Jed Wallace: Can the charter school movement honestly assess its performance...
Editor’s note: The foundation invests enormous time, energy and resources in helping the organizations we support become adept at using data to understand what works for kids. One of our main goals...
View ArticleReese Robinson: Ed-Fi & Delaware’s Education Insight project
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where,” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter...
View ArticleDan Domagala: The real education data story is day-by-day academic growth
Here’s an unlikely headline: “150,000 Flights Landed Safely Today!”* Here’s another one: “850,000 Colorado Students Benefit from Education Data and Academic Growth Analysis.” But the fact is that on...
View ArticleMike Kerr: Blended learning addresses budget constraints, personalization...
KIPP Empower Academy wasn’t initially designed as a blended learning school. When we planned the school in 2009, our goal was to have an inaugural kindergarten grade divided into five classes of 20...
View ArticleDiane Tavenner: Moving beyond blended learning to optimized schools
The 2011-2012 school year was a transformative one for Summit Public Schools. What started out as a blended learning math pilot in our two San Jose schools has fundamentally reshaped the model of our...
View ArticleChris Liang-Vergara- Blended learning at Ashe: Closing the achievement gap at...
Arthur Ashe Charter School opened in 2007. The school is one of five FirstLine Schools’ open enrollment public charter schools in New Orleans. In 2010, after several years of operation using a...
View ArticleJudy Burton: All Teachers are New Teachers in Blended Learning
When Alliance College-Ready Public Schools launched Blended Learning for Alliance School Transformation (BLAST) at three high schools in 2011 and 2012, we were confident that the integration of...
View ArticleCharlie Bufalino: Rocketship tightens the link between classrooms and blended...
At Rocketship Education, we view the key to our blended learning model as tight alignment between classroom instruction and online learning. But we’ve long faced technical hurdles in providing...
View ArticleMatt Wilka & Brad Bernatek: Blended Learning – moving from new programs to...
What does the experience of five school operators have to say about the future of blended learning? Over the past few weeks, the foundation and FSG released five case studies of leading blended...
View ArticlePaul Hill: Portfolio Schools – A New Answer to an Old Question
Cities throughout America are struggling to educate their children. Mayors and other leaders concerned about cities’ economic survival and quality of life are worried that too many children leave...
View ArticleNeil Dorosin: The Elephant in the Classroom – School Choice Exists. We Just...
For all the political rancor the phrase “school choice” tends to generate, the practice is already commonplace in America. Families in cities all over the country actively shop for the right schools –...
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Neal Gibson – Education Data: Tackling the Usability Challenge
It’s safe to say that the State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) grants have been a runaway success. The Data Quality Campaign has tracked the progress states have made since the grants began in 2006....
View ArticleFirst person: Miami teen uses his voice to address childhood obesity
Childhood obesity is one of the most significant health threats facing our nation’s children. Everyday heroes are key to turning the tide and helping our children and communities live healthier. Guido...
View ArticleCody Decker: Building a Teacher-Friendly Education Data System in Arkansas
In 2011, the Data Quality Campaign ranked Arkansas high among states in progress toward putting data to work to improve education policy. While we were undeniably proud to earn that recognition, we...
View ArticleJustin Cohen: Using turnaround as an entry point to forming a portfolio district
Here’s an education premise that’s hard to disagree with: chronically underperforming school systems will never get better results by doing the same old, same old. Moreover, chronic underperformance...
View ArticleFirst person: I always feel that my son is my shadow
Childhood obesity is one of the most significant health threats facing our nation’s children. Almost one third of US kids are overweight or obese. But in some cities and communities across the nation,...
View ArticleLori Fey: The fuss about education data – Deus ex machina? No....
As anyone who has read my blog posts or followed the progression of the Ed-Fi Alliance knows, I firmly believe that education data can inform and drive improvement in the classroom. So it’s no surprise...
View ArticleParker Baxter: New schools, new opportunities—seven steps to strategic change
Closing schools, district or charter, is almost always difficult and disruptive. We should not pretend, though, that the disruption that comes with closure is worse than the consequences of maintaining...
View ArticleMike Feinberg: South African education—inspiration & tragedy
Inspiration and tragedy. Those are the two words I wrestled with over the Atlantic Ocean this past weekend as I flew home to the US from South Africa. Taking the negative first—so we can end on the...
View ArticleStephen Pont: Childhood obesity & The Biggest Loser—bold step or backward...
You might have heard of NBC’s The Biggest Loser? If you haven’t, then I feel pretty confident that you’re successfully staying under the two hour (one hour if trying to get to a healthier weight)...
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