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Mowing Down the Mistakes of Confused Common Core Opponents 20 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
On Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle’s online portal SFGate.com ran an anti-Common Core op-ed authored by George Ball, the “past president of the American Horticultural Society.” While reasonable mi...
Why are the Common Core standards worth fighting for? 8 Aug 2013 | 03:27 am
Before answering that question, let’s first do a little homework. Please turn to page 22 of this booklet, released only this morning, which contains sample assessment items from the New York state Com...
Curriculum, the Trojan Horse of School Reform 5 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
As a country, we’ve vastly under-appreciated the importance of high-quality content as a key lever to improve teaching and learning. One of my mentors Dr. Denise Pope, lecturer at Stanford Graduate Sc...
Refuting Peter Buffett’s ‘New Code’ 31 Jul 2013 | 12:08 am
Massive social change requires massive social investment So, what should we make of Peter Buffett’s op-ed against “The Charitable-Industrial Complex“? I’ll confess, I’m confused by his argument. Buff...
Alive in the Swamp 23 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
A new Innovation Index released today puts teaching and learning ahead of ‘technology and excitement’ when it comes to digital innovations for the classroom. The Innovation Index, developed by Michael...
Reflections on Digital Inequality, Live from ISTE 2013 26 Jun 2013 | 10:54 pm
This week, most of our portfolio is in San Antonio for the largest edtech conference of the year, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). Not surprisingly, ISTE 2013 is expected to b...
Startups Should Prioritize Sustainability over Fundraising 15 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
Startup guru and author of The Startup Owner’s Manual, Steve Blank wrote a great blog post this week on raising money titled “Fund raising is a means not an end” and I couldn’t agree more. I worry abo...
K-12 Ed Tech Market Map Refresh 29 May 2013 | 10:46 pm
NewSchools is releasing an update to the K-12 Ed Tech Market Map, once again created in collaboration with Education Elements and the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. This upda...
GREAT Act Introduced Before House and Senate 24 May 2013 | 07:56 am
Imagine your favorite teacher. Most likely this was someone who challenged the class and made learning fun. We all know well the arguments that teacher preparation organizations are simply not produci...
Report: Boston Charters Outperform Peers 23 May 2013 | 12:11 am
Assessing impact on multiple measures, with an emphasis on indicators of college readiness, is a breakthrough in the evaluation of charter school effectiveness. This latest analysis confirms what a gr...
