The folly of formal learning is a humbling, melancholy thing. As planners, designers, executors, and general caretakers of public and private education systems, we are tasked with the insurmountable: overcome a child’s natural tendency to…
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Education 2020: A Vision Of Learning Decentralized & Free
I wrote (theorized? hypothesized? guessed?) the incredible ways technology will change education by the year 2028. It was based on current trends in education (e.g., eLearning and blended learning), society (e.g., economic downturns and population…
15 Ideas That Really, Really Screwed Public Education Up
There is little need to rehash the argument that public education–in the United States anyway–is utterly broken. For every student that “gets straight As and loves school” there is another is hopelessly lost, and five…
How A Focus On Pre-K Can Benefit Education
by Justin Marquis, Ph.D. Why are we always so resistant to spending money on education? The primary response to the President’s State of the Union Address call for universal preschool has been for people to question how it…
4 Education Strategies For Sustained Community Improvement
4 Education Strategies For Sustained Community Improvement by Lisa Duty first appeared on gettingsmart.com By Lisa Duty, Ph.D., Senior Director of Innovation, KnowledgeWorks Annually, for more than 45 years, the city of Reynoldsburg, Ohio has celebrated…
The 10 Most Educated Nations In The World
Visualizing the 10 most educated nations of the world was the goal of this infographic, which used data from the 2012 “Education at a Glance” study. The results, the raw data of which can be…
The Long-Term Impact Of Great Teachers
The impact of great teachers is impossible to measure, but that doesn’t keep some folks from trying. How we measure that impact gets at the heart of assessment and accountability, two issues at the core…
50 Educator Twitter Accounts Worth Following
Education is a constantly evolving organism, with individual humans and institutions making up the cells and organs that keep it running. Some are bad, some are neutral, and some ensure its very survival in ways…
8 Ideas, 10 Guides, And 17 Tools For A Better Professional Learning Network
Personal learning networks are a great way for educators to get connected with learning opportunities, access professional development resources, and to build camaraderie with other education professionals. Although PLNs have been around for years, in…
The 20 Most Useful #hashtags In Education
As a teacher, continuing education is so important that most school districts require that teachers enroll in some form of coursework on a regular basis to keep their knowledge and skills fresh. And while those courses are…
A Nation Still At Risk – Or Is It?
This morning, I read an article entitled “The Nation is ‘Really, Really, Really,’ At-Risk: U.S. Education Reform and National Security” (Tierney, 2012). It prompted me to download and re-read the report that partly inspired the…
50 Important Education Twitter Hashtags–With Meeting Times!
Twitter chats are a great resource for learning and networking, allowing academics from all over the world to come together on a regular basis to talk about what’s important in education. They’re also ideal for…
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