Ed Policy
Education policy consists of news, commentary and stories that follow legislation and government action in the educational sphere.
EdTech 10: We Heart School
Speaking of that ever evolving world of education, here are the top ten happenings that caught our attention just this week.
Smart LIst: The 10 Most Innovative Cities
Today we are recognizing smart cities. We built an index based on 12 metrics of innovations in learning considering K-12 schools, universities, foundations and investors, edtech and other education enterprise. Here are the ten smartest cities (in order):
Activate ED’s Next Rockstar: Andy Rotherham
Andy Rotherham has extensive experience working in education policy and is the author or co-author of more than 200 published articles, book chapters, papers, and op-eds about education policy and politics and is the author or editor of four books on educational policy- and is Activate ED's newest Rockstar.
Boot Camp Parents Shape Up to Impact Ed Policy
Seventy-five such parents joined PublicSchoolOptions.org’s 2013 Annual Parent Advocacy Boot Camp, where they explored the national education debate and learned how to impact reform in their own states.
Reform as a Platform for Innovation
Across a half a dozen states in the last week I've listened in on edreform chats with an eye on innovation. Embracing the world of digital opportunity will take new governance models, stronger state capacity and new relationships between districts and statewide providers.
EdTech 10: Superhero News Makers
Don your cape, your mask, and your spandex. Here are this week’s edtech super heroes!
Utah Personalizes Learning With Portable Records
Robyn Bagley, Parents for Choice in Education, saw the paper and knew Utah's existing data system infrastructure gave them a big head start on a portable record. She talked to a champion of Ed Tech policy and personalized learning, Senator Jerry Stevenson who agreed to sponsor a bill.
Smart List: 40 Advocacy Orgs Making a Difference
Today we are recognizing 40 great policy and advocacy organizations. These groups put students first, set the path, and lead the conversation.
Activate Ed’s Rockstar Number 3, Lydia Logan
The next Activate Ed Education Rockstar, Lydia Logan, Managing Director of Chiefs for Change at the Foundation for Excellence in Education.
PARCC “On Time, On Task”
PARCC chiefs and staff held calls this week to update progress and, in the light of defections, to reassure partners. The message was “PARCC is on time, on task,” and 14 states and the District of Columbia have committed to field-testing the assessment in the spring of 2014.