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Digital Learning in Kentucky
KY Commissioner Terry Holliday By Terry Holliday Kentucky was one of the early leaders in virtual learning. Today, we are struggling to find the appropriate methods for funding, support and innovation. Over the past two years, we have been working first…
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UT Advances Next Gen Learning
The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a plan including $50 million for a new Institute of Transformational Learning, a blended learning program, and partnership with myEdu.
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Jefferson County eSchool Offers Online Options
The Jefferson County Public Schools e-School in Louisville KY provides part time and supplemental education to students locally and nationally. We interviewed Artie Dietz, the Assistant Principal. GS: What is eSchool? Dietz: We offer online learning opportunities to students grade 3-13 including dual credit courses. …
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OpenEd: Changing the Way the World Learns
A New York Times article last week suggested that big ideas are dead. At Open Education Solutions, we don’t think so—we want to change the way the world learns. We see evidence of new approaches to learning that work better. Following are four examples of how we’re helping to deploy new strategies, structures, and technologies.
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Aviation High Takes Off
This morning Aviation High School celebrated groundbreaking of their new $43.5 million facility across the street from the Museum of Flight in South Seattle.
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Why States Should Require Online Courses
EdWeek reposted a Miami Herald story reviewing the pros/cons of the recent addition of a Florida requirement that every high school student take an online course. There is a good deal of speculation in the article that the requirement is just about saving money, noting that “Florida spends…
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Celebrate Tagore With a Poem about Schools
It's Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birthday. Here's a Tagore poem that describes a great school including interdisciplinary studies, real rigor, and freedom of thought.
Personalized Learning
Reflections on Inflections
Inflection points marks the beginning of a different future. We recently hit three inflections in education, and there are three more to come that have the potential to change the world.
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Education Leaders Discuss Public Perception of U.S. Education
Education leaders, policymakers, business leaders, educators, and non-profit and community-based organizations discussed the public perception of U.S. public education at an event today, hosted by Lumina Foundation and Gallup, following the release of the PDK/Gallup poll results.
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Science Fiction Today, Intel Technology Tomorrow
At Intel, science fiction writers are envisioning the technology of our future in a forward-thinking project that reaches outside of the box to drive innovation. Intel hired four science fiction writers this year to forecast future, cutting-edge processors and help inspire new uses for its fast-changing chips on the market in an anthology called "The Tomorrow Project."