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The NEA Spells Out Support for Blended Learning

The NEA issued a policy brief in support of blended learning. The policy prescriptions are mostly on track but the report missed the potential to improve working conditions and career opportunities for teachers.

one year ago by Tom Vander Ark

EdTech

Former WV Governor Pushes for ‘Blended Learning’

Bob Wise, Alliance for Excellent Education and co-chair of Digital Learning Now, was in Olympia Washington last week advocating for blended learning and the 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning.

one year ago by Guest Author

EdTech

Digital Learning Addresses Challenges in K-12

Two years ago Bob Wise and the Alliance issued an important Online Learning Imperative. They recently updated it and the EdWeek Digital Education Team reviewed it.

one year ago by Guest Author

Gov. Bob Wise Announces Digital Learning Day

The Alliance for Excellent Education and its partners call on teachers, schools, principals, community leaders, parents, and students to participate in the first-ever national Digital Learning Day February 1, 2011.

one year ago by Getting Smart Staff

EdTech

Jeb Bush & Bob Wise Release Roadmap for Reform: Digital Learning

Governors Jeb Bush and Bob Wise, co-chairs of Digital Learning Now!, a nationwide initiative that advocates personal digital learning, released the Roadmap for Reform: Digital Learning during the Foundation for Excellence in Education's 2011 National Summit on Education Reform.

one year ago by Getting Smart Staff

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MIND Research Institute

The nonprofit MIND Research Institute is dedicated to solving math education in America through its cutting-edge approach to teaching and learning math. Its uniquely visually-based ST Math instructional software program is helping children across the country dramatically improve their math proficiency and become life-l...

Learning

School Will Change, With or Without Following Rules

Public education is, by its very nature, tangled with policy, dependent on rules and regulations set by federal, state, and district mandates. What most students do in school at any given moment has been prescribed by legislation passed years before they — or their parents — entered kindergarten.

one year ago by Guest Author

Learning

Assessment Will Advance When It Moves Into the Background

Digital Learning Now is a framework for state education policy ...

one year ago by Tom Vander Ark