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Wanted: School Chief Learning Officer - 215 days ago
So here’s a question I was discussing a couple of weeks ago with a superintendent at a gathering of educational leaders: What percentage of the teachers at your school do a good job of preparing kids to take meet the requirements, pass the tests,... Topics: leadership, learning, schools

Quote of the Month–Schools as “Sites for Learning” - 220 days ago
From Deborah Meier on Bridging Differences in what is unquestionably one of the most powerful paragraphs about education I’ve read in a long time:As long as we use test scores as our primary evidence for being poorly educated we reinforce the... Topics: learning, On My Mind

The “Added Value of Networking” - 278 days ago
From the “Building the Compelling Case Department” comes this piece in the Harvard Graduate School of Education magazine Ed. titled “Thanks for the Add. Now Help Me with my Homework.” This is another one of those pieces... Topics: Facebook, learning, On My Mind, shifts, Social Stuff, The Shifts

Personalizing Education for Teachers, Too - 282 days ago
I finally got around to finishing up Sir Ken Robinson’s new book “The Element” which, for the most part, was a great read. He lays out a pretty compelling case for the power of passion in learning, and the absolute need for schools to... Topics: change, passion, Teacher as Learner

The Netbook Effect - 291 days ago
Great article by Clive Thompson in the new issue of Wired (the paper version, so no link to the text right now) about the ways in which netbooks are changing the laptop landscape. And, at the same time, cementing the idea of cloud computing in our lives.. Topics: education, learning, On My Mind, Tools







