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The rise of K-12 blended learning: Profiles of emerging models | Innosight Institute
Some innovations change everything. The rise of personal computers in the 1970s decimated the mini-computer industry. TurboTax forever changed tax accounting, and MP3s made libraries of compact discs obsolete. Even venerable public institutions like the United States Postal Service, which reported an $8.5 billion loss in 2010, are not immune.…
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The Case For Social Media in Schools
A year after seventh grade teacher Elizabeth Delmatoff started a pilot social media program in her Portland, Oregon classroom, 20% of students school-wide were completing extra assignments for no credit, grades had gone up more than 50%, and chronic absenteeism was reduced by more than a third. For the first…
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Create an Effective Presentation – Video – Harvard Business Review
Create an Effective Presentation – Video – Harvard Business Review.
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The Answer Sheet – Martin Luther King Jr. on education: In his own words
Here are some writings by Martin Luther King Jr., on education. Though they are from decades ago, some of this sounds like it could have been written today. In the Morehouse College student newspaper, the Maroon Tiger, he wrote a piece, “The Purpose of Education, in January-February 1947 edition that…
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Education Week: Weighing States’ School Performance, Policymaking
At a time of persistent turbulence for America’s economy and schools, Quality Counts has continued its long-standing mission of regularly evaluating the status of states’ educational performance and policymaking. This 15th edition of Education Week ’s annual report issues summative scores and letter grades to the states and features newly…
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The Principal Difference: A School Leadership Blog by Mel Riddile: PISA: It’s Poverty Not Stupid
“There are three kinds of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics.”–Mark Twain The release of the 2009 PISA results this past week has created quite a stir and has provided ample fodder for public school bashers and doomsayers who further their own philosophical and profit-motivated agendas by painting all public…
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Another Look at PISA – Bridging Differences – Education Week
Dear Deborah, I have been fascinated by the continuing commentary and controversy about the results of the international tests of reading, mathematics, and science known as PISA (the Program for International Student Assessment). President Barack Obama and Secretary Arne Duncan immediately said that the mediocre standing of American students was…
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Holding on to Parent Voices | District Administration Magazine
Under No Child Left Behind, the federal government requires school districts to use 1 percent of Title I money to fund programs that involve parents in the schools and provides another $39 million annually for 62 Parental Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs) that provide training and information for both parents…
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10 Things Charter Schools Won’t Tell You – SmartMoney.com
10 Things Charter Schools Won’t Tell You – SmartMoney.com.
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