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Charter School Authorizing 2.0

Within the richness and diversity of the ed reform sector, the practice of charter school authorizing isn’t the trendiest. ...

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Australian Study Points to Benefits of Games-Based Math

Dr. Kristy Goodwin of Macquarie University studied what she calls Digital Games Based Learning (DGBL) including the deploymen...

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Educator Resuscitation 101: A Prerequisite for Summer Learning

I need to admit something. I am dead. Dead-tired. Exhausted. Fatigued. Drained. Emotionally and physically spent. And no, I d...

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Building STEM Skills by Learning Game Design

Alex Chisholm, Executive Director of the Learning Games Network describes the journey to the HP Catalyst Academy as grant rec...

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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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The Learning Mindset: Winning in the Civilian Sector

The 1% and 99% are making headlines. But I'm more worried about the 20%, the 50% and the 75%. The 20% of Iraq and Afghanistan vets age 18-24 who are unemployed, the 50% who are underemployed, and 75% who don't graduate from the programs of study that they start after they get out.

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Review: Teaching Generation Text

Lisa Nielsen and Willyn Webb have spent the last few years experimenting teaching with cell phones and were thrilled with the results.

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Infographic: The Math-Science Shortage

Studies, reports and more over most recent years have stated ...

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NewSchools Launches Ed Tech Market Map

NewSchools Venture Fund announced Wednesday, the release of an interactive representation of the geographic K-12 education-technology market to help investors, donors, and entrepreneurs better evaluate the landscape of edtech ventures.

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Jobs’ passing: Who will bring our 1984 moment to learning?

Steve Jobs passing and the outflow of feelings says this is more than a mere corporate titan's death. In the flood of remembrances, we can see how different he was from many technology-industry peers. Although he never turned his relentless design sensibility on the building of full learning environments, there are les...

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Get out the blender, kids

I think I have just glimpsed the future, or at least what could be the future, of public education. I’m talking about the effective use of today’s technology to enhance learning, or what insiders are calling ‘blended education.’ Michael Horn, a co-author of Disrupting Class, provided a definition: Blended learn...

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White House Launches New “Digital Promise” Initiative

The White House and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced today the launch of "Digital Promise," a new national center created by Congress to advance technologies that can transform teaching and learning.

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