What We Can Learn From A Dinner Controversy In The Desert
Will we still need teachers as digital learning rises?
Why Don’t Entrepreneurs And Learning Scientists Talk Much?
All too often, products and services in the education market are not informed by what we know about learning.
A Better Blend: Combine Digital Instruction with Great Teaching
Today’s blended models will likely fall short unless they include excellent teachers playing instructional and team leadership roles that maximize technology’s impact in tandem with their own.
One Giant Leap for Teacher Development
I’m all but certain a number of states will take this report’s lessons to heart, and once again it will be said that TNTP influenced for the better our educator policies and practices.
Missing the Mark at the Arizona State Ed Tech Summit
It’s a big mistake to position technology as a way to replace teachers.
Trial by Format
The fine art of not teaching
Is it ever possible to prove that all pupils have learned in a given hour what the teacher set out to teach?
There Are Ineffective Teachers (and Principals, Superintendents, Librarians, Janitors, etc.)
If an employer can’t differentiate between their employees, they’re likely to treat them all as interchangeable widgets when it comes time to decide on how to help them improve, how much to pay them, or which ones should be retained.
Steps and Leaps Into Next-Gen Learning
As schools across the country adopt blended-learning models, a few clear trends are settling in, and some groups continue to help schools push the design envelope on what’s possible for students.
What We’re Watching: Assessing the President’s Preschool Plan
Sara Mead and Russ Whitehurst assess President Obama’s preschool plan at a panel at the Fordham Institute.
Behind the Headline: Who Should Be in the Gifted Program?
In Slate, Sarah Garland writes about efforts to make gifted classes more inclusive.
Behind the Headline: Read It, and Finally, Don’t Weep
In New York City, the Education Department is dropping its longtime literacy curriculum as part of a shift to the new Common Core standards.
What We’re Watching: Paying Teachers More, Within Budget
How extending the reach of excellent teachers can help teachers and kids.
Behind the Headline: Teacher Absenteeism Puts Students at a Loss
New data from the U.S. Department of Education suggest that teacher absenteeism is becoming a serious problem, with about one in three teachers missing more than 10 days of school each year.
The Unheralded Virtues of Grown-Up Policymaking, New Jersey-style
How New Jersey has tried to bridge the gap between policy and practice on teacher evaluations.
Why Educators’ Wages Must Be Revamped Now
Some districts are spending more than they need to spend, based on what other districts show is possible.
‘No Excuses’ Kids Go to College
Will high-flying charters see their low-income students graduate?
Will high-flying charters see their low-income students graduate?
No Substitute for a Teacher
Adults’ absences shortchange students
The average child has substitute teachers for more than six months of his school career
Grammarians in Hoodies
High school students take up the charge
Sloppy English usage may seem like a modern problem, but the laxness that has led to this moment in grammar’s history bears a strong resemblance to the atmosphere in early-18th-century England.
The Rising Cost of Teachers’ Health Care
Private-sector employers pay much less
Insurance costs for teachers are 26 percent higher than they are for private-sector professionals
Reform Agenda Gains Strength
The 2012 EdNext-PEPG survey finds Hispanics give schools higher grade than others do
The 2012 EdNext-PEPG survey finds Hispanics give schools a higher grade than others do
Is the Technology ‘Ready’ for Blended Learning?
At the outset of any industry, the technology tends to be immature and not yet good enough for the majority of users.
Setting Students Up for Success
Create the path of least resistance
Create the path of least resistance
