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Rocketship to Open 8 Blended Learning Schools in Nashville

Rocketship Education announces its plan to open and operate eight public charter schools in Nashville, starting in the fall of 2014, under its charter authorized by the Achievement School District (ASD). Rocketship has been approved by the ASD to open an additional eight schools in Memphis.

2 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

Leadership

Fund Raising for Education Innovation

Last Wednesday, we led a #SXSWedu conversation about funding and fund raising in education. Yesterday we discussed the investing side of the equation. Below we tried to quickly answer 15 questions we received at the end of the session.

2 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

Leadership

Investing in Education Innovation

Last Wednesday, we led a #SXSWedu conversation about funding and fund raising in education. The first of two blogs outlines the conversation we led on investing in innovation.

2 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

Leadership

Campus Leadership: Susan Korzinek – “EdTech Leaders Must Be Open to Ideas”

With Edcetera's Campus Leadership profiles, learn about what makes CIOs, IT directors, and other executive level IT professionals tick. Here’s a Q&A with Susan K. Korzinek, Director of IT at Grand Valley State University.

2 months ago by EdCetera Staff

Learning

Smart Cities: Austin

Austin is weird--and they work to keep it that way. Like Columbus (profiled last week), it’s a college town and state capital--add a dose of music, sunshine, Tex-Mex and venture capital and you get Austin.

2 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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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...

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SXSWedu: Keeping it Weird

Much like Austin, SXSWedu kept it weird for the third annual conference. Weird in a good way. Suits traded in for boots and jeans. Typical presentations traded in for interactive discussions. Its one of the few conferences that skips the exhibit hall and puts more emphasis on networking time. SXSWedu also features the ...

2 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

EdTech

Gates: “We Need Even More Risk-Takers”

SXSWedu Executive Producer Ron Reed’s introduced Bill Gates as a “passionate, articulate voice for modernizing teaching and learning.” The standing room only crowd agreed. Gates delivered the closing keynote to a packed house at the Austin Convention Center on Thursday morning and left the attendees feeling insp...

2 months ago by Carri Schneider