Featured Articles

Screen Shot 2013-05-22 at 4.26.06 PM

Learning

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. ...

Girl on tablet - Featured

EdTech

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...

Educator Resuscitation 101

EdTech

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...

Learning Games Network

EdTech

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...

Screen Shot 2013-05-21 at 11.29.21 AM

Leadership

In Support of the Common Core

Common Core State Standards are thoughtful expressions of college- and career-ready expectations in reading, writing and math...

Katie Vander Ark (23)

Filter by

Building Startup Communities

EdTech

The Essence of Startup Communities

Brad Feld discussed a few points from his new book Startup Communities at the New Jersey Tech Meetup last month and what it takes to create a community around the booming startup industry.

2 days ago by

Dale Stephens

Learning

Book Review: Hacking Your Education

Dale Stephens of UnCollege.org took an untraditional route to end up where he is now. An entrepreneur, a Thiel Fellow, respected author, speaker, mentor, and much more. Who would have thought that he dropped out of school when he was twelve?

2 months ago by

enstitute

Learning

School Cliff: Learning That Doesn’t Suck

A college prof called yesterday. He said, “College sucks.” He’s taking a couple courses as a humbling market research project. He found dated content and tools and disengaged students. I said, “If you want to see disengagement, you should try a high school algebra course.”

4 months ago by

EdTech

Review: Teaching Generation Text

Lisa Nielsen and Willyn Webb have spent the last few years experimenting teaching with cell phones and were thrilled with the results.

one year ago by

EdTech

BBC News Covers US Schools Using Technology

BBC News reports on US school systems adopting technology in the classrooms.

one year ago by

CAlogo-250x250

advocacy partner

Curriculum Associates

Curriculum Associates, LLC, designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screening and assessment tools, and data management resources. We believe that every student deserves the chance to succeed and with our i-Ready™, Ready®, and BRIGANCE® programs, we strive to make this a reality with tools ...

EdTech

A Global Education Challenge

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has created a Global Education Challenge that seeks to find creative ideas for tools to improve educational outcomes for students around the world – and they’re giving away $250,000 in cash and prizes for the best ideas.

one year ago by

EdTech

Q & A with Jon Schwartz of Kids Like Blogs

See this Q & A with Jon Schwartz, an elementary school teacher and runs the site Kids Like Blogs! He believes that blogs motivate students to write, read, create art, and the use of technology.

one year ago by