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DIY: Choosing Your Tax Status

DIY (do it yourself) is a weekly series about launching your own education enterprise. The series will focus on addressing the need for quality at scale. Topics will focus on the challenges of private enterprise, but most will have application for nonprofit leaders and school district administrators.

10 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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Dream Lake Students Knighted as Math Learners

Patty Weisbach, Assistant Principal at Dream Lake Elementary, says she has countless stories about the ways that ST Math’s JiJi the penguin, created by MIND Research Institute, created a culture of success around math at her school. Yet, one story in particular stands out.

10 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

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What Money, Biking & Psychology Have In Common

Personal finance has a lot in common with riding a bike. Think back, how did you learn how to ride a bike? In my case, somebody told me what to do and how to move. However, that wasn't enough to really learn how to bike. I had to try, fall, stand up again, practice and eventually, I was able to hold the balance and bik...

10 months ago by Guest Author

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News Corp. Unveils Amplify For K-12 Digital Innovation

New Corporation Education's Division today launched Amplify, a new business dedicated to reimagining K-12 education by creating digital products and services that empower students, teachers and parents in new ways, said Joel Klein, an executive vice president at News Corp.

10 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

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Second $100k Hewlett Prize Takes on Short Answer Challenge

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is sponsoring the Automated Student Assessment Prize (ASAP) to improve the quality of student assessment in America and, as a result, increase the quantity and quality of student writing.

10 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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K12 Inc. is leading the transformation to individualized learning as the nation's foremost provider of technology-powered online solutions for students in pre-kindergarten through high school.

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60+ Top Articles On Blended Learning

Blended learning buzzed at conferences this year and across the education market. iNACOL, the leader in the blended learning space, created a new definition for the term. We've seen it in classrooms, heard it from teachers, and talked about it at Getting Smart. Featured in the articles below, Getting Smart highlights t...

10 months ago by Jaclyn Norton

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Integrating Computer Science Into Everyday Subjects

Information technology is the fastest growing field of our age and is predicted to remain so for decades to come. Unfortunately, computer science teaching is not keeping up. Increasingly, schools and colleges are teaching students how to use particular pieces of software, but neglecting to teach them about how computer...

10 months ago by Guest Author