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More Productivity: Sooner Rather Than Later
Our schools need to be more productive--educationally and operationally. The proposed jobs bill just postpones the transition to more learning online.
The Blended Solution to the Root Canal
Education is going to become more expensive, so we need to invest in ways to bring more students into channels for success at greater speed and at lower costs. Online blended learning provides an answer.
Rick Hess: Fueling the Engine (Book Excerpt)
Rick Hess makes the case in his book excerpt, Fueling the Fire, that it's time for venture capital to start the greenfield education hotbeds of the United States.
Supporting Aggressive Reform: The Arne Duncan Case for Change
National Journal takes up the apparent dichotomy in Race to the Top applications between support vs. aggressive plans.
The Five Great Reforms
Inventing the education system our children deserve requires five great reforms
Reality Bites: Struggle to Convert Teacher Effectiveness Promises to Policies
If states can pass laws that increase the effective use of data in education, it would set the stage for an ESEA re-authorization that supports good teachers and builds a schools system we can trust.
Putting Ed Reform Policy Makers in Charge of Better Info Systems
Data Quality Campaign Managing Director Aimee Guidera says that in the push for Longitudinal Data Systems, some of these states have built Maseratis, but it's not worth it if you can't drive them anywhere, or you dont' know how to drive. Here is her push to get state decision makers to support strong LDS infrastructure and use.
Advance Innovative Education Considering Performance Pay for Major Certification Drive
The mission of Advance Innovative Education is to place excellent professionals in the Louisiana school systems to benefit low-income and disadvantaged youth. One of the ways AIE CEO Kristy Hebert is doing this is through performance incentives.
Interview: Inigral CEO Michael Staton
It's not that students don't care, it's that they are producing work that nobody cares about. -- Michael Staton, CEO, Inigral
Interview: Chad Ratliff, Albermarle County Public Schools
Chad Ratliff, Assistant Director of Instruction and Innovation Projects at Albermarle County Public Schools.