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Who is in the Dark Ages In Terms of Prioritizing Education for Different Groups?

Washington Post reporter joins the discussion Rick Hess recently opined on about the achievement gap and whether gifted and talented students should be shortchanged in favor of the closing the achievement gap. Mathews rightly points out some fundamental differences between

Posted in Big ideas & theories, Signs of the times, Top news stories

What Does the Increase in the Federal Digital Footprint Mean in a Post-NCLB World?

As bolts are being taken out of the structure of NCLB, one area I have been thinking about is how over the last decade the Federal government has been expanding its role in the area of digital technology. What does

Posted in Information infrastructure, Signs of the times, Uncategorized

How can we make online educational content findable and usable? 

How can we make online educational content findable and usable?  Albert Einstein famously said that “everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” 

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Open Tests….is he CRAZY?

In a recent post in EducationNext, Eric Hanushek of the Hoover Institution asked why not have open tests? An open test would mean publishing online and in advance items that might be on an accountability test. IS HE CRAZY? This

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