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How to Fix Our Schools

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 8, 2010

Top urban educators publish improvement manifesto: performance-based employment, performance-based student progress, and a portfolio of options for families.

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Union days of wielding power may be numbered; techno panels; Bloomberg praising teachers (well, some of them); new education web sites; policy support; training teachers; student progress; community college all the rage; Bill and Melinda Gates put money into completion rates

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.

Personalized Learning

The Changing Landscape of Teaching

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 2, 2010

Like doctors, lawyers, and accountants, learning professionals can freelance, start a business, build a nonprofit, or join a public delivery system.

Personalized Learning

Education Nation: A Mostly Great First Effort for NBC

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 28, 2010

NBCs Education Nation highlighted the administration/edreformer alignment on teacher quality and charters and was a mostly great multi-channel first effort to wake up America.

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Education Nation Live Feed

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 27, 2010

Watch live coverage of NBC's Education Nation right here on edReformer.com

Personalized Learning

Tired of Waiting

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 26, 2010

NBCs Education Nation kicked off with a screening of Waiting for Superman and town hall. Good Randi for showing up, but hard to take her seriously as reformer after squashing Fenty/Rhee in DC.

Personalized Learning

The End of the Book

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 25, 2010

The First Book describes the magic of learning to read but treats the book as relic and the process as a religious rite. Digital natives are growing up post-book and that's not all bad.

EdTech

Shabnam Aggarwal: Tech to Teach

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 21, 2010

I have written a couple of emails to Shabnam, and we have talked about her most recent trip to India, but I had no idea what she was really doing. Here's her video presentation of her new venture, Tech to Teach

EdTech

Digital Learning Council Meets, Creates Focus Areas

Guest Author

Sep 14, 2010

Many misconceptions still exist about what digital learning is and how it positively affects the millions of students already involved in this innovative form of education. The Digital Learning Council is working to change that.

	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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