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The Edu-Innovation Opportunity
A reporter asked me “what went wrong with the small schools idea?” It’s odd question because all the networks developing highly effective new schools—KIPP, Achievement First, Success Network, Green Dot, Alliance and dozens more—still use the tried and true rule of thumb of 100 students per grade. The better…
Group Knowledge as a Byproduct of a Distributed Organization
Blogging is an active learning process found in blended learning. With blogging, you combine active search for information with the discovery of new friends and information sharing networks that broaden your mind.
Videos: The First TEDxNYED in March
I took a look at some of the videos put up by the organizers of TEDxNYED. It's pretty clear that the web and its followers are moving faster than our schools.
Hewlett Launches Deeper Learning Initiative to Promote Improved Curriculum & Assessment
The Hewlett Foundation team calls their new scope deeper learning – a combination of the fundamental knowledge and practical basic skills students will need to succeed in a fiercely competitive global economy.
NYC: Hub of the Learning Revolution
Yesterday I attended the NYC Symposium for Social Change. The focus was impact investing. My friends from City Light Capital made the case for investing with a high bar for return and social benefit. Seth Pinsky, NYC EcoDevo, made the case for NYC global hub for the innovation economy and…
Innovation Stack
Big partnerships for learning mash-up space & app store based on research and open API data/assmt/content
Dreambox Acquired: More Blended Charters Coming
Reed Hastings of Netflix makes a move. Acquisition opens pathway to blended learning models
The New Learning Landscape
No more lowest common denominator bargaining. That world no longer exists and it's time to learn.
JD Hoye Taking NAF to Next Level
Sandy Weill can be very persuasive. About three years ago, a consultant enjoying a Bay Area lifestyle found the former Citi CEO’s pitch good enough to convince her to commute to New York City every week. Sandy formed National Academies Foundation in 1984 (when I was still working in…
The 3×5 Learning Revolution
Twenty years after technology began transforming every other sector, there is finally enough movement on a sufficient number of fronts—15 to be precise—that, despite resilience, everything will change. New and better learning options are inevitable, but progress will be uneven by state/country and leadership dependent. The 5 Drivers.