Cisco Networking Academy provides clues for future of testing Michael B. Horn Cisco Networking Academy provides clues for future of testing 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 Michael B. Horn
Cisco Networking Academy:Next generation assessments and their implications for K–12 education Meredith Liu Cisco Networking Academy:Next generation assessments and their implications for K–12 education By Meredith Liu To illuminate the possibilities for next-generation assessments in K–12 schools, this case study profiles the Cisco Networking Academy, which creates comprehensive online training curriculum to teach n... Dec 10, 2014 Meredith Liu
What computer science education can tell us about the future of schools Julia Freeland Fisher What computer science education can tell us about the future of schools This week marks National Computer Science Education Week. Not only are K–12 schools, parents, and leaders around the country engaged in activities like the Hour […] Dec 10, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Competency-based education needs breathing room Michelle R. Weise, PhD Competency-based education needs breathing room This blog was first published on CompetencyWorks. The running joke about higher education is that change doesn’t come eventually, but glacially. Much of academic inertia […] Dec 8, 2014 Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Rhode Island goes blended Julia Freeland Fisher Rhode Island goes blended Two years ago we published a short case study on the digital learning efforts afoot in Rhode Island. In it we summarized the Rhode Island […] Dec 5, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
inBloom’s collapse offers lessons for innovation in education Michael B. Horn inBloom’s collapse offers lessons for innovation in education 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 Michael B. Horn
U.S. DOE aims to revamp teacher preparation Thomas Arnett U.S. DOE aims to revamp teacher preparation Last week teacher preparation programs across the country received big news. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education proposed new regulations that would put more […] Dec 3, 2014 Thomas Arnett
TNTP reimagines blended teaching Thomas Arnett TNTP reimagines blended teaching TNTP, a teacher-recruitment and policy-advocacy group, recently released a new paper called “Reimagining Teaching in a Blended Learning Setting.” The paper describes roles and essential […] Nov 26, 2014 Thomas Arnett
Are formative assessments disrupting summative tests? Julia Freeland Fisher Are formative assessments disrupting summative tests? Rabid debates about testing—what we test, how often, and the consequences thereof—are not new and are growing ever louder this year. As states continue to […] Nov 24, 2014 Julia Freeland Fisher
Blended learning can miss its mark Heather Staker Blended learning can miss its mark Thousands of school districts across America—over 75 percent by some estimates—are awakening to the possibilities of blended learning. Most commonly they’re chasing the goal of […] Nov 21, 2014 Heather Staker
What else should KIPP be doing with blended learning? Michael B. Horn What else should KIPP be doing with blended learning? KIPP, perhaps the most famous of the “No Excuses” brand of public charter schools that has grown across the nation in recent years, was famously […] Nov 20, 2014 Michael B. Horn
How technology displaces teachers’ jobs Thomas Arnett How technology displaces teachers’ jobs Some of my most memorable moments from high school were learning to drive my parents’ Ford F-150. As it is with learning anything new, it […] Nov 19, 2014 Thomas Arnett