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EdTech Roundup: OER, Mobile Learning and E-Textbooks |
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by Sarah Cargill August 15, 2011 This week’s SmartTech Roundup includes recent developments in OER, reports for educational technology and digital learning K-12 classrooms, buzz around Mobile Learning Devices in schools, new delivery methods of e-textbooks and a report for data privacy in districts. More » |
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Korsmo’s Ednews Roundup |
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by Chris Korsmo August 12, 2011 Hard to believe we are in the last weeks of summer. Seriously. It hurts. Thinking about packing up a kindergartner and starting the all-too-fast race through school years is putting a limp in my strut. And fog. Seriously, Seattle? Thank (insert reference to your faith here) that there’s preseason football to charm and distract. More » |
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Tom Watkins Challenges Michigan’s Education System |
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by Sarah Cargill August 12, 2011 Former Michigan Commissioner Tom Watkins published a provocative editorial with The Detroit News this week challenging Michigan to grasp hold of its educational system by increasing the literacy rate, improving learning statewide and preparing its citizens for “a world transformed by globalization and technology.” More » |
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iNACOL President & CEO Discusses Vision for Proficiency-Based Learning |
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by Sarah Cargill August 11, 2011 David Nagel with THE Journal recently interviewed iNACOL, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, President and CEO Susan Patrick about her vision to shift from a system based on seat time to proficiency- and competency-based learning models in her recent report, “Cracking the Code: Synchronizing Policy and Practice for Performance-based Learning.” More » |
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NACSA Releases Viewpoint On Authorizing Online Learning |
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by Sarah Cargill August 10, 2011 The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) released today “Authorizing Online Learning,” a Viewpoint article by iNACOL President and CEO Susan Patrick and Chair Tom Vander Ark that targets key questions around authorization, enrollment and funding of online learning. More » |
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Korsmo’s EdNews Roundup |
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by Chris Korsmo August 6, 2011 Pell survived; college still pays; common grad rates finally here; and big SIG differences More » |
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Westminster College Evaluates Results from Innovative Learning Initiatives |
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by Sarah Cargill August 5, 2011 Over the last decade, Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah has had a 400 percent increase in applications and a 33 percent increase in out-of-state freshman that it attributes largely to its aggressive transformation of the college’s DNA and innovative pedagogy. More » |
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AdvancePath Boosts Utica Grad Rates |
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by edReformer Staff August 3, 2011 The superintendents of Utica and Baltimore County credit the introduction of AdvancePath academies with boosting graduation rates More » |
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BCG Reports Technology as a Catalyst for Change in Primary and Secondary Education |
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by Sarah Cargill August 3, 2011 The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released “Unleashing the Potential of Technology in Education,” a report articulating how technology can serve as a catalyst for change in primary and secondary education, today. More » |
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NY and DC Gatherings Highlight Challenges Among Educators |
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by Sarah Cargill August 2, 2011 New York and Washington D.C. Area gatherings this weekend highlighted challenges among educators: impoverished students, burdensome testing mandates and a lack of public funds to fill the void of the failed policies of “No Child Left Behind.” More » |
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How to Solve the ‘Women in Science’ Gap? Teach Girls to Love Science |
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by edReformer Staff August 2, 2011 Women in sciences – or the lack thereof – is a topic that draws constant controversy. No matter what’s causing such a low number of women to enter science-related fields, the numbers speak for themselves: women make up 46.5 percent of the U.S. workforce, but hold only 25 percent of math and computer science jobs, and 11 percent of engineering jobs. More » |
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K12 Inc. and Blackboard Work Together to Provide Quality Developmental Education |
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by Sarah Cargill August 2, 2011 BlackboardTV released a video July 28, 2011 featuring K12 Inc.’s Vice President Gregg Levin discussing the unique partnership between K12 Inc. and Blackboard to provide quality developmental education for students in primary and secondary education. More » |
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iNACOL Calls for a Comprehensive Policy Redesign |
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by Sarah Cargill August 1, 2011 The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) released “Cracking the Code: Synchronizing Policy and Practice for Performance-Based Learning” July, a report stating that it will take a “comprehensive policy redesign” to move toward competency-based learning beyond traditional K-12 advancement. More » |
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Weekly Ed News Roundup |
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by Chris Korsmo July 29, 2011 Fellow Travelers, (If you are a regular reader, you know that right this very minute my browser is open to training camp updates of my Green Bay Packers. There is a deity somewhere – the lock out is over. Thank you. Oh, thank you.) Hope your summer is rolling along in all the right ways. [...] |
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AEE Policy Brief Points to Deeper Learning Assessments With Technology |
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by Sarah Cargill July 29, 2011 “Assessing Deeper Learning,” new policy brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE) points to new assessments that measure a broader range of knowledge and skills to indicate students’ understanding of challenging content, critical thinking, problem solving and success for the future. More » |
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Alan Blankstein Addresses 200 Public Education Thought Leaders |
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by Sarah Cargill July 29, 2011 Author Alan Blankstein addressed more than 200 public education thought leaders in New York at the annual Leadership Conference of the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) and the Public Education Association (PEA) today about high-debate issues surrounding public, private and charter schools. More » |
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AEI Discusses Limitations and Challenges for Change |
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by Sarah Cargill July 28, 2011 Frederick M. Hess, Deborah Gist and other innovative leaders in education shared stories and anecdotes Wednesday around their experiences in state education departments working toward change. More » |
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Christensen and Eyring Assess the Future DNA of Education in The Innovative University |
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by Sarah Cargill July 27, 2011 Clayton Christensen and Henry J. Eyring’s forthcoming book “The Innovative University” tackles the question of how to increase quality, performance and demand for higher education while continuing to cut costs to reduce tuition inflation by changing the DNA of colleges and universities. More » |
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Hess Addresses Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning |
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by edReformer Staff July 27, 2011 Federick M. Hess published today the “Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning: Three (Imperfect) Approaches” from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, which is the first in a series of six papers generously funded by the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation that will look at accountability, funding, governance, and the educator’s role in the digital realm. More » |
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Pearson drives first half edtech M&A traffic |
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by edReformer Staff July 27, 2011 Pearson plc was not only the most active acquirer for the first half of 2011, but also the most active acquirer in the two and a half years covered in this report, making 17 disclosed transactions. More » |
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