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Good Work: Creating Momentum
The flow experience is the effective merging of action and awareness.-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi When my daughter was in eighth grade she played on two basketball teams, you could see that one team had it and one team did not. The school team and club team consisted of many of…
EdTech
Start Making: Startup Stories from Entrepreneurs
Check out the Start Making series, more than a dozen great videos from entrepreneurs on the joys and challenges of starting a company.
EdTech
Robin Lake Takes New Leadership Role as Director of CRPE
The Center On Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) today announced Robin Lake as the new, acting director. After nearly 19 years as the head of CRPE, founder Paul Hill plans to step down from his position to focus more time on research and act as an advisor to the organization.
Leadership
Impact at Scale: Contribution, Translation & Execution
I usually write about Good Work–finding and doing mission-related work–on Sunday, but I spent the last two days with a couple dozen inspiring folks sharing strategies for creating impact at scale. Using a mixture of investment and organizational, they making a difference around the world. Leila Janah, Samasource, is…
Leadership
Good Work: The Importance of Saying Thank You
Through grace we are helped not to stumble and through grace we know that we are being welcomed. -M. Scott Peck As a young superintendent, I ran around trying to fix things. I remember a day that started with a 7:00 a.m. meeting with six union presidents, where…
Personalized Learning
10 Lessons for Edupreneurs
The ImagineK12 team--Alan Louie, Tim Brady, and Geoff Ralston--are making good company choices, giving good advice, and having fun. Rob Hutter and I spoke with the second cohort yesterday and shared 10 lessons for edupreneurs.
Personalized Learning
10 Things School Leaders Should Do to Boost Blended Learning
During a couple breakout sessions at a Rhode Island conference on Innovation Powered by Technology (#iptrideconf) I spent time with teachers and principals thinking about next steps as they prepare for the shift to personal digital learning. We discussed 10 next steps.
Personalized Learning
Could Teacher Evaluation Initiatives Power Down Technology-driven Innovation?
Teacher quality is arguably the largest policy shift in education today and will have a lasting impact on our public education system. Legislatures across the country are hammering out systems intended to improve, reward, and redistribute quality instruction – including teacher evaluation systems and systems to differentiate compensation.
Personalized Learning
Yes! A Productivity Agenda!
In a recent report (and a wave of blog posts) it is clear that Bruce Baker takes offense at the current discussion around improving productivity in public education.
Leadership
Good Work: 10 Quotes on Measuring Your Life
My friends from Innosight recently reminded me of Clay Christensen's article How Will You Measure Your Life? After a great weekend with my wife and friends, I reread it waiting for a flight. Here's 10 quotes that made me stop and think.