What are the right schools of experience for teachers in new schools?
I spent a few hours recently with the head of a brand new blended-learning school. The school is pushing the bounds of blended learning with […]
I spent a few hours recently with the head of a brand new blended-learning school. The school is pushing the bounds of blended learning with […]
Oct 3, 2012
When 56 high school students in DeKalb County, Georgia, recently returned to school after summer vacation, they could not find on their schedules the math […]
Oct 2, 2012
Last week the New York Daily News came out guns blazing against New York City’s bold innovation designed to rethink how students learn math, the […]
Sept 13, 2012
Last week, Richard Rothstein and Mark Santow wrote a compelling piece, reminding us of the continued, devastating impact of segregation on educational equality. Stated succintly, “There […]
Sept 4, 2012
The Department of Education’s latest foray into digital learning is a big deal. The Race to the Top-District competition’s “Absolute Priority 1” is personalized learning. […]
Aug 30, 2012
Five years ago Peru’s government equipped 800,000 of its public school students with low-cost laptops through the One Laptop Per Child initiative. The purpose was […]
Aug 22, 2012
Ask yourself, would the next Rocketship Education or Goalbook grow in your backyard? If not, what would it take? One thing is for sure: education innovation does not happen […]
Aug 9, 2012
A couple of pieces in the New York Times and Washington Post have attracted some attention over the past couple of weeks for their descriptions […]
July 26, 2012
I had the opportunity recently to revisit Doug Lemov’s book, Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College, which […]
July 18, 2012
Yesterday I, along with my colleague, Innosight Institute Education research assistant Charity Eyre, authored an op-ed titled “State has virtually no reason to not give […]
July 12, 2012