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Teachers Rule, Teachers Trained, Teachers Win
It's Friday, and with a whole week of on-location new media work to be done, we'll leave you this weekend with the news from the week, brought to you by Education Equality Project. This week, it was all about teachers, past, present and future.
Blended Learning Update
Most secondary schools will soon be blended and that's good news for students
Carmel Henderson: Boot Up
Imagine a world in which the parents were up to date on their students’ homework assignments via Twitter. The class had a blog where students participate from home in meaningful conversations, and long-distance, long-term learning projects with each other, and peers from around the world.
Why Standardize When We Should Personalize?
Follow up on yesterday's National Journal post with great questions from Chad.
The Best Classroom in the World?
Like many media angles, this media angle lumps together technology discussions in education reform as if they have always been about "just add computers". That's not the case. The use of the best of social web, technology, computing and programs must include, and will always include, the use of great teachers and student-centric learning methodologies.
1:1 Dialog
The education transition from print to digital is complicated. DLC advisors weigh in.
Digital Learning Questions
The Digital Learning Council is writing the constitution to the digital learning revolution. Some themes are emerging but so are lots of tough questions.
Reason TV: The Ed Reform Mainstream
Watch the first thirty seconds of this video. This is worth revisiting again, after Education Nation media storm passes over.
Reforming Teacher Education
After his groundbreaking report, Art Levine took over the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation and aimed it squarely reinventing teacher preparation
How to Fix Our Schools
Top urban educators publish improvement manifesto: performance-based employment, performance-based student progress, and a portfolio of options for families.