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Celebrating MOUSE: 15 Years of Engaging Kids, Narrowing Divide

MOUSE celebrated their 15th Anniversary on May 20th with a student led exhibit demonstrating the latest technologies and by h...

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Charter School Authorizing 2.0

Within the richness and diversity of the ed reform sector, the practice of charter school authorizing isn’t the trendiest. ...

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Australian Study Points to Benefits of Games-Based Math

Dr. Kristy Goodwin of Macquarie University studied what she calls Digital Games Based Learning (DGBL) including the deploymen...

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Educator Resuscitation 101: A Prerequisite for Summer Learning

I need to admit something. I am dead. Dead-tired. Exhausted. Fatigued. Drained. Emotionally and physically spent. And no, I d...

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Building STEM Skills by Learning Game Design

Alex Chisholm, Executive Director of the Learning Games Network describes the journey to the HP Catalyst Academy as grant rec...

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EdTech: The Market Exists; Cross-platform Compatibility is Lacking

A growing number of education technology start-ups, such asKickboard for Teachers and Eduvant, seek to enable data-driven instruction. But, as detailed in a recent Education Week article, these companies face an uphill battle in the K-12 marketplace, where industry giants like textbook companies and testing providers a...

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Charters without contracts: Authorizers get an “F” on quality assurance

As independent public schools that are allowed freedom to be innovative, charter schools must be held accountable for improved student achievement. But in issuing charters, authorizers (including states, districts and universities) have all too often failed to ensure that they can enforce accountability. Currently onl...

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Potential unintended consequences of the new teacher evaluation approaches

Inspired by The Widget Effect and Race to the Top, a number of states have passed legislation linking teacher evaluations to test scores. Most of these laws require that 50 percent of an evaluation ultimately be based upon student test scores. On the surface, this approach to improving school performance sounds reasona...

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