Every few days of summer, I recopy my to-do list to a new page of my notebook (currently, a Moleskine Professional Notebook because I like the page...
colleges
As education providers, we are always looking for new ways to customize and improve our teaching approach to better serve our students, and many districts are...
The finalists for the 2017 Bellwether Awards were notified last month, and they will present their innovative programs at the Futures Assembly January 29-31...
Insights from Dirty Jobs
Earlier this week, I listened to Brett McKay’s interview with Mike Rowe. As you’ll learn if you listen to the conversation...
An Insightful Life
Claude Shannon is one of my intellectual heroes.
His MIT master’s thesis, submitted in 1936, laid the foundation for digital circuit...
Designers of instruction are akin to learning architects. They aim to construct instructional experiences that engender durable, useful, and meaningful...
I reviewed the main findings from the Brookings Institute report, Strength in Numbers: State Spending on K-12 Assessment Systems. Author Matthew Chingos has...
In 2010, the Elk Grove Unified School District in California launched the Elk Grove Virtual Academy (EGVA) for grades K–8. EGVA draws a variety of students...
An annual meeting is held with parents, educators, and other stakeholders for students who receive special education services. The purpose of the meeting...
We should, as we do already, put our very best effort towards guaranteeing that student privacy is at the heart of everything we do in education, especially...