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“I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason.” –Klaatu, The Day the Earth Stood Still– As I travel the country to talk […]
“I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason.” –Klaatu, The Day the Earth Stood Still– As I travel the country to talk […]
Apr 5, 2011
Memo to those who work in schools and in the trenches of education: the U.S. Department of Education is serious about wanting to transform the […]
Mar 24, 2011
In his Washington Post op-ed titled “How teacher development could revolutionize our schools” Bill Gates correctly identifies a critical challenge looming before the nation and […]
Mar 17, 2011
Today the Florida State Board of Education held a four-hour working session called “Workshop on the Learning Environment of Tomorrow.” I joined Governor Bob Wise […]
Mar 15, 2011
In last week’s blog, I described a scenario in which one of my eleventh-grade English students could have benefited from taking an online course. Unfortunately, […]
Mar 11, 2011
Those who read my blog last week know that Utah’s Senate Bill 65, also known as the Statewide Online Education Program, got off on the […]
Mar 10, 2011
As a native-Utahan and an advocate of online learning, I have been following Utah Senate Bill 65 (SB65), also known as the Statewide Online Education […]
Mar 4, 2011
Utah’s state senate missed a first opportunity Tuesday to kick start the transformation of its education system to a student-centric one and leapfrog the rest […]
Mar 2, 2011
Disruptive innovations get their initial footing by providing a simple application that competes against nonconsumption. That is, they introduce a more accessible option for people […]
Feb 26, 2011
Should all students, regardless of their circumstances, be in school longer? And if so, does this mean we simply require all students to be in […]
Feb 24, 2011