Education’s ‘shiny toy syndrome’
It’s elementary, the Marietta Daily Journal reports. Public education bureaucrats do the darnedest, stupidest things.
Month: September 2013
What we can learn from Rupert Murdoch, News Corp, and Amplify
I’ve been trying to figure out how to write about Amplify Learning for months. It’s complicated, Forbes reports.
Bypassing the SAT altogether
Mind/Shift reports: “It’s kind of declaring war on the whole rigmarole of college admissions and the failure to foreground the curriculum and learning,” Leon Botstein, Bard’s president of…
Veteran teacher: The key failing of school reform over decades
The tug of war over standardized tests is just the latest round of a struggle I’ve watched many times before, The Washington Post reports.
Integrated math might be key to student achievement
As states implement the Common Core State Standards, many math educators and curriculum specialists are advocating a move to integrated math, which, although not a new concept, has…
L.A. students breach school iPads’ security
It took exactly one week for nearly 300 students at Roosevelt High School to hack through security so they could surf the web on their new school-issued iPads,…
App of the week: Luca Lashes
Geared toward children ages 0-4, the series help turn “fearful firsts” into educational experiences, whether it’s a child’s first haircut, first dentist visit, first swimming lesson, and more.
How to choose the right education technology
With so many education technology tools now available, how can school and district leaders implement the best choices? According to some tech-savvy technology integrators, there are a few…
Bill Gates: ‘It would be great if our education stuff worked but…’
“It would be great if our education stuff worked, but that we won’t know for probably a decade.” That’s what Bill Gates said on Sept. 21 (see video…
Education 3.0: Embracing technology to ‘jump the curve’
Wired.com reports: It may not be “The Winds of War.” It may not even be as exciting as “Sharknado,” but I would argue that the role of ed…