on SchoolTube.

Personalized Learning

iNACOL Report: Clearing the Path for Innovation

Tom Vander Ark

Jan 15, 2011

"Competency-based approaches offer a new value proposition for our education system," according to Susan Patrick, President and CEO of iNACOL.

EdTech

Feature School: Northwest Passage

Guest Author

Jan 12, 2011

We need to pursue a system of public education that endorses schools like Northwest Passage and that embraces them as part the norm, rather than perpetuate a system that holds them at arm’s length.

EdTech

Many Students Fail Military Entrance Exam

Tom Vander Ark

Jan 2, 2011

NPR featured EdTrust report, Shut Out of the Military. EdTrust and AEE have great resources on the crisis and the solution.

Personalized Learning

10 Blended High School Models

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 26, 2010

Blended high schools incorporate multiple modes of learning to prepare students for college and careers. Here's 10 models.

EdTech

More Testing in High School

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 21, 2010

More testing in high school, but state plans don't embrace personal digital learning.

EdTech

K12 Aventa Learning Hosting Free Webinar

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 6, 2010

K12, Inc. and Aventa Learning are hosting a live webinar for people interested to learn more about blended learning, digital learning and the hybrid forms of learning that mix on-site with online.

EdTech

Pearson Foundation Report Shows Retention Success

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 30, 2010

The Pearson Foundation teams up with former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary for Education Arne Duncan to reveal "Building a Grad Nation," a study that takes account of successes in retention and preventing dropouts in our nation's 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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