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Middle Schoolers in a Common Core World
School districts across the country are facing unprecedented challenges. As states move toward implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), they find themselves presented with increasing... See...
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From Digital Desert to Digital Ocean
For a long time, education operated in a “digital desert” parched for data about what students are doing in their classrooms. Teachers and students worked closely together, but there was no...
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Is $1.7 billion a lot or a little to spend on testing?
I just reviewed the main findings from the new Brookings Institute report, Strength in Numbers: State Spending on K-12 Assessment Systems. Author Matthew Chingos has addressed a topic that is... See...
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Happenstance
In 1989, a man in Pennsylvania bought a picture at a flea market for $4. He liked the frame and thought he could use it for another painting. However, when he attempted to detach the picture from......
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Assessing Games, Games Assessment
I previously wrote about the concept of invisible assessment, the gathering of information from students’ everyday interactions with digital environments in order to understand their knowledge,... See...
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Learning On The Go
Technology is headlining so much of the evolution we are seeing in business, but for the consumer, digital has changed things even more drastically. Our phone is the passport to almost everything,......
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Calling All Amazing Administrators
I am so pleased to introduce you to Megan Allen, Florida State Teacher of the Year 2010. Megan is an outstanding educator, passionate, energetic, and highly skilled. Engaged at a high level in... See...
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What Are Better Kinds of Tests?
In my last post, I discussed the Brookings Institute research findings on the cost of end of year testing and the amount of time devoted to it. Large scale educational testing is a topic that...
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College Readiness: No Such Thing as Too Soon
This is the time of year when many families are decorating the Christmas tree, grandmas are baking cookies, kids are finalizing their wish lists, and high school seniors are frantically finishing......
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Pearson’s Research and Innovation Network
Today’s students face greater challenges than ever before as they prepare for college and careers. Yet too many of them are dropping out of high school or graduating without the knowledge and skills......
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Pearson and GlassLab: Game On!
Pearson’s Center for Digital Data, Analytics & Adaptive Learning, part of the company’s Research & Innovation Network, announced a new partnership with leading institutions called GlassLab......
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Working Together to Study and Promote Collaborative Practices Among Educators
Pearson’s Center for Educator Effectiveness and NCTAF (National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future) have created a partnership to study and promote collaborative practices among educators.......
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Learning Design – Don’t Forget The Basics
I feel stupid. I am currently writing this from my gate at the Atlanta airport and I feel like a novice flyer. Keep in mind I am approaching 2 million lifetime miles. In 2011, I actually flew...
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Look at Your Data: Administrator Salary and Tuition
Visualizing your data gives you clues about how two variables relate to each other. Ignoring clues from the visualization can you lead to potentially inaccurate conclusions. Last week Education... See...
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Social Media for Sharing Science Content
On Dec. 31, 2012, Mary Ann Giordano of the New York Times wrote a piece reflecting on the growth of social media over the course of 2012 for sharing breakthroughs in science: New Frontier for Topics......
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The MOOC thing
Technology continues to disrupt and next in line is education. There has been a lot written about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and many renowned institutions are involved – Harvard, MIT,... See...
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Reflecting on Newtown: Teacher Perspectives
This month, I am introducing you to two outstanding educators: David Bosso, Connecticut State Teacher of the Year 2012 and Tony Mullen, both National and Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2009....
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Career Pathways for Iowa Teachers
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad didn’t get his ideas for remaking the teaching profession through the legislature last year but in his Condition of the State speech this week he vowed to make another run...
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Be a Wright Brother, Not a da Vinci
Okay, I hope you realize I’m being somewhat hyperbolic with that title. Da Vinci was and remains one of the greatest thinkers (and doers) in the history of humankind. But – occasionally... See more at...
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Attributes that Matter for Outcomes that Matter
Research has shown repeatedly that high school grades are a good predictor of college grades, especially when combined with scores on admissions tests such as the ACT or SAT. But how much do college......
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