Why kids are hiring competency-based education
This week I had the privilege of sitting in on the first day of Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA)’s Responsive Education Alternatives Lab (REAL) […]
This week I had the privilege of sitting in on the first day of Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA)’s Responsive Education Alternatives Lab (REAL) […]
July 16, 2014
Why are schools going blended? The answer is certainly mixed depending on whom you talk to. In some senses it doesn’t matter—whether it’s to increase […]
July 2, 2014
With the supply in the edtech market booming, what do we know about edtech demand? Our latest publication, in partnership with the Charter School Growth […]
June 17, 2014
By Julia Freeland and Alex Hernandez Technology is increasingly integral to school systems; but do we know what schools want out of software? This white paper summarizes how 30 small- to medium-sized school systems are ...
June 17, 2014
Colorado’s Donnell-Kay Foundation is taking impact investing to a new level: its latest initiative, ReSchool Colorado, aims to build a new education system that will […]
June 10, 2014
Last week I had the privilege of visiting the USC Hybrid High School (HHS), a new charter school in Los Angeles and winner of a […]
June 3, 2014
Blended learning comes in various shapes and sizes in New Hampshire. In 2007, Exeter Region Cooperative School District (SAU 16) in Exeter, N.H., applied for […]
May 21, 2014
By Julia Freeland Based on a small, early-stage sampling of schools in New Hampshire, this white paper describes how blended-learning models that tend to be disruptive relative to the traditional classroom appear especi...
May 20, 2014
Last week, we published the first paper in a two-part series on competency-based education. That paper investigates what competency-based education means in practice in New […]
May 16, 2014
Today we released the first in a series of papers looking at important progress afoot in the state of New Hampshire: “From policy to practice: […]
May 7, 2014