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ReSchool Tests A New Framework for Learning
Denver's Donnell-Kay Foundation is sponsoring an effort to design a new education system for Colorado. They learned three lessons from pressure testing early design concepts.
EdTech 10: When Impact Potential is Ripe
This week we released 25 Impact Opportunities in U.S. K-12 Education, a report that is exemplary of summer -- when impact potential is ripe and opportunities to make significant improvements are abundant.
When Diplomas and Credits Send False Signals
By: Karla Phillips. As goals and expectations for students rise across the nation, our approach to education must change when it comes to determining mastery of content. Parents, students and educators are being misled by inconsistent expectations of proficiency.
Declara: Smart Natural Workflow Learning
Declara takes a very different approach to personalization, it auto-generates ontologies rather than relying on engineered sequences. Core features include content collections, curation, annotation and measures of content efficacy, and collaboration.
Edgenuity Provides Rich Student, Teacher Experience
Edgenuity is a robust content platform that offers full credit-bearing courses based on state standards and has already developed custom courses in 30 different states to align to specific state standards.
The End of the Big Test: Moving to Competency-Based Policy
The use of assessment pilots and innovations zones where groups of schools apply and become authorized to operate alternative assessment systems will soon replace the frustration surrounding NCLB and end of year tests.
DLN Report Card: Louisiana Leading the Way Through Course Access
By: Erin Lockett. The Louisiana Course Choice Program today serves as a national model. With its support, Louisiana students can choose from hundreds of online and face-to-face courses offered by over 37 active providers.
DLN Report Card: Advancing Course Access in Michigan
By: Erin Lockett. How Michigan has built policies to streamline offerings that work toward ensuring that Course Access will be a sustainable part of its educational ecosystem.
Parental Perfection, Reimagined
By: Bill Jackson. Reimagining parental perfection, Bill argues, includes informing parents. As founder of GreatSchools, Bill offers practical tips and tools for parenting smarter, not harder when it comes to your child's education.
Parent-Managed Learner Profiles Will Power Personalization
Online profile management is becoming important in every aspect of life, it’s a new digital literacy competency that every young person must learn to exercise. That starts with empowering students and parents to take charge of education data with a portable learning profile.