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The Education Reform Challenge Question: “What should we do to create a strong US education system that works for all, that improves student outcomes and enables our country to regain its leadership position in the field of education?

My Submitted, Proposed, Education Reform Solution; Your comments are encouraged

Most ed-tech startups suck! Here’s where they’re going wrong. – Reynol Junco is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

Reimagining Learning: Richard Culatta

Richard Culatta is the Deputy Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the US Department of Education

 

Fixing Schools

Katherine Merseth of the Harvard Grad School of Ed

 

Learning Strategies in 2012+

Building Motivation, Instilling Grit: The Necessity of Mastery-Based, Digital Learning

Find out what the experts are suggesting for advanced, individual, deep, long term, learning, transfer and application

Education Reform: Compiled by Tom McDonald, McDonald Sales and Marketing, LLC

121. U.S. education model outdated says renowned researcher

122. City says it wants to close 9 more schools, bringing total to 26

123. Best Practices for Webinars

124. Gaming

• Game Architecture: Delivering Meaningful Learning Experiences
• Games Teach!
• Gamification: Why Games Don’t Teach
• Disney ‘Connected Learning’ Aims To Infuse Games with Learning
• The Gamification of College Lectures at the University of Michigan
• How ‘game mechanics’ can revitalize education
• Experiential Learning Games – Should they be part of your training program?
• Why Games Don’t Teach
• Ruth Clark Claims “Games Don’t Teach”
• K u r t S q u i r e ‘ s H o m e p a g e
• Gamification and Learning
• Once Again, Games Can and Do Teach!
  • Can a Video Game Make Someone Nice?
  • Testing Games vs. Teaching Games
• Engaging learners through games: Help or hype?

125. Amanda Ripley’s Intriguing Talk On Education Reform

126. Gallup: Student Engagement Drops With Each Grade

127. Collaborative Efforts

• Pioneering Education Initiative to Boost Skills for Energy Sector
• Let’s Purge Self-Righteousness From the K-12 Debate
• Program stimulates collaborative efforts, academic outcomes
  • Developing a Community College Student Roadmap
• Making internal collaboration work: An interview with Don Tapscott
• How Schools Can Successfully Partner With Local Businesses
• Tennessee tries innovative approach to boosting student achievement
• New partnership aims to transform teacher education
• Calif. Districts Team Up to Push School Improvements
• Does Mobile Enhance Social
• Internships Help Students Prepare for Workplace
• Parents Get Training to Support Children’s Learning
• Early MOOC Takes A Different Path
• 20 Tips On How To Work With Students Who Have a Hard Time Collaborating
• MSOE: An Example of Education for Employability
• Seven elements for effective community-school partnerships
• Redefining College-Ready
• Latest Department of Education Report Urges More Collaboration
• Portable, Stackable Credentials: A New Education Model for Industry-Specific Career Pathways
  • The Report
• U.S. Departments of Education and Labor Announce Availability of $474.5 Million to Strengthen Training Partnerships Between Community Colleges and Employers
• How strong is the business/IT relationship in your industry?
• The ‘I’ in FIU

128. Babson Study: Over 6.7 Million Students Learning Online

129. The Wake-Up Call for American Education

130. Mobile Learning

• Leveraging Mobile Learning
• Library to Launch Mobile Technology Education Series
• How the Social Campus Enables Tomorrow’s Workers Today
• Key Factors To Consider When Implementing a 1 to 1 Mobile Learning Program
• Does Your mLearning Play Nicely with the IT Department?
• Finally! Research-based proof that students use cell phones for LEARNING
• Seven steps to success with mobile learning
• The Future of Enterprise Mobile Learning [INFOGRAPHIC]
• How Mobile Learning Is Done: Nine Case Studies from Around the World
• Education 3.0 and the Pedagogy of Mobile Learning
• Survey: Most parents support mobile learning devices
• Mobile Learning Supports Global Health
• Students Want More Mobile Devices In Classroom

131. Mobile Applications: Admissions, Recruiting, Social, et.al.

• Recruiting New Students or Herding Cats?
• Mobile Ready Campus Recommendations
• Does Mobile Enhance Social
• How the Social Campus Enables Tomorrow’s Workers Today
• Is your campus Web site ready for mobile? College-bound students are researching colleges via tablets and smart phones
• How Much Do Students Rely on WiFi Access on Campus? [Infographic]
• Infographic: The Rise of Mobile Video on Social Networks
• Smartphones And Tablets Drove 29.1% Growth In Mobile Reigns In 2012 !!
• Vision Statement: How People Really Use Mobile
• Mobile: Changing the Way We Interact with the Web
• Mobile growth is about to be staggering
• Mobile IT in Higher Education, 2011
• CHART OF THE DAY: Kids Send A Mind Boggling Number Of Texts Every Month
• The Future Of Mobile [SLIDE DECK]
• [Infographic] How College Students Use Smartphones?
• 53 New Mobile Marketing Facts [Research/Charts]
• Reasons for iOS outperformance in the US
• 10 Questions to Ask When Hiring a Mobile App Developer
• Report Shows 80% of ‘Mobile Time’ Devoted to Apps
• The Mobile Future – now, and then
• Tablets and Smartphones Generated About 1 in 4 Organic Search Visits in Q1
• 18 Questions About Mobile in Higher Education Answered by University of Wisconsin
• The Future Isn’t About Mobile; It’s About Mobility
• App-for-All: Should Every School Build Its Own Mobile App?
• Mobile Is The New Face Of Engagement
• Great Mobile Experiences Are Built On Systems Of Engagement
• INFOGRAPHIC: The Booming Mobile Video Ecosystem Explained
• Infographic: Inside The ‘Explosion in Mobile’
• Education 3.0 and the Pedagogy of Mobile Learning
• Guest Post: Why Rich Media Messaging will outperform mobile email marketing
• INFOGRAPHIC: WHICH IS BETTER – MOBILE APPS OR MOBILE WEBSITES?
• Study: One in four teens access the internet primarily through mobile
• 77% of Mobile Searches Happen at Home or Work [Study]
• 20 Ways to Promote Your App for Free
• The One Infographic About the Digital Revolution You Need to Understand
• Mobile Learning Supports Global Health
• The Quest for a Third Mobile Platform
• Borrell: Promotions Skyrocket, Ads Drop

132. A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age

133. Economic Returns on Education

• Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators
• Visualizing The Returns Of Education

134. The Center for Education Reform

• Annual Charter School Law Report Card Issued
• The Parent Power Index

135. Digitial Learning (eLearning)

• Learning Strategies in 2012+
• Digital Learning should be Personalized Learning
• Education Reform – Study: Online Learning Outcomes Similar to Classroom Results
• Babson Survey from the Sloan Consortium “Class Differences Online Education in the United States, 2010”
  • The Survey Results
• Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States
• Facilitating Online Communities of Practice – Lessons Learned
  • The Report
• Top 20 Best Books on Coaching and Mentoring
• Retrieval Practice: Active Retrieval Promotes Meaningful Learning
• Distributed Practice: Ten Benefits of Testing and Their Applications to Educational Practice
• Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching
• Interactive Learning Online at Public Universities: Evidence from Randomized Trials
• Online Education Whitepaper (University Ventures)
• Higher Education Predictions for 2013
• The What Works Clearinghouse; Evidence for What Works in Education
• The New Intelligence
• The Center for Accelerated Learning
• The Problem With the School of One
• 8 Nations Leading the Way in Online Education – Online Universities
• Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States
• Technology integration by design
• Free Course, Inexpensive Exam
• My Valuable, Cheap College Degree
• “Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States” (The Sloan Consortium)
  • The Report
• Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Learning: A Study of Effectiveness
• ‘Big Three’ Publishers Rethink K-12 Strategies
• Aspiring teachers ill-prepared to use ed tech effectively
• Digital Learning Day aims to change education’s direction
• The Internet will not ruin college
• Gates/Carnegie funds to unify e-learning services
• Individualized program showing signs of success in West Allis-West Milwaukee schools
• The New Ed-Tech Leader Models by Digital Example
• eLearning vs. eKnowledge
• New ed-tech bill supports digital learning, Common Core
• http://blogs.2elearning.com/2011/04/top-20-trends-in-enterprise-education/
• K u r t S q u i r e ‘ s H o m e p a g e
• Do Online Agents Improve Learning?
• Expanding Evidence Approaches for Learning in a Digital World
• The Ugly Truth of Technology Integration
• Opinion: You can lead a class to technology but only pedagogy makes kids think
• Student Persistence in Online Courses: Understanding the Key Factors
• Discussions on classroom technology ask wrong questions, experts say
• Build a Dream Team for Your eLearning Project
• 2013 e-Learning Revolution Infographic
• Students Avoid ‘Difficult’ Online Courses, Study Finds
• What’s in a Story? More Than You Can Tell
• The Benefits of Interactive Online Characters
• 300 Years of Distance Learning Evolution [INFOGRAPHIC]
• As Online Elementary and Secondary Schools Expand, Academic Performance Lags

136. Social

• Does Mobile Enhance Social
• Student Crowdsourcing on Campus
• Create Your Own Professional Learning Network
• How the Social Campus Enables Tomorrow’s Workers Today
• The terror of tweeting: social medium or academic message?
• Social Media in the Classroom [INFOGRAPHIC]
• Infographic: The Rise of Mobile Video on Social Networks
• The pros & cons of social media in education (infographic)
• Research: Social media has negative impact on academic performance
• Survey: Colleges’ social media use narrows

137. Adaptive Learning Software (Web Based, Truly Personalized)

• Adaptive, Deep Learning Software
• Learning Strategies in 2012+
• Personalized Learning: What is Truly Personalized Learning?
• Pedagogy vs. Andragogy
• Higher Education Predictions for 2013
• Adaptive Learning: Personalized Adaptive Learning Systems
• Digital Learning should be Personalized Learning
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) – A: Using Al to improve Training Performance and ROI
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) – B
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) – C
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) – D
• Learning: Traditional Learning vs. Accelerated LearningAccelerated Learning: Accelerated Learning Resources
• The New Intelligence
• The Problem With the School of One
• inBloom
  • “Making personalized learning a reality for everything student.”
  • Formerly The Shared Learning Collaborative (SLC)
  • Gates/Carnegie funds to unify e-learning services
• Individualized program showing signs of success in West Allis-West Milwaukee schools
• eLearning vs. eKnowledge
• The New Face of Adaptive Learning
• Do Online Agents Improve Learning?
• Intel on Adaptive Learning
• Learning to Adapt Research
• Online-Learning Portal Allows Educators to Create Adaptive Content
• Utahns can say goodbye to fill-in-the-bubble tests

138. Innovation

• The People Who Practice Everyday, Everywhere Innovation
• Education Reform: The Difference Between Improvement and Innovation

139. The Gates Foundation

• Bill Gates: My Plan to Fix The World’s Biggest Problems
• Bill Gates: Invest in better teaching
• 2013 Annual Letter
• In Pittsburgh, Gates testing ways to give teacher quick feedback
• Reclaiming the ‘Art and Science’ of Teaching
• Review of Two Culminating Reports from the MET Project

140. e-textbooks

• 16 e-textbook providers: Who’s publishing and who’s selling?
• An Interview with Sean Devine on CourseSmart Analytics
• ‘Big Three’ Publishers Rethink K-12 Strategies
• How Teachers Are Hacking Their Own Digital Textbooks
• E-Textbooks Taking Over Education [INFOGRAPHIC]

141. STEM

• Finding More STEM Students
• MSOE: An Example of Education for Employability
• STEM Interest on Rise Among High Schoolers, Report Finds
• Five habits of great students: Lessons from top-ranked STEM school
• Where should students go to study STEM subjects?

142. Competency Based Learning

• Strengthening High School Teaching and Learning in New Hampshire’s Competency-Based System
• The Karate Studio: An Excellent Example of a Competency-Based Classroom
• Credit Without Teaching

143. The Digital Economy

• The Economy May Face ‘Technological Unemployment’

144. Poverty

• Anti-Poverty Program Found to Yield Few Academic Gains
  • Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing
  • The Long-Term Effects of Moving to Opportunity on Youth Outcomes
• California School Districts Misspent Millions Of Cafeteria Money, State Senate Report Finds

145. Inappropriate, Unethical Behavior

• Former El Paso school chief gets over 3 years in test scandal
• California School Districts Misspent Millions Of Cafeteria Money, State Senate Report Finds
• Former Atlanta Schools Superintendent Indicted in Cheating Scandal
• Fair Test Press Release: Standardized Exam Cheating In 37 States And D.C.; New Report Shows Widespread Test Score Corruption

146. Parental Educational Involvement

• Boston Leader Connects Parents to Learning
• A Parent’s Guide to 21st-Century Learning

147. Testing

• How to eliminate test anxiety
• Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?
• The Seattle Boycott Is Not About High-Stakes Testing, Except That It Is

148. Race to the Top

• Race to the Top Fund
• California – The Next Leader in Education
• ‘Personalized Learning’ Varies for Race to Top Districts

149. Recruiting

• Next Year’s Recruiting Headlines, Trends, and Next Practices
• Building the right list for campus direct marketing

150. Youth Custody and Adult Incarceration

• Education reform to youth custody
• Breaking the Prison Cycle [Infographic]

151. GED

• Students urged to finish GED; changes due in 2014

152. Failing Schools & School Takeovers

• Failing schools would face state takeover more quickly under House bill

153. US DOE

• DRAFT: Promoting Grit, Tenacity, and Perseverance—Critical Factors for Success in the 21st Century
• U.S. Education Department and the Corporation for National and Community Service Announce New School Turnaround Americorps Program
• Latest Department of Education Report Urges More Collaboration
• ‘Expanding Evidence’ Report Tempers Research With Design
• Dept of Ed Report Encourages Sharing Across Disciplines
• Beyond the Credit Hour
• U.S. Departments of Education and Labor Announce Availability of $474.5 Million to Strengthen Training Partnerships Between Community Colleges and Employers
• Education Department Isn’t Very Innovative, Study Finds

154. US States and Education Reform Efforts

• Wyoming Senate passes education reform measures
• The Mixed Bag of a Iowa House Education Reform Bill
• Iowa education reform plan centers on kids learning at own pace
• Money a key part of Iowa education reform
• NC Legislature focused on education reform
• General education reform aims to improve Florida STEM skills
• Texas Lawmakers Grapple with Education Reform Measures
• Like kids, Virginia schools will get letter grades
• The freedom to teach (Mississippi)
• Washington State Senate passes education reform bills
• Education reform in New Mexico
• Rethinking Education: Why Our Education System Is Ripe For Disruption
• The Edsel of Education Reform
  • Sorry, But We Should Just Start Over; The Gates Foundation commissions 15 papers on “reimagining” federal student aid
• Crucible of Change in Memphis as State Takes On Failing Schools
• A Very Disturbing Report on Education
• System Failure: The Collapse of Public Education
• Christie (Gov – NJ)  tackles school reform
• 5 Disruptive Education Trends That Address American Inequality
• Academic Gains in NYC, D.C., and Chicago Overstated, Report Contends

World Efforts

• Egypt Reform plan aims for 60 more universities in a decade
• Mexican president signs biggest education reform in 7 decades
• Mexico president says “no going back” on education reform
• Mexico breaks up teachers’ blockade of highway
• The New Push for Education Reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• World Bank to support higher education reform in Vietnam
• Scottish education reforms have ‘failed the disadvantaged’, says report
• Education reform bearing fruits (China)
• Vestager: Teachers “creating myths” about education reform (Denmark)
• Clashes as Chile students march for education reform
• Why it will be difficult to reform Thailand’s education sector
• Chilean students protest for education reform

155. Scenario Based Learning

• How to Engage Learners with Scenario-based Learning

156. Intensive Intervention

• Black students’ learning gaps start early, report says
• Why Rethinking Developmental Education is a Priority

157. Graduation Rates for Individual High Schools Unveiled

• The Graduation Rates Listed

158. Learning, Transfer and Application Evaluation/Performance Support

• Show Me the ROI!
• Return on Expectations: 7 Critical Flaws that Undermine Training Effectiveness
• “Building Strategic Linkages: Mapping and Measuring Your Learning Strategy”
• 16 Performance Support Tips, Strategies, and Tactics
• From Training to Performance—A Necessary Evolution
• From Scattered Information to Transformational Performance Support: Where Are You?

159. Tin Can API

• What is the Tin Can API?
  • Tin Can gives LMSs a way to see more about learners than ever before
  • Who’s using the Tin Can API?
  • Tin Can API Developer Resources
  • Q&A from our October 9, 2012 Webinar – You asked and we’ve answered… finally!
• When Data Flows to Teachers in Realtime
• Security/Privacy Complexity
• We Need Security/Authentication

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