School is Where Your Brain is: The Home-School Connection   Historically, learning took place throughout all aspects of a child’s life. Maybe not traditionally, maybe it’s in the distant past with the advent of school, but many made an assumption t

    Active learning is hard to leave in the classroom… if compelling, learners recount and rethink what they learned long after the lesson ends. The Maker movement embraces a “hands on, minds on” approach that links the tactile nature of learnin

When someone mentions standards in education most people assume they are referring to curriculum or instructional standard. Get ready to delve into the world of technical standards that serve as the foundation of our digital offerings. We’ll take a look

Big Publishers: Can the Spanish Armada transform into the British Fleet? Can big publishers change enough to address how today’s students learn, educator’s teach, and shifting business models associated with both? In the US textbook market we have th

Privacy today looks very different than it did 20 years ago… and the drive toward more personalized instruction from students, parents, and educators challenges privacy even further. Is it possible to build barriers to thwart data thieves and support ge

April 2014 — Science Education: The Next Generation What does it take to implement a science standard at a national level? National scale standards in the US level have been controversial and the science standards are no different. The Next Generation

Science Education: The Next Generation What does it take to implement a science standard at a national level? National scale standards in the US level have been controversial and the science standards are no different. The Next Generation Science Standar

March 2014 — Putting the 'Person' in Personalized Our education system is a one size fits some environment. What happens as we move towards personalized learning and what opportunities are available for educators, administrators, students and parents?

Addressing the needs of every learner: Putting the 'person' in personalized Today, our education system is a one size fits some environment. What happens as we move towards personalized learning and what opportunities are available for educators, admin

Join us Wednesday, February 19th at 11:00am PT/2:00 PM ET at The Table for a lively and uncensored discussion on the topic Betting on 1:1 Odds: Will one tablet solve our education headaches? Guests at The Table: Elliot Soloway - Professor, Dept. of