The Global Search for Education: What is the Future of Education?
“Technology is the hope for many low-income students who cannot afford the more selective institutions. It’s one answer to getting costs under control….”– Anthony Carnevale What are you selling, higher education or an experience? Harvard provides a world-class education and generous financial aid, so why didn’t Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates stick around and take advantage of it? There’s...
The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – The most significant classroom innovation in the next 10 years
Did someone say Oscar winners? As far as we know, our Top 12 haven’t won any Oscars – yet – but they did win our hearts and our votes as the Best Global Teacher Blogs of 2014. We liked their innovative ideas so much, we decided to invite these talented 12 back each month to answer one big picture question related to 21st century education. The February question? What will be the most significant classroom...
The Global Search for Education: Got Tech?- United States
“From the US Department of Education’s 2010 meta-analysis that showed that online learning was, on average, more effective than traditional face-to-face learning and that blended learning was the best of all, to the more recent RAND study of Carnegie Learning’s math program, increasing amounts of research are emerging to show its effectiveness.” — Michael Horn In the future, will students still...
The Global Search for Education: More Technology, Please!
“When students own their learning, they feel responsible for it and motivated to do it.” — Michael Horn Disrupt and Conquer! How far can technology go to ensuring no child gets left behind in school? In America’s race to eliminate the domestic and international achievement gaps, when will blended learning models be effective enough to disrupt the existing mainstream classroom system? In 2008, Michael...
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