Teacher of the Future
Innovations that commoditize teacher expertise provide school leaders with new options for addressing three challenging circumstances facing schools today.
Dec 7, 2016
Teacher of the Future
A Los Angeles Times editorial missed the mark on its recommendations around online credit recovery for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Oct 25, 2016
The new school year is underway, but districts across the country are still struggling to fill hundreds of teaching positions. These teacher shortages are proving […]
Sept 7, 2016
Last week, I offered thoughts on the Fordham Institute’s research paper on e-schools in Ohio titled, “Enrollment and Achievement in Ohio’s Virtual Charter Schools.” It […]
Aug 25, 2016
The dreaded “F” is going out of vogue in schools. This week’s Washington Post article, “Is it becoming too hard to fail?”, chronicled a host of K–12 […]
July 6, 2016
Personalized learning is quickly gaining steam among educators, philanthropists, and policymakers. The promise of a personalized education system is enormous: we are witnessing an era […]
May 4, 2016
Last month, I had the privilege of observing a gathering of Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) districts in Concord, N.H. The PACE pilot program […]
Apr 20, 2016
This month, governors in Utah and Florida signed bills supporting the creation of competency-based education pilot programs in districts and schools. Utah’s bill, SB 143, […]
Apr 7, 2016
Last week, Hillary Clinton’s campaign proposed a $2 billion plan to reform K–12 school disciplinary practices. The plan marks a crucial effort to both ameliorate […]
Feb 26, 2016
As more and more school systems across the country explore “going competency-based,” we need to be attentive to the processes that will actually allow such […]
Jan 26, 2016