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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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Blended Learning & The Teaching Profession

Just in time to bust a myth that reared its ugly head in the closing keynoteat the ASU/GSV Summit, Digital Learning Now! today released the "Blended Learning & The Teaching Profession."

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Funding Students, Options & Achievement

Money matters. The way districts and states fund schools influences leadership behaviors. We need to create funding systems that encourage innovation, power options, and promote achievement.

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Infographic: Financing the Future of Education

Today’s current system was simply not designed to allow for the flexibility that will be needed as students seek out increasingly online and blended learning opportunities. The infographic, Financing the Future of Education recommends four design principles that will get us there. The infographic is a complement to F...

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DLN Releases Funding Student, Options, and Achievements Paper

“Today’s finance system lacks the flexibility needed to support the flood of educational innovation” said Tom Vander Ark. “Reorienting the system around students will extend equitable student access to high-quality options that have the potential to personalize and customize learning.”

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Oregon School District Shows Success With Individualized Online Learning

Early indicators suggest that Lebanon School District’s implementation and access of online learning materials, has been a success. Lebanon School District is located in a rural area of Oregon which suffers from high unemployment and high dropout rates. With the help of Oregon iSchool, developed by K12 Inc., 450 stud...

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Digital Learning Now!

Digital Learning Now! is a national campaign to advance policies that will create a high quality digital learning environment to better prepare students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and careers.

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What Sort of Research Should We Be Doing on Blended Learning?

A foundation advisor asked, “Is there a smart approach donors might take with blended learning research?” Following are seven areas that could use some attention.

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EdTech 10: Storm Before Summer

After a hot beginning of the week in Phoenix, a rainy day in Seattle, your substitute EdTech conductor is reporting live from Akron--and who wouldn't want to make a Spring Break trip to Akron?! It’s now the storm before the calm of summer as Spring Breaks around the country come to an end.

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