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Longevity: The Key To Getting Good Edtech Advice
When I ask educators why it’s difficult to select software for their classrooms their emphatic response is consistently: “It’s overwhelming!” And, I completely agree. Products are abundant, categories are fuzzy and the criteria used to evaluate the...
A Master Teacher Reflects on Blended Learning
Rocketship Education teacher Stephen Pham, one of the 11 Master Teachers selected to participate in our project with BetterLesson, recently reflected on what blended learning movement is all about. Read on below and tell us what you think at...
Researching, Developing, Integrating, and Guiding: TNTP Explores New Roles for Blended Learning Teachers
Last week, and with TLA’s support, TNTP released a first version of guidance to help districts and schools rethink their human capital systems to support blended learning. The working paper, “Reimagining Teaching In a Blended Classroom,” summarizes...
Leading Blended Learning, and Getting Support While Doing It
As we began developing our human capital strategy in the summer of 2013, we heard two things about leadership in blended and personalized schools: • principals are absolutely critical to successful design and implementation, and;• there is a dearth...
Blended Learning Is for Teachers, Too
On Tuesday, I touched upon some of the ways blended learning can be used to deepen student learning. Today, I'd love to tackle another group we tend not to emphasize in conversations about deeper learning: teachers. To kick this off, a note about...
Open Data is Starting to Bring Value to Education
Our schools need every edge they can get to improve education. Fortunately, there is a massive amount of data out there that may be able to help. Every year districts, states, and multiple federal organizations collect non-personal education data...
Pricing Transparency in Education: What We Can Learn from Health Care
Understanding the cost of public goods has historically been a difficult task. While government budget information is made public, it is often too high-level to determine true costs and key data is buried within hundreds of pages of text, in a...
Pricing Transparency in Education: Open Data for Institutional Purchasing
Imagine the wealth of non-personal data that sits behind every education institution in America. There are approximately 100,000 schools and 7,000 colleges nationwide, all of which collect or provide institutional purchasing information and so much...
Step #1 in District-wide Blended Learning Implementation: Assess Stakeholder Readiness
There are many steps on the path to implementing blended learning in school districts. In their enthusiasm to hit the ground running, district leaders may overlook a critical first step, one that can fundamentally impact the success of the entire...
21st Century Edtech Procurement
A guide for today, a hope for tomorrow Technology purchasing in education is a problem that can’t be ignored. Old systems of procurement were established as safeguards against corruption, meant to enhance decision-making and promote cost savings....
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