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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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Building a Digital Depository
Benjamin Riley explains exciting times for education entrepreneurship, technology and the policy ecosystem that surrounds the...
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NCLB: Under the Bus, But Not a Total Loss
Today AEI released a report, NCLB sanctions: Tests taken, lessons learned. The authors found that “School accountability ...
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Common Core: A Platform for Equity & Innovation
The Common Core is giant platform for innovation for American education. The Common Core and the digital learning revolution...
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Simple Tech Solutions for Creating Community on Campus
When students are involved in on-campus activities, they are more engaged in their courses. A few simple tech tools that youâ...
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Learning
Build a Flexible Frame for Teacher Eval
Teacher effectiveness should be based largely on performance but we need to build flexible systems and evaluation language to incorporate new data from better sources including content-embedded assessment.
2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
Learning
Credit Recovery vs. Dropout Recovery
EdWeek made it seem like online credit recovery is something new, but folks have been at it for 15 years. New dropout recovery models like AdvancePath and PLC build a web of support that gets kids back on track.
2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
Learning
Don't Derail Reform
Old news by now, but Obey's midnight raid of RttT is a terrible idea and likely to be killed by Senate
2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
Learning
Dear Arne
Duncan should encourage states to leave room for assessment innovation, push blended learning, and encourage public-private partnerships
2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
EdTech
ESEA Authorization Lacks Steam
A collection of replies to Eliza Krigman's question, "Should Congress Reauthorize ESEA Reauthorization?"
2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff
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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.
Learning
Inflection Point
Fritjof Capra (systems thinker pre-Senge/Wheatley) said that we alway think that we're at some kind of tipping point--but this week really feels like an inflection.
2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
EdTech
Reality Bites: Struggle to Convert Teacher Effectiveness Promises to Policies
If states can pass laws that increase the effective use of data in education, it would set the stage for an ESEA re-authorization that supports good teachers and builds a schools system we can trust.
3 years ago by Tom Vander Ark














