Overcoming the ‘Immovable Mountains’
As I am getting ready for a trip to the National Customized Learning Summit, I’ve been thinking about mountains.
Digital learning and special education
The EducationSuperHighway Summer blog series celebrates the educators that inspire and showcases the ways that digital learning impacts students.
Get online! It’s story time! Let’s talk about literacy and equity
Serious gaps in reading achievement and access to children’s print materials still persist, and educators are becoming more creative in how they reach their students.
3 stories of how educational technology can improve relationships
Around 2014, I noticed a troubling shift in how people were starting to view Blended Learning.
A focus on the NCAA approval process
Online content and tools are regularly used in the nation’s K-12 classrooms.
3 “half-truths” about ESSA’s evidence-based tiers
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) recognizes four different categories of evidence when it comes to selecting “evidence-based” strategies.
Podcast: Unpacking evidence of effectiveness under ESSA
John Watson of the Evergreen Education Group, Yovhane Metcalfe of StrongMind, and Jessica Shopoff of Learn4Life unpack evidence of effectiveness under ESSA.
Teaching for social justice
Equitable digital access is the foundation for ensuring that teachers can personalize learning and provide students with the educational opportunities they need to be prepared for college and career.
Alt school fails
Alt School, the Silicon Valley start-up launched by a former Googler, has failed.
Curriculum mapping for blended
In the CIA of blended learning model, teachers work in tandem with digital curriculum to provide a personalized learning environment for each and every student.
K-12 Blended Teaching: A free guidebook for teachers
K-12 blended teaching is still maturing.
Lack of courses still a problem, but course access is not yet a viable solution
ExcelinEd’s analysis of course equity and access in its report College and Career Pathways: Equity and Access, contributes very valuable data points regarding a problem but stumbles in its proposed solution.
A special issue: Call for research in personalized learning
More research in personalized learning is needed before specific models are widely adopted.
Ignite your summer learning (with) science
This summer’s hot new trend is learning science, right?
Racial diversity in online charter schools differs by state
A recent EdWeek article, Racial Diversity of Online Charters Varies Widely By State, Study Finds, provides valuable data while raising a set of interesting questions about the implications of diversity in online schools.
Lessons from LEAP
LEAP Innovations is a highly-regarded (and very well-funded) non-profit organization that is working with schools across Chicago to implement personalized learning.
Why online learning? Lessons from Arizona State University’s Michael Crow
Revolutionizing online education: A conversation with President Michael Crow of Arizona State University is about post-secondary education and one university’s quest to use technology to expand access.
Artificial intelligence in education: reality and hype
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds promise to improve education, but as yet is over-hyped and misunderstood…
Defining a changing landscape: Can our language keep up with our learning models?
Is it blended? Is it personalized? Is it customized?
Response to the NEPC Report
The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) recently released Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2019, the latest of NEPC’s series of annual reports looking at online and blended schools…