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The Students Are All Right -- It's the Adults Who Need to Learn to Communicate

Posted by Lydia Dobyns on January 31, 2012
Thousands of students, teachers and administrators will commemorate Digital Learning Day on Feb. 1. The effective use of technology in the classroom may be reaching new levels of acceptance, but for many of us in the educational arena we live and breathe technology daily and consider its use as... Read More »
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New Chat Encourages Best Practices for PBL

Posted by Suzie Boss on January 30, 2012
This was bound to happen. Advocates of project-based learning are strong believers in collaboration. Many are also adept at using technology tools to communicate and connect. So it was only a matter of time before PBL educators would start their own regularly scheduled chat on Twitter. Launched in... Read More »
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Parents Attend High School, Too

Posted by Lydia Dobyns on January 26, 2012
My recent blog on school culture struck more than a few chords among readers eager to have the role of parents included in the education dialogue. Parents ARE critical role models for students. In a way, parents go to high school, too. But the role of the parent is complicated. I decided to go "to... Read More »
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Optimism in Education: Destination Arkansas

Posted by Sharon Oldham on January 24, 2012
  For anyone looking for signs of optimism in education, look no further than to recent events in the state of Arkansas.  A truly amazing collaboration of individuals, schools, government agencies and private business have come together in a unique way to take action to prepare today’s... Read More »
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It's All About the Culture: Overlooked Key to High School Reform

Posted by Lydia Dobyns on December 23, 2011
A recent visit to Cleveland's East Tech@New Tech High School stopped me in my tracks. My student ambassador, Brittany, pointed out that she had the best attendance record in the school. She showed me walls depicting what students felt made East Tech special: attendance, a photo collage highlighting... Read More »
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The Education Frontier-A Guest Blog from Kristin Kipp

Posted by Kristin Kipp on December 16, 2011
On Monday I had the honor of getting to spend some time at the New Tech East High School in Cleveland, Ohio. They’re a program that follows the New Tech High School model of blended learning. Basically, they emphasize 1-to-1 computing in a f2f environment combined with fully project-based learning... Read More »