Jim Shelton, US ED: Need to get away from separate buckets of $ for tech - and push states to allow textbook $ for tech. #edweekevents
Michael Horn: Find most cost-effective content, then innovate instructional models around it. #edweekevents #onlinelearning
Jim Shelton, US ED: Don't start w/profit vs non-profit - start with your strategy & who best helps fulfill it. #edweekevents #onlinelearning
RT @SuptLisa: #edweekevents Susan Patrick, "Seat time measuring then wrong end..." - So true!
Susan Patrick, #iNACOL: For #onlinelearning credit recovery success, we need to measure progress based on mastery. #edweekevents
Jim Shelton, US ED: A vision of learning POWERED by technology, integrated into the whole. #edweekevents #edtech
Michael Horn: Definition of #blendedlearning includes student choice in terms of time/place/pace. #edweekevents
Do state DOEs and district central offices really have the capacity to leverage the innovations needed? #edweekevents #edform
Barbara Chow, Hewlett Found: First step is hi-fidelity impl of Common Core. Next step = adaptive assessments that follow. #edweekevents
Barbara Chow, Hewlett Foundation: Piloting "PISA for Schools/Districts" for international benchmarking. #edweekevents #edreform
Barbara Chow: Common Core standards really are different - deeper/more thoughtful - than existing state standards. #edweekevents #edreform
RT @kenkay21: Barbara Chow: "Lack of complex communication & expert thinking skills will be equity divide of 21st century." #edweekevents
Barbara Chow, Hewlett Found: Basic skills and higher order skills aren't either/or - have to be developed in tandem. #edweekevents
Barbara Chow, Hewlett Foundation: Everyone needs Deeper Learning competencies - and very few of our students have them. #edweekevents
Barbara Chow, Hewlett Foundation: Measuring "deeper learning" - core competencies beyond mastery of school curriculum. #edweekevents
Eric Schwarz, Citizen Schools: Extended learning time=Second shift of educators, plus "citizen educators" from community. #edweekevents
Carol Johnson, Boston Pub Schools: We know how to educate poor kids well - not sure we know how to do it at scale. #edweekevents #edreform
Carol Johnson, Boston Pub Schools: We have to resist these constant pendulum swings in education. (Amen!) #edweekevents #edreform
Eric Schwarz, Citizen Schools: Class size reduction works when you can start in K, sustain over time & keep kids in cohorts. #edweekevents
Diane Ravitch: Everything they're doing in Finland is opposite of what the US is pursuing as "innovation" and reform. #edweekevents
Pasi Sahlberg: In Finland, as you move thru high school you become ever-more focused on exams for university. #edweekevents #edreform
Pasi Sahlberg: Finland has the population of Colorado and the demographics of Minnesota. #edweekevents #edreform
Pasi Sahlberg: In Finland the focus of education is creativity - standardization is enemy of innovation. #edweekevents #edreform
Pasi Sahlberg: In Finland, we talk about "responsibility" instead of "accountability." #edweekevents #edreform
Pasi Sahlberg: In Finland, being a teacher makes you a chick (or dude) magnet. #edweekevents #edreform
Pasi Sahlberg: Finland has no national test, teachers teach less - but schools get better results per dollar spent. #edweekevents #edreform
Pasi Sahlberg of Finland: Education improvements in past 3-4 decades despite economic crises. #edweekevents #edreform
Finland in the house: Pasi Sahlberg of CIMO, whose grandfather came to USA for education. #edweekevents #edreform
Kicking off EdWeek "Innovation Insight" Leadership Forum on in NYC. #EdWeekEvents #edreform #edtech