Taming the Edu-speak
“We will assess emerging curriculum compacting across cognitive and affective domains.” It’s not just reporting – “edu-speak” creates barriers to collaboration among schools, families, and community...
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Advancing data sharing and security for learning
The gap continues to widen between investment in education technology and investment in the systems, supports, and social practices we need for successful edtech implementations. This edtech investment...
View ArticleBeyond E-rate to support anytime/anywhere learning
The Federal Communication Commission’s historic decision to expand the E-rate program means an additional $1.5 billion annually for broadband access in schools and libraries. We need corresponding...
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A Backpack, a GPS, and a Sherpa for Learning
To fully realize the potential of the digital learning revolution, schools must come to terms with a Copernican shift where students, not schools, are the center of the digital learning universe....
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Your Edtech initiative is going to #FAIL
One of the things I’m looking forward to the most at SXSWedu next week is the LAUNCHedu competition for early-stage education ventures. (I’m a member of this year’s advisory board.) One of the...
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The ABCs for education data sharing
Looking through the list of sessions at SXSWedu this week, I’m happy to see so many that focus on data sharing. We’re making good progress figuring out the mechanics of data sharing, privacy, and...
View ArticleTiny School Ecosystems: The next wave of education entrepreneurship?
Food trucks have upended the idea of what it means to launch and operate a restaurant. The Tiny Schools Project from 4.0 Schools aims to take a similar approach—supporting prototypes on the way to...
View ArticleParsing Internet Trends for Education
Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report is out. It’s worth taking the time to review the whole presentation, but these highlights stand out in relation to education: Smartphone access to the...
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Fix “school” to fix the teacher shortage
Frank Bruni pens an op-ed in today’s NY Times on the teacher shortage conversation. Both the problem and answer are bigger than what Bruni outlines. Most of even our best schools are based on...
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A New Community Compact for Education
We need a new chapter in K-12 education where everyone embraces a role and responsibility to advance student learning. Schools and teachers can’t and shouldn’t have to go it alone. We need to support...
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