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Bret Schundler to End Authorizer Monopoly?
State Education Commissioner Bret Schundler said he’s willing to give up the state’s monopoly on authorizing and regulating charter schools and that he supports the broad outlines of a Democratic-sponsored bill that would allow Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Education to also approve applications and oversee charter schools, according to NJ.com.
Smart is the new Green
Private investors increasingly see 'smart as the new green' but unlike clean-tech, the feds still block or limit private participation
Little Innovation or Stickiness in i3 Batch
i3 scoring looks squirrelly; penalized great CMO proposals; and appears to have low stickiness quotient.
SKIL Chairman Advances "Total Education Solution"
Hundreds of millions of Indian students stand to benefit from increasing capital expenditure on education improvement in India. SKIL Chairman Nikhil Ghandi attempts to create a "total education solution" in the country with a 22% investment in Chennai-based Everonn Education. Here is an interview Ghandi did with Indian newspaper "The Economic Times."
Project Foundry
Guest blogger Chad Sansing interviews Project Foundry founder Shane Krukowski.
In Search of EduProductivity
Here's a few ideas for states strapped for cash but still interested in boosting learning gains
Georgia's Virtual Schools Funding Formula
After a request for information, the Georgia Governor's Office of Planning and Budget has sent the funding formula it uses to calculate monies for virtual schools.
How Disruptive Thinking Changes Education
This is the presentation Michael Horn from the Innosight Institute is giving the members of the Interoperability Forum in Washington, DC this morning. You can follow along by looking at the #intop hashtag on Twitter.
Don’t kill the guys that will make the US #1 again
Harkin follows the lead of a short-selling hedge fund manager and attacks private colleges; in doing so he's working against the president's completion goal of being 1st in the world by 2020.
Unfair Virtual Schools Funding in GA, Group Claims
A parent organization in Georgia claims that the State of Georgia is not allocating appropriate levels of funding to virtual schools, despite a state law that mandates it should.