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EdTech 10: No Break for EdTech

I don’t know about all of you, dear readers, but next week our family is hitting the road for a spring break adventure. Has this blissful seasonal milestone already passed for you? Or perhaps your spring breakin’ days are long gone altogether. Either way, there’s plenty of adventure in this week’s EdTech 10 to...

one month ago by Carri Schneider

Leadership

Puget Sound Districts Will Lead the Way on Personalization

Earlier this month the Department announced the 16 winning applicants to the Race to the Top District competition. The nearly $400 million will be split by 55 districts in 11 states.

4 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

Learning

Racing to the Top in Delaware

The Rodel Foundation hosted the fifth Vision 2015 Conference. The First State scored first in the Race to the Top (RTTT) grant competition largely because of the vision, organizing, and grantmaking of the Rodel Foundation and its Executive Director Paul Herdman.

7 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

EdTech

iNACOL Hosts Webinar On Race to the Top District (RTT-D)

Here is one more opportunity to listen to another perspective that will provide you more information about the role that digital learning can play in a successful application. This webinar is brought to you by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) on Friday, August 31 4-5 pm ET. If you’d lik...

8 months ago by Guest Author

Learning

Could Teacher Evaluation Initiatives Power Down Technology-driven Innovation?

Teacher quality is arguably the largest policy shift in education today and will have a lasting impact on our public education system. Legislatures across the country are hammering out systems intended to improve, reward, and redistribute quality instruction – including teacher evaluation systems and systems to diffe...

one year ago by Guest Author

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Foundation for Excellence in Education

The Foundation for Excellence in Education is igniting a movement of reform, state by state, to transform education for the 21st century economy. Excellence in Action, the organization’s flagship initiative, is working with lawmakers and policymakers to advance education reform across America. Learn more at www.Exce...

Learning

The Inevitability of Personal Digital Learning

Over the past two decades there has been a variety of reform but the inevitability of personal digital learning is unavoidable.

one year ago by Tom Vander Ark

Learning

We Made Some Progress: 2010 in Review

There are 5 great reforms: goals, time, choice, money and employment—we made progress on all 5 this year.

2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark