“Phil Piety’s book employs insights from the learning sciences to illuminate policies and practices for using information to improve American education. His analyses reveal deeply-held convictions by educators concerning uses of data and why some of the test-based policies of…
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Is The Technology The Easy Part?
Many of the proponents of educational data will use the phrase that “technology is the easy part” and then explain why changing cultures and behaviors of people using the data is where the real challenges lie. On the face of…
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…
Can Teachers Be Managers?
In April 25 of this year at an event on the campus of Johns Hopkins University titled The Future of Teaching: New Standards, New Tests, and New Evaluations — What does it all mean?, American Federation of Teachers President Randi…
Recent Posts
- SocioTechnical Reflections and Four Key Issues for MOOCS
- Beyond Productivity: Considering Systemic Effects alongside Outcome Measures
- Do Not Fold Spindle or Mutilate: The Campaign for High Quality Discussions about Educational Data (A Response to Iorio and Adler)
- New Book from Teachers College Press
- What is Digital Personalization?
