The first principle of blended learning
As I talk to people who want to blend online learning into students’ curriculum, the most frequent question I get is what online content is […]
As I talk to people who want to blend online learning into students’ curriculum, the most frequent question I get is what online content is […]
July 2, 2012
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation put two stakes in the ground yesterday in support of next-generation digital learning: one in the postsecondary school space […]
June 20, 2012
When Julie Young founded the Florida Virtual School in 1997, her team coined the slogan “any time, any place, any path, any pace” to describe how the […]
June 18, 2012
June 8, 2012 Honorable Arne Duncan Secretary of Education U.S. Department of Education Washington, D.C. 20201 Re: Comments on Race to the Top District draft […]
June 11, 2012
By Meg Evans Seeking to spur digital learning, the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (RIDE) created a competition to incentivize schools to innovate. Read about how RIDE got the word out to u...
June 1, 2012
Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. —Alice in Wonderland— I am fortunate to collaborate with a number of amazing educators […]
May 31, 2012
In the wake of Steve Jobs’ passing, many wrote about the statements he made throughout his adult life about how to improve the U.S. education […]
May 31, 2012
“I’d make different choices for my new school if I didn’t have the pressure to be perfect on day one.” — New school entrepreneur— “New […]
May 10, 2012
Back in January, my friend Bror Saxberg, chief learning officer of Kaplan, published an eye-popping blog about a meta-analysis that Kurt VanLehn published recently about […]
Apr 5, 2012
Yesterday in this blog I said that there’s an organization that is already using a sophisticated data system to deliver a fully competency-based education model […]
Apr 3, 2012