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ImagineK12 Launches 10 More EdTech Startups

Palo Alto edtech accelerator ImagineK12 held its third demo day on Thursday. The cohort of 10 startups made competent pitches. Some, like content sharing app Padlet, have good early traction.

19 days ago by Tom Vander Ark

Leadership

A District Guide to Online Learning

Online learning can expand student (and staff) options, grow enrollment, and power blended learning. It shares many critical success factors with traditional education, but different enough that you need to do your homework and develop a good plan. Following is a 10 point district/network guide to online learning.

20 days ago by Tom Vander Ark

Leadership

What’s All The Buzz About Detroit?

Hey, how about some good news from Detroit? As noted recently, education in Detroit is coming out of the tailspin. There are some very good schools serving high need populations and it rivals the Bay Area for innovations in blended learning.

24 days ago by Tom Vander Ark

Learning

Pondering Urban High School Improvement

“We want people to be perplexed—to embrace the paradox of starting new schools,” said Larry Rosenstock in the opening to the A+ Urban High School Summit in Denver Wednesday. As usually Larry has a rich list of quotes on the subject.

27 days ago by Tom Vander Ark

Learning

Blended Learning Webinar Q&A

The Getting Smart team participated in an Education Week blended learning webinar today with Dreambox. The chat was lively and we didn’t get to all the questions.

29 days ago by Tom Vander Ark

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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.

Leadership

The High School Challenge: Improvement vs. Innovation

How to help more students graduate ready for college and careers? We’re exploring the perennial question at the A+ Urban High School Summit in Denver.

29 days ago by Tom Vander Ark

EdTech

Silverback Links with Linkit & Gooru

“We call it an instructional improvement system,” said Jim Lewis. As Blaine, Idaho superintendent, Lewis got fed up with the lousy systems designed for tracking student interventions and progress, so he built his own. Other districts asked to use his Mileposts tracking software and he realized they were solving a ...

one month ago by Scott Williams