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Education Gap Between Rich and Poor Is Growing Wider – The New York Times
Interesting article to read through and analyze as compared to the Coleman Report.
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What the Heck Is Project-Based Learning?
Good description of PBL vs projects.
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My PBL Failure: 4 Tips for Planning Successful PBL
Great article about PBL planning
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Inquiry-Based Learning: Developing Student-Driven Questions
Video case study from an IB school about having students develop inquiry and questioning
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Harvard Medical School revamps curriculum
Boston Globe article about new curriculum and pedagogy at Harvard Medical – good sign of what may be to come in higher ed.
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In Education, How Do We Create a Culture of Experimentation?
Interview with Tom Vander Ark and Matt Candler about creating a culture of experimentation and failure.
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Survey data from the Gates Foundation about funding and ed tech.
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Pursuing the Ed-Tech Unicorn | Re/code
Interesting post about getting ed-tech involved with schools to help them learn to “fail forward”
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A Project-Based Learning Spectrum: 25 Questions To Guide Your PBL Planning
A Project-Based Learning Spectrum: 25 Questions To Guide Your PBL Planning http://t.co/qpbW8qHveL via @teachthought #pblchat #mpimiddle
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Part of the AATE, this was developed to support ed schools.
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Educade | Find, create and share lesson plans and teaching tools to empower your classroom
Searchable database of game-based lesson plans and ideas.
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Senate Passes ESEA Rewrite With Big Bipartisan Backing, 81-17 – Politics K-12 – Education Week
Good summary of the ESEA reauthorization from eSchoolNews
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Humanity as a Competitive Advantage
NY Times editorial from Tony Wagner about the human component in a knowledge economy.
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The Solution | Educators Rising
Organization as part of Phi Delta Kappa to promote skills and expertise for future teachers and teacher leaders beginning in high school/
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Beyond Average | Harvard Graduate School of Education
Article and interview about Todd Rose – myth of average