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Ever since I started exploring ideas about education “reform,” I’ve been interested in leveraging the power of technology to help form an ideal learning system. For this reason, I was drawn to attend the International Society of Technology in Education’s 2014 conference (ISTE) that was taking place in my hometown (#iste2014). Throughout the four-day conference,…
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Having just read the article, Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis, by Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, and Marty Linsky, I have a renewed appreciation the value of adaptive leadership. Their article appeared in Harvard Business Review, July/August 2009. Ronald Heifetz has shared in thinking about adaptive leadership in other venues as well. Here is a You…
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In a recent post, Added Value from Effective #pre-K programs, Reform Requires Courage, I made the case for investing in universal pre-K programs, especially for students from underserved families. The research is quite strong that investment in high-quality pre-K programs pays dividends for children in their later years. A reality is that most state governments,…
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I just spent an hour and half watching the Tribute to Aaron Schwartz at the Internet Archive, Part I. The event was a gathering of people who wanted to pay tribute to Aaron’s life, to remember him, and to tell personal stories about how he impacted and shaped their lives. (see #pdftribute for more)…
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Summer 2014 is a good time to “read, reflect, and renew.” This is the tagline associated with JSD’s June 2014 edition, The 3 Rs of Summer. Learning Forward does a great job of publishing relevant and interesting journals and newsletters. JSD is just one of their publications. There are excellent articles in this edition. Let…
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