It’s always hard for me to begin the conversation about blogging with people. When they ask me what I write about, I have to say, “I write a lot about education and just things that I read that I want to talk about.” It’s not a science. It’s not a formula. It’s just me and …
A peak inside the life of a teacher: The reality is that most of us who work in education definitely do not have quiet lives. Depending on the level you teach, you may have a group of students following you down the hallway at any given time. Being an educator is a great way to …
There is much debate as to whether Facebook is worth the $38 shares that it is selling as of today. So what is about this company that is so intriguing to potential investors? Certainly, it is interesting that a Social Media site, initially to just be a time waster, is bringing over $1 billion in profits every …
As Sam Harrelson and I gear up for our presentation on Saturday on Connecting via Social Media, we have both been confronted with the question, “Where do we begin?” Do we start with the professional benefits that we have both experienced via Social Media? Do we tout the way that connecting to other professionals from …
The fact that Harvard, Stanford and MIT have bought in should only give us more pause as to why we haven’t: But once an Ivy League university does it, then an innovative practice can be validated. Perhaps online instruction did not look so hot to many professors until MITx, the university’s new online learning program, …
It’s important that we are growing students who are able to understand and transcend many different literacies at one time. The emphasis on helping students code isn’t necessarily about become programmers, but become fluent: Again, no, the assumption is that there will be better understanding of what code is all about. The idea is not …
Dismantling Philly Public Schools: The plan, or “blueprint,” was written by a business strategy organization called Boston Consulting; it recommends the closing of 40 of the city’s 249 schools in the coming year, with additional school closings in the years to come. The goal is to have a school district where the central district is phased out …
This is changing the landscape of education, you need to think again: My 11 year old son just took a course at Stanford. That has a nice ring to it but it is actually meaningless because these days anyone can take a course at Stanford. You don’t even have to pay. All you need is …
More about charter schools from the Obama administration: The document also gives charters flexibility to develop their own teacher and principal evaluation systems, as long as they adhere to a number of standards. The Obama administration announced last year that it would offer states waivers from the most onerous provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. …
