Is Technology the Trojan Horse of the Common Standard’s Movement?
Anthony Cody (Living in Dialog) and Mercedes Schneider (deutsch29) wrote articles on their blogs about the Arne Duncan – Bill Gates – Common Standard’s triumvirate. Cody commented that Duncan and...
View ArticleTechnology as Cure-All for Standards, and Even Snow Days
Technology is viewed by some as the elixir or cure-all for education, and school districts, with lots of money available through grants such as Race to the Top, technology investments from...
View ArticleUsing Computers and Related Technologies in an Age of Standards
According to Allan Collins, Professor Emeritus of the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, in this “age of technology,” the very technology which consumes so many of us, has had little effect on...
View ArticleThe Common Core: A Dream Come True for the Publishing & Media Industries
Imagine what it would be like if every school district in the U.S. used the same core (standards) curriculum, and that every few years, new textbooks and media products needed to purchased. If the...
View ArticleBush’s Digital Learning Report Card: Misleading and Disingenuous
In March 2014, Jeb Bush’s organization Digital Learning Now (DLN), issued its 2013 Digital Learning Report Card measuring and grading K-12 education policies in the nation’s 50 states against its 10...
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