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How digital learning can save a student’s education
Tweet Do you want a plan to give second chances to children who struggle to learn? To empower children struck by tragedy (e.g., a major injury or illness) to continue their education? To provide advanced learners the chance to reach … Continue reading
Utah showing how digital learning can make public schools more cost-effective
Tweet As noted in a recent news story in The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah has begun a move away from traditional textbooks to digital textbooks (aka e-books) that is “gaining speed.” These e-books are “cheaper, more up to date and … Continue reading
Utah’s at the top in digital learning – let’s keep it there
Tweet As noted by the Utah Taxpayers Association and The Senate Site, Utah recently received an “A” on the 2012 Digital Learning Report Card from Digital Learning Now! As the only state in the country to do so, Utah is … Continue reading
What is ‘local control’ in public education really about?
Tweet How would an authentically child-centered view of public education define “local control,” in regard to actually running a public school? Does it mean state-level control, district-level control, or school-level control? According to a new study, shifting power from the … Continue reading
What nobody will admit about our public schools
Tweet If you ask the typical representative of the State Board of Education or government bureaucrat at the State of Office of Education why educational achievement is not what everyone expects, you will receive one of two answers: (1) public … Continue reading
Digital learning summit: How ‘blended learning’ works
Tweet Blended learning is an education strategy that combines aspects of digital learning and a more traditional school setting. It offers superb flexibility and high quality to students who use it. And it’s happening right now in Utah’s public school … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Learning, Education
Tagged digital learning, online learning, public education
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UHSAA’s tyrannical, unelected quasi-bureaucrats
Tweet When a professional athlete moves from one team to another nobody cries foul, even if the fans are disappointed about the player leaving. It’s the same thing in amateur sports. If a college athlete chooses to transfer to another … Continue reading
Put children first: Don’t hide classroom-level data from public
Tweet Suppose you are king of Utah for a day. Your education adviser asks you whether you think it is a good idea to make information on the performance of each classroom of public school students publicly available. He explains … Continue reading
Interim Day: Grim impact of fed spending cuts on schoolchildren
Tweet At the Education Interim Committee on Capitol Hill this week, the committee heard a presentation about the potential impact of the pending federal sequestration policy on Utah’s public school and higher education systems. The sequestration policy would be enacted … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Education
Tagged education, sequestration, special education, title I
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What's the big rush to pick a new state superintendent?
Tweet Last week, four legislators issued a statement of concern about the apparent rush to replace Utah State Superintendent Larry Shumway, pointing out that the application window closes before November’s elections – in which half the school board will be … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged board of education, dayton, hughes, mccay, school board, shumway, stephenson
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Harvard-Brookings study finds vouchers increased college enrollment for black students
Tweet A first-of-its-kind study of a private school voucher program in New York City, published by Harvard University and the Brookings Institution, found “large, statistically significant positive impacts” from the voucher program on college enrollment among African-American children. The researchers … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged african-american, college, education, minority, New York, vouchers
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UHSAA cites administrative headaches as justification for denying transfer to depressed student
Tweet In a stunning display of callous disregard for a child’s emotional health and well-being, a spokesman for the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) recently justified denying depressed children seeking to transfer schools the opportunity to immediately play sports … Continue reading
How Utah’s universities are exploring digital learning potential
Tweet We have blogged regularly here about the many ways that digital learning is improving public education across the country by creating educational opportunities customized to the needs of individual children, and by focusing teachers’ time on one-on-one teaching rather … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Uncategorized
Tagged children, digital learning, education, online education, schools
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'Roam school': the future of education
Tweet A first-person story in the Wall Street Journal points out the exciting developments in homeschooling and digital learning and the growing possibilities of being able to “mix and match” different options to create the best K-12 schooling for our … Continue reading
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Tagged digital learning, home-school, homeschool, k12, public school, quinn cummings, wall street journal, washington online
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