You're a Principal...Now What?
Education needs less accountability enforcers and more administrators who can create positive school cultures. Read Full Post >
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January 06, 2013
January 04, 2013
Contemplating a 'Tech Bubble' for K-12
The breakneck growth in educational technology and investment in it could foreshadow a "tech bubble," not unlike what occurred in the 1990s, a new paper argues. Read Full Post >
January 04, 2013
New Year's Advocacy Resolutions
Key issues to advocate for in 2013. Read Full Post >
December 31, 2012
2012 Rewind: E-Textbooks, Tablets, Common Core, and More
The push for accountability in virtual education, rapid growth of blended learning, and experimentation with open education resources were also top trends in 2012. Read Full Post >
December 21, 2012
The Real Issue Isn't Common Core; It's Common Implementation
Alan Blankstein, president and founder of HOPE Foundation, offers his ideas about the implementation of the Common Core, and it starts with readiness. Read Full Post >
December 13, 2012
Teachers Deserve Higher Salaries With Those Standards
For the last decade, the salaries of teachers have increased only 3.4 per cent when you factor in inflation. It is time to prioritize higher salaries with those higher standards. Read Full Post >
December 10, 2012
Smart Cities: Houston's Low Tech Lift Off
"Houston, unlike other cities, is insanely entrepreneurial and optimistic. It incubates the hell out of new ideas," said nonprofit leader Rhetta Detrich. She would know; she helped build Education Pioneers national network. Lacking the provinciality of East Coast cities, "Houston exists because it was founded on the premise of outsiders bringing good ideas and industry." Read Full Post >
December 06, 2012
Great Boards for Great Schools
Two decades of experience with performance contracting in the delivery of public education has wrought some hard earned lessons. We know what good authorizing looks like. We know how to open great new schools. Read Full Post >
December 05, 2012
For America's Public School Success: Human & Social Capital
LFA Executive Director Cheryl S. Williams reminds us that developing human capital in public schooling is an essential activity if our teachers are to be effective and our students successful. Read Full Post >
December 03, 2012
'Big Ideas Fest' Tackles Money Matters and Startup Ideas
The conference speakers shared ways to bring groups together to improve K-12 education. Read Full Post >
