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EdTech Women Dine at ISTE 13
Join us for an evening of dining and networking with other women in education technology, including a stellar group of ISTE p...
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EdTech 10: Rocks or Frozen?
This weekend marks the unofficial start of summer. To paraphrase the great American poet Jimmy Buffet, it’s time to nibble...
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Next Gen Science Standards 101
The Institute for Science and Math Education at the University of Washington recently offered a crash course on the Next Gene...
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DragonBox: This Is How You Gamify
DragonBox develops a user’s fundamental skills in algebra before teaching its context and application.
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Know Think Do
For John Danner, learning can be thought about in three parts: the need to know things, how to solve problems, and how to be ...
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Learning
Don’t kill the guys that will make the US #1 again
Harkin follows the lead of a short-selling hedge fund manager and attacks private colleges; in doing so he's working against the president's completion goal of being 1st in the world by 2020.
2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
Learning
About Schools, Tech, Poetry & Justice
LAUSD doing some of the right things to turnaround failing schools; selling edtech now; and Merwin's ode to mistakes
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
School Finance Fix
School finance is convoluted and ineffective. The fix: 1) money should follow kids to best options, 2) low income kids should get more money, and 3) funding should be flexible and outcome oriented.
2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
Learning
Small Vindication?
An MDRC study released today told us what we've known for years--that replacing big bad schools with good small schools helps more low income kids graduate. Read about what they missed in the study.
2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
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More Productivity: Sooner Rather Than Later
Our schools need to be more productive--educationally and operationally. The proposed jobs bill just postpones the transition to more learning online.
3 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
Learning
The Blended Solution to the Root Canal
Education is going to become more expensive, so we need to invest in ways to bring more students into channels for success at greater speed and at lower costs. Online blended learning provides an answer.
3 years ago by Tom Vander Ark















