Nex-Gen Models Attack Problems, Leverage Opportunities
It's great if you think you have a good sense of how a next-generation school would work, but good luck trying to get funding. Most school districts don't have a process to respond to new school...
View ArticleNext-Gen Learning Models Blend Tech & Experiences
Critics argue that blended and competency-based learning is just testing all the time. They chafe at what appears to be more mindless box checking. When I visit credit recovery labs and see students...
View ArticleCreatively Funding Your Blended Learning Program
Last month the U.S. Department of Education announced the 16 Race to The Top District competition winners. The nearly $400 million awarded for the Race to the Top District competition (RTT-D) sounds...
View ArticleEdTech 10: Blended Core
The Common Core has become quite the common discussion, right? It’s certainly nothing short of buzz topic of the New Year. We’re keeping pace with the discussion and news, which is rich with reports,...
View ArticleNext-Gen Models Break New Ground, Promote System Redesign
The 20 breakthrough school models recognized by the Gates Foundation funded Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) took on the turnaround challenge, leveraged higher education partnerships, and...
View ArticleTeachers Inspiring Teachers in a New Age of PD
A major shift in the force of education has emerged as teachers have become self-directed, independent designers of their own learning. Embracing social media, blogging, and learning from one another...
View ArticleCommunity Partnerships for the Digital Learning Revolution
I wasn’t surprised to learn that my hometown of Huntsville, Alabama –The Rocket City – has launched one of the largest school district transitions to digital learning in the nation. I recently visited...
View Article10,000 Teachers Collaborate on Common Core-Alignment Project
None of those old basal textbooks are aligned to the Common Core State Standards, but they all include great content. What to do? About 10,000 teachers on Edmodo have turned to the The Basal Alignment...
View ArticleP21 Selects New Leadership
The partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) announced the selection of Dr. Steven Paine as P21's incoming President and Dr. Helen Soule as Executive Director -- commanding a wealth of knowledge and...
View ArticleMicrosoft Innovative Schools
New school models that leverage technology provide a useful picture of the future. Last week, in a three-blog series, I profiled next generation school models that leverage newopportunities,...
View ArticleInsider Views, Outsider Comments
Whiteboard Advisors regularly surveys policy makers. The following are highlights of its latest report and a little color commentary.The post Insider Views, Outsider Comments appeared first on Getting...
View ArticleWhat Edu Conferences Should Be On Your Agenda This Year?
Education conferences bring teachers, administrators, vendors, and investors together over innovative, controversial, and challenging questions and opportunities. The Getting Smart team travels to...
View ArticleAfter Fulfilling 30,000 Wishes, DigitalWish is Just Getting Started
Digital Wish is the edtech DonorsChoose. They have fulfilled more than 30,000 classroom wishes, mostly 1:1 classroom deployments with Dell netbooks. The post After Fulfilling 30,000 Wishes, DigitalWish...
View ArticleEdTech 10: News Before Crossing the Pond
Are you headed to London for BETT this coming week? We are. Don’t worry, we’ll give you the roundup of the best happenings while we sip a cuppa, spread some clotted cream on a crumpet, and salute to...
View ArticleHow Online Learning is Saving and Improving Rural High Schools
Nearly 150,000 schools were closed in the U.S. in the last century in waves of consolidations owing to budgets, busing, algebra and football. Conventional wisdom was that bigger was better and cheaper....
View ArticleDigital Learning Now! Releases Competency Education Paper
Digital Learning Now! (DLN) today released “The Shift From Cohorts to Competency,” the fourth DLN Smart Series white paper in collaboration with Getting Smart®, that explores the shift from seat time...
View Article7 Things Next Gen Schools Will Do Well
Seventeen years ago as a new superintendent I was invited to Microsoft to learn about 1:1 programs in Australia. The architect of those programs, Bruce Dixon, told a compelling story of student...
View Article6 Vectors Advancing Personalized Learning
Personalized learning will significantly improve achievement levels, boosting completion rates in both K-12 and postsecondary education. That claim is based on six recent developments.The post 6...
View ArticleFrom Batch Print to Show What You Know
The shift from print to digital is a big deal, but in many ways the shift from cohorts to competency is the more profound transformation underway in education. The post From Batch Print to Show What...
View ArticleQ&A: LearnSprout Talks Data, Big Data
Frank Chien, CEO of LearnSprout, shares insight into the company's methods around data and data management at schools and districts.The post Q&A: LearnSprout Talks Data, Big Data appeared first on...
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