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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.
Interview: Emily Dalton Smith, Online Director, SkySong, Arizona State University
Emily Dalton Smith, Online Director at Arizona State University's SkySong program, shares with us her vision of education reform. She says that our national school system is like the railroads in the 1800s -- without true standardization and woefully lacking in entrepreneurial spirit to make it all work seamlessly.
Dropping a Bomb Before National Charter Schools Week
Ironic that Stephanie Strom dropped a bomb on Imagine the week before National Charter School Week, don't you think?
Innovation Stack
Big partnerships for learning mash-up space & app store based on research and open API data/assmt/content
Jaime Casap, Google Education Evangelist
@jcasap makes a great point, and I wonder if it means we keep kids from finding future collaborators while in school.
Cristo Rey: Keeping Urban Catholic Education Vibrant
Out of financial desperation, Father Foley created a corporate sponsored work-study program at this Little Village Catholic high school on Chicago’s westside. Soon student work was helping to pay the bills. And then something surprising occurred to students, teachers, parents, and Father Foley—the work-studies were often the most important experience…
10 Ways Faith Congregations Can Improve Edu
Peter Groff, the Director of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships for the Department of Education, will be headlining a Teachers College conference on the role of faith congregations in education. This afternoon, I’ll be outlining these 10 specific ways that congregations can make a difference: 1. Youth/Family Services: Communities…
Two Sisters Improve Reading Online
When I was superintendent in Federal Way, two of our best reading teachers happened to be sisters, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser. I had the good fortune to run into them on a flight this week. They’ve published two great books, The Daily 5 most recently, and run an…
Edu-Innovation, an Oxymoron?
In preparation for the New Schools Summit, following are a few thoughts for a great group. Acknowledging the difficulty of penetrating the complex decentralized maze of US public education, a New Schools regular asked a dinner gathering of notable reformers last week if education innovation was an oxymoron.
CEOShare: My Idea Kicks Off at Dept of Ed Portal
CEOShare: My Idea Kicks Off at Dept of Ed Portal I was surprised this morning to have received a number of invitations to connect and emails about my project idea, which I had listed at the Department of Education’s Innovation Portal. At this stage, it is just an idea,…