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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. ...

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: 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...

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...

In Support of the Common Core

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

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NYTimes Declares War on the Future

The NY Times has launched a full on war on education technology—except for when it’s in their own benefit. Yesterday it was Michael Winerup’s hit piece on Pearson. Today they ran another edtech hit piece. This one attacks Idaho chief Tom Luna, a terrific leader with a great reform and innovation agenda.

one year ago by Tom Vander Ark

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OER and the Achievement Gap

Justin Reich posted an interesting blog on his edtech site suggesting that Open Educational Resources will expand rather than contract the achievement gap. It caused a bit of an uproar. Where states and districts are proactive about extending learning opportunities, the preparation gap will narrow and that means more...

one year ago by Tom Vander Ark

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Education Funding Should Promote Equity, Performance & Innovation

Kansas governor Brownback is proposing a new school funding formula that would let counties raise their local property taxes rates to spend more on schools. He's right that school funding needs an overhaul, but he's missing all of the key ingredients: school funding should be weighted, portable, and performance-based.

one year ago by Tom Vander Ark

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The old deal, the new deal, and the metrics

I don’t know about you, but I’m not paying much ...

one year ago by Tom Vander Ark

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Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holiday Talks Digital Learning

Kentucky Educational Television published a video this week of Terry Holiday, the Kentucky Commissioner of Education, at the Kentucky Digital Summit this September. Holiday speaks about Digital Learning Now!, P-20 Innovation Labs, next generation learning and calls education leaders, policymakers and more to reform edu...

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...