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It’s Time for The Next Big Advance: Comparable Growth Measures
The most important next step in the shift to personal digital learning is the need for comparable growth measures for individ...
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CEOs Want Hard-Working Decision-Making Team Players
A survey of chief executives indicates that 92% say education is very or the most important national competitiveness issue. ...
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EdTech 10: PD and Pilgrims
When you’re the parent of a 5 year old, you hear lots of jokes. Maybe you’ve heard this one - “If April Showers bring M...
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Think Outside the Box for Las Vegas Schools
The Getting Smart team led a school design workshop for The Executive Leadership Academy, hosted by The Public Education Foun...
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Making Tech Work for Kids and Teachers
Advances in technology in the classroom often focus on how it is improving teaching and not learning. Why don't we invite stu...
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Learning
A New Normal Summit
The New Schools Venture Fund Summit took place this week in San Francisco and had more tech, more digital learning, more focus on productivity and more people. Yet, there are still a few things that I would like to see before the next summit.
2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
Learning
John Dewey to Farmville: 3 Decades of Learning
More children are learning from Farmville and other games, which is becoming the "new normal". Bing Gordon, a leader in the gaming industry believes that games are becoming a source to connect and engage with students in a way that is constantly teaching them new lessons.
2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark
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Kevin Chavous at NewSchools Summit
Listen to Kevin Chavous deliver his message of reform and choice at the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit in Washington, DC.
2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff
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Walter Isaacson, Ted Mitchell: New Chances, New Stories
Ted Mitchell follows Walter Isaacson in today's opening of the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit and says we must be activated to change.
3 years ago by Getting Smart Staff
