A smarter summer Heather Staker A smarter summer School is out for summer, and one glance at the bronzed bodies of the little people in my neighborhood in Hawaii leaves no doubt that […] June 30, 2010 Heather Staker
Ed Tech confronts Obama’s mandate for change Heather Staker Ed Tech confronts Obama’s mandate for change President Obama’s FY2011 budget proposal zeroes out funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program, thereby eliminating the primary line item for federal Ed […] June 16, 2010 Heather Staker
Is Apex Learning for everyone? Heather Staker Is Apex Learning for everyone? In a conversation with one of the principals featured in a forthcoming Apex Learning case study, the principal noted that males under the age of […] June 9, 2010 Heather Staker
Autism Training Solutions Heather Staker Autism Training Solutions In a recent blog, Michael B. Horn identified how Rethink Autism’s business model bears many of the traits of a disruptive innovation. The new company […] May 26, 2010 Heather Staker
Pandora for learning is music to my ears Heather Staker Pandora for learning is music to my ears How I love this Freakonomics Radio podcast (click on Episode 1). It compares public schools to a bad radio station, which broadcasts one stream of […] May 20, 2010 Heather Staker
Time to rethink the curriculum adoption process Heather Staker Time to rethink the curriculum adoption process On a typical evening from 1993 to 1994, I took the elevator to the VIP lounge atop the Sacramento Hyatt for happy hour with fellow […] May 12, 2010 Heather Staker
Chartering past the blame Heather Staker Chartering past the blame In Sunday’s New York Times, Trip Gabriel reports that the standardized test scores of charter schools are widely variable, with some schools soaring above traditional […] May 5, 2010 Heather Staker
