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VSHOOLZ Partners With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
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by edReformer Staff August 11, 2011 Virtual school provider VSCHOOLZ announced today that it is partnering with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), an educational products and services provider, to provide traditional course content online to schools or districts looking for blended learning programs. More » |
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AdvancePath Boosts Utica Grad Rates |
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by edReformer Staff August 3, 2011 The superintendents of Utica and Baltimore County credit the introduction of AdvancePath academies with boosting graduation rates More » |
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How to Solve the ‘Women in Science’ Gap? Teach Girls to Love Science |
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by edReformer Staff August 2, 2011 Women in sciences – or the lack thereof – is a topic that draws constant controversy. No matter what’s causing such a low number of women to enter science-related fields, the numbers speak for themselves: women make up 46.5 percent of the U.S. workforce, but hold only 25 percent of math and computer science jobs, and 11 percent of engineering jobs. More » |
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Hess Addresses Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning |
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by edReformer Staff July 27, 2011 Federick M. Hess published today the “Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning: Three (Imperfect) Approaches” from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, which is the first in a series of six papers generously funded by the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation that will look at accountability, funding, governance, and the educator’s role in the digital realm. More » |
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Pearson drives first half edtech M&A traffic |
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by edReformer Staff July 27, 2011 Pearson plc was not only the most active acquirer for the first half of 2011, but also the most active acquirer in the two and a half years covered in this report, making 17 disclosed transactions. More » |
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Tennessee Virtual Academy Draws Interest & Concern |
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by edReformer Staff July 26, 2011 Tennessee Virtual Academy is a new full time statewide option. It’s drawing praise, interest, and some concern. More » |
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AEE Digital Learning Webinar Today |
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by edReformer Staff July 21, 2011 The Alliance is hosting two webinars on digital learning including today at 2pm ET More » |
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Edtech Roundup |
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by edReformer Staff July 20, 2011 The latest in edtech: prepping for online assessment, tablets packed with learning, and platform plays More » |
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KIPP Blend Promising |
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by edReformer Staff July 14, 2011 KIPP Empower Academy in Los Angeles presented some amazing results from their blended learning pilot at the New School Summit. More » |
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One-to-One Project Launches in Illinois |
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by edReformer Staff July 12, 2011 “Whether these students are at school, at play, at home or elsewhere, they will have access to anytime, anywhere learning. This immediate access is what they are used to in their daily lives with their iPhones and other mobile devices; we need to meet them in their digital world.” More » |
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The Road Ahead for Vegas |
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by edReformer Staff July 9, 2011 Former Colorado commissioner Dwight Jones took on a big new challenge as Clark County superintendent. He recently released A Look Ahead, a roadmap for improvement of Las Vegas schools. More » |
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Tutor.com Added North Dakota as a Statewide Program |
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by edReformer Staff July 6, 2011 Tutor.com has added North Dakota as a statewide program – meaning that every library cardholder in the entire state has access free to Tutor.com’s professional tutors, live and in real-time online through their PC or mobile through iPad, iPod Touch and the iPhone. More » |
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Korea Commits to Personal Digital Learning |
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by edReformer Staff July 6, 2011 Korea will shift from print to digital texts by 2014 More » |
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The Flexibility to Better Serve Students |
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by edReformer Staff July 5, 2011 12 more schools join Denver’s autonomy zone called Innovation Schools More » |
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Publishers See Growth in Edu |
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by edReformer Staff July 2, 2011 Offsetting recession pressures and the predicted demise textbooks, publishers continue to see sales growth More » |
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More urban school districts adopt portfolio reform strategy |
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by edReformer Staff June 29, 2011 Building a portfolio of options–new and improved schools–is the only viable strategy for vital urban education. It’s a great strategy for leveraging community resources and targeting specific needs/geographies. More » |
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Project Tomorrow: Demand for Online Learning Grows |
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by edReformer Staff June 28, 2011 In just three years, the number of high school students who have access to online learning has tripled, while twice as many middle school students are now learning online according to a survey report from Project Tomorrow® and Blackboard Inc. More » |
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Where to Hack or Stack Education? |
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by edReformer Staff June 28, 2011 Paul Edelman riffs on Fred Wilson’s classic Hacking Education post More » |
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Friday EdTech Roundup |
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by edReformer Staff June 24, 2011 See review of Demos’ new graphing calculator; new features from Edmodo; New Tech goes to NYC; and more power in Powerschools More » |
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