Is Quality Preschool Good Enough?
Writing in the latest Education Next, UVA’s Robert Pianta notes research showing that high-quality preschool classrooms can significantly narrow achievement and behavior gaps for at-risk 4-year-olds....
View ArticleDisruptive Assessment
The new book, Disrupting Class, written by Clayton Christensen, author of Silicon Valley bible The Innovator’s Dilemma, is getting a lot of attention for its projections that half of all high school...
View ArticleThe Realities of Disruptive Innovation
Many thanks to Cathy Cavanaugh and Erik Black for their thoughtful guest post below reviewing Gene Glass’s policy brief, “The Realities of K-12 Virtual Schooling.” As virtual schooling becomes...
View ArticleFraud in the Lunchroom?
Education Next has a new story by David Bass about possible fraud in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). As EdNext is wont to do, the article leads with a provocative graph, this one purporting...
View ArticleBottom Line Goal for Blended Learning: Better Student Outcomes
Lots of buzz around blended learning — the idea that we shouldn’t limit ourselves to a forced choice between teachers and technology, but can strive to find the right combination of high tech and high...
View ArticleA Dash of Cold Water
Stanford Emeritus Professor, education historian, and noted education technology realist/skeptic Larry Cuban sets out to throw a “dash of cold water on overheated hyperbole” around online and blended...
View ArticleSubstitute, Substitute Teacher Policies
The new Education Next piece on substitute teachers by June Kronholz is terrifying. It weaves together her own son’s experiences as a substitute, the latest findings on the prevalence of teacher...
View ArticleExpanding Access to Educational Opportunity: Evidence from “Online Learning...
While many still question the benefits of online learning, there is one fact that is undeniable: online learning increases access which expands educational opportunity. By accommodating more...
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