The Brand-New and the Provocative The best book I have read in the past year has yet to be published, but will be out in October. It’s written by an economist out of the University of Washington, and surprisingly it isn’t by Dan Goldhaber but his colleague Dick Startz, who is at the mid-point of his career but is a newbie on education
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Kate Walsh responded to Summer Reading on August 18, 2010 09:12 AM
Above all, it’s doable I just finished a truly extraordinary book, “Schools Cannot Do It Alone” by Jamie Vollmer. A convert to public education, with the perspective of a successful businessman who once thought he knew best, Vollmer lays out the challenges public schools face, the transformation needed and some very real ways we must actually achieve the goal of excellence. His solutions are radical, sensible, and above all, doable
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Anne L. Bryant responded to Summer Reading on August 17, 2010 09:32 AM
So Many Texts, So Little Time (DISCLOSURE: I got a Kindle last year so my usual “book a week” pace has increased dramatically. Below is a list of what I’ve gone through since June 1.) I bought 50 copies of Seth Godin’s Linchpin to give out to every high school kid I know.
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Steve Peha responded to Summer Reading on August 16, 2010 02:45 PM
Some more controls for WiZiQ members. Teachers can add comments as testimonials and control notifications, Courses are now listed on teacher profiles and tutorials can be downloaded.
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Testimonials, Courses, Mail – More Features and Controls for Teachers
In the “i” of the Beholder Seems like someone in the i3 program forgot to consult a dictionary. “Innovative” is not exactly the word I would use to describe how things have turned out.
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Steve Peha responded to Is Administration Moving The Ball With Innovation? on August 11, 2010 10:12 PM
Over the next couple of years, roughly a billion dollars will be spent on innovation in education through federal grants and private initiatives. A significant chunk of that money, $650 million, will be distributed to the 49 winners of the Investing In Innovation (i3) competition announced last week
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Is Administration Moving The Ball With Innovation?
iPad more innovation than i3 The i3 program funded credible scaling efforts that will make incremental improvements to traditional schools—solid investments but not innovation. Optimizing the current system will not reach all students; it won’t close the achievement, teacher, or funding gap; and will cost more money
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Tom Vander Ark responded to Is Administration Moving The Ball With Innovation? on August 9, 2010 12:17 PM
New American Schools All Over Again This week I’m quoting Mike Petrilli (in part quoting me!) from Fordham’s Flypaper blog a few days back: Alexander Russo nailed it this morning* when he wrote that “old school reforms win big in i3.” Indeed. What hit me when I saw the list of winners–especially the groups that brought home the big bucks–was that this is New American Schools all over again
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Chester E. Finn, Jr. responded to Is Administration Moving The Ball With Innovation? on August 9, 2010 10:15 AM
By Creston News Advertiser, ARA A record number of students are heading back to school this year – without ever stepping foot inside a classroom. A growing number of virtual schools (also known as cyber schools or e-schools), combined with booming parent (and student) demand for high-quality online learning, have more students than ever logging on, instead of boarding a school bus, this back-to-school season.
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Online learning schools ‘clicking’ for many students this school year
by Leann Zotis, Helium Distance learning provides opportunities for people who might not otherwise be able to pursue an education. It allows students to access educational formats remotely, from a computer connection in their home or some other location not inside a traditional classroom. It can give traditional students an opportunity to jump ahead in their coursework by taking an online course during their summer breaks.
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Why distance learning requires you to be self-motivated
Failed Imagination–and Memory The Obama administration’s education-reform agenda was already in trouble with the teacher unions.
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Chester E. Finn, Jr. responded to Do Competitive Grants Hurt Equal Opportunity? on August 2, 2010 09:42 AM
Time to Leave the New Status Quo Behind Normal.dotm 0 0 1 355 2026 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 16 4 2488 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} If so obvious a question needs to be debated inside the Beltway, the answer’s pretty clear in the nitty-gritty world of schools and classrooms, where resources are being cut to the bone. Competitions…
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Lisa Guisbond responded to Do Competitive Grants Hurt Equal Opportunity? on August 2, 2010 04:14 PM
Spurring Real Change For Needy Kids Some—on this blog and elsewhere—have taken the position that competitive grants to fund education improvements are somehow bad for poor kids. The idea seems to be that only wealthy jurisdictions will have the skills to put together winning proposals, so poor kids would be more likely to benefit if the dollars were simply handed out like the vast majority of federal dollars are—through formula grants, whether or not their schools do anything good. I think they’re dead wrong.
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Kati Haycock responded to Do Competitive Grants Hurt Equal Opportunity? on August 5, 2010 11:03 AM
Ed reform competition helps all President Obama’s education reform agenda is aggressive, forward-thinking and actually helps the most underserved schools and school districts, not hurt them.
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Chad Wick responded to Do Competitive Grants Hurt Equal Opportunity? on August 3, 2010 04:38 PM
by Jody Lawrence-Turner, The Spokesman-Review Washington State University has offered online degrees since 1993. It now has seven bachelor’s degrees, three master’s degrees and several professional certificates available through the Web.
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More students turn to Internet for online learning as institutions boost offerings
By Brian Bullock, Santa Maria Times Thanks to the rapid growth of online classes, people can earn a bachelor’s degree without ever setting foot on a university campus. Hancock College’s University Programs partners with several area universities to offer its students undergraduate degree Antioch University Santa Barbara, Brandman University, Cal Poly, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Park University and University of La Verne to create bachelor’s degree programs in several fields of study for its students.
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Online Learning: Schools partner to offer hybrid MBA program
By N Wilson, Best Syndication The $35 per piece tablet PC was unveiled by the Union Minister for human Resource Development in India. The goal for India is to have a low-cost solution for educating students.
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by OzarksFirst.com Educators and government agencies met in Springfield to improve distance learning. “It can greatly reduce a student’s out of pocket expenses because they don’t have to travel to campus, find childcare or miss work,” says Witt Salley, vice president of Missouri Distance Learning.
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Educators Focus on Distance Learning in Springfield, MO
by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed That online education knows no geographical limitations is considered one of the platform’s more disruptive qualities. To entrepreneurs, it means that for-profit educational companies, such as the University of Phoenix or Kaplan University, can grow very large and make a lot of money, very quickly. To regulators, it means headaches.
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Buying Local, Online Learning
by Janelle Vreeland, College News CDW Government LLC—a corporation aiding educators and the government in IT solutions—has released the results of its 21st-Century Campus Report for 2010, and found that, for 63 percent of current college students, technology was an important factor in making their college selection. It also found that it was an important factor for a whopping 93 percent of current high school students. Students also emphasized the importance of wireless networks, off-campus network connections and course management systems in the report.
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Online Learning and Technology a factor in choosing schools, students say