Teachers grading students hinders education
In a recent post, I described a hypothetical model for unbundling the teaching roles of instruction and assessment in order to incorporate rigorous measures of […]
In a recent post, I described a hypothetical model for unbundling the teaching roles of instruction and assessment in order to incorporate rigorous measures of […]
June 26, 2015
We can all remember getting tests back with a big grade at the top and “X’s” marked next to the problems we got wrong. If […]
June 18, 2015
Although online-learning software can be a powerful enabler of personalized learning, many educators struggle with what they see as learning software’s limited ability to provide […]
June 12, 2015
On Thursday, March 19, 2015, the Texas Senate Education Committee held a public hearing for SB 1200, a bill that would create a commission on […]
Mar 20, 2015
This week the U.S. Department of Education made a groundbreaking decision to allow four school systems in New Hampshire to pilot a new accountability regime […]
Mar 5, 2015
Julia Freeland and Thomas Arnett, research fellows at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. As the House of Representatives prepares to vote […]
Feb 26, 2015
With the rise of blended learning, skeptics are quick to point out why children may miss out if some of their learning happens in front […]
Jan 23, 2015
One exciting development that online learning facilitates is the opportunity for greater customizability. Online learning gives students access to a wide selection courses and learning […]
Jan 9, 2015
Clashes over testing in K–12 schools have grown in intensity in recent years. In some quarters, parents decry the over-testing of their children, for example, […]
Dec 11, 2014
By now the story is well known. inBloom, a non-profit that offered a data warehouse solution designed to help public schools embrace the promise of […]
Dec 4, 2014