Each year the Foundation for Excellence in Education, chaired by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, brings together a bipartisan group of policymakers and education leaders for an outstanding event called the Excellence n Action Summit. I’ve had the privilege of attending the past two Summits.
Thanks to today’s technology, anyone can view the Summit’s fantastic sessions. Click here to access the full video library. Click here for a more complete agenda, including panelists for each session.
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In the past month three new education partnerships were announced that will provide world-class educational content from some of the country’s most prestigious institutions. School leaders just need to log on to access it.
1) Julliard & Connections Learning
“Starting in the 2012-2013 school year, The Juilliard School and Connections Education are launching JUILLIARD eLEARNING, for K-12 students...
One of the iLearn Project’s primary objectives is to highlight innovation using education technology. It’s some of the most fun we have here. Today, we’re going to take a look at how technology is revolutionizing the textbook.
Textbooks are expensive. Very expensive. Which is why schools often wait years to replace them. What happens in the interim? Content goes out of date, and there’s nothing a...
“The Cost of Cutting Online Learning” by Diana Moore was originally published on GettingSmart.com.
State budgets have been hurting in a bad way. Across the country, legislatures continue to struggle to close deficits while still providing essential services. While cuts have been necessary, the wrong cuts can be devastating and ironically, very costly.
On the chopping block time and again has...
This week the Innosight Institute released a groundbreaking report titled “Classifying K-12 Blended Learning.” While intended to clarify definitions and provide a common language for the education community, the report does much more. It illustrates the growth and prominence of blended learning (more than 80 programs were consulted in drafting this report). And it provides a crystal clear map of four...
