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P21 Selects New Leadership

The partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) announced the selection of Dr. Steven Paine as P21's incoming President and Dr. Helen Soule as Executive Director -- commanding a wealth of knowledge and experience in private and public sectors.

3 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

EdTech

Ensuring the Bottom Line is Higher Achievement

The bottom line is that we need to expose to students to a level of math and science that allows them to make an informed decision about the future of their own schooling.

2 years ago by Guest Author

EdTech

Video: Aneesh Chopra at Ed Sector: "We Need Data"

U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra noted at an Ed Sector event Tuesday that a continued emphasis on improving education is a key component of President Obama's innovation strategy, and data has a crucial role in this. He stressed the importance of building out the nation's digital infrastructure. "We can't have a conversation abou...

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

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Open High Teacher to Receive President's Award

The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Technology is the highest recognition that a K-12 mathematics and science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the United States. PAEMST is awarded annually to the best pre-college-level science and mathematics teachers from across the country.

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

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Governor Bob Wise Responds to PISA Scores

Former Governor Bob Wise on PISA results: “In what has become the Olympics of academic performance, these international test results show that U.S. students’ performance is improving, but we are still a long way from being an educational Olympic-medal winner."

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

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Culturally Responsive Online Teaching: A Call to Action

All students have cultural strengths and resiliencies; we need to ensure we are using all these strengths, including the culture of online learning.

2 years ago by Andrew Miller

EdTech

Boldly Innovate or Be Badly Irrelevant

Here is a summary of a presentation given by former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise at the Virtual Schools Symposium in Glendale, Arizona.

2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark