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It’s Time for The Next Big Advance: Comparable Growth Measures
The most important next step in the shift to personal digital learning is the need for comparable growth measures for individ...
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CEOs Want Hard Working Decision Making Team Players
A survey of chief executives indicates that 92% say education is very or the most important national competitiveness issue. ...
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EdTech 10: PD and Pilgrims
When you’re the parent of a 5 year old, you hear lots of jokes. Maybe you’ve heard this one - “If April Showers bring M...
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Think Outside the Box for Las Vegas Schools
The Getting Smart team led a school design workshop for The Executive Leadership Academy, hosted by The Public Education Foun...
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Making Tech Work for Kids and Teachers
Advances in technology in the classroom often focus on how it is improving teaching and not learning. Why don't we invite stu...
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Jim Shelton: Asst Dep Sec Innovation & Improvement, DOE
The Department of Education has asked for more funding to address the problem of dropout factories in America's urban centers, but it is not entirely clear that additional funding will be allotted, said Jim Shelton, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement, in a quick interview with edReformer this mor...
2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff
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Sec. of Education Arne Duncan: "ESEA a Priority"
Though Congress might not be paying attention to it, it appears Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is committed to spending almost all of his time on pushing for ESEA Reauthorization.
2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff
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Master's Degree Offers No Reason for More Pay
Master's degrees are not worth what you paid for them; evaluating performance is hard; what it takes for Common Core standards to take hold, and more.
2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff
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Open High School of Utah Mentioned by Arne Duncan
Taking a second look through the video of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's SETDA keynote, we picked up that he mentioned Open High School of Utah.
2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff












