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Education Politics More news about the new ESEA keep coming out, now that folks have actually read the bill: “New U.S. education law includes ban on abortion funding by school-based health centers.” There’s the “Pay For Success” initiative, which “allows for private investors to profit from returns on the upfront...

This is the seventh article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015 Competing Narratives Surrounding Education Data “Data” – its collection, analysis, monetization, and usage – might just be one of the most controversial elements of education technology. I say this despite the assuredness from many in industry and...

This is the sixth article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015 From The Wall Street Journal in June, “Daphne Koller on the Future of Online Education”: “If you put an instructor to sleep 300 years ago and woke him up in a classroom today, he’ll say, ‘Oh, I...

I’m halfway through my year-end review of (what I think are) the important trends in education technology in 2015. The word count for the series so far hovers around 34,000, and I have a lot more to say. (I'm sorry. You're welcome.) This project is a substantial undertaking, but I...

This is the fifth article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015 Predictions about “the end of college” are hardly new. For its part, Silicon Valley has been forecasting “disruption” and doom for higher education for a while now. “The higher education bubble,” as Peter Thiel called it back...

Education Politics The Senate approved the renewal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act – the Every Student Succeeds Act, which will replace No Child Left Behind. President Obama signed the bill on Thursday. Via Vox: “How schools will be different without No Child Left Behind.” Via NPR: “How Poor...

This is the fourth article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015 When I wrote about “Competencies and Certificates” as one of the major ed-tech trends of 2014, I noted that “Neither competency-based education nor alternative certification efforts have reached the frenzied hype of MOOCs. (Not much in education...

This is the third in my series The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015 Last year, I named one of the “Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014” “School as ‘Skills.’” By that, I wanted to refer to the powerful narrative that the primary purpose of education – at both the K–12 and...

This is the second in my series The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015 Standardized testing has a long history in the United States. But it’s become closely associated with – inseparable from, dare I say – school reform and accountability measures in recent decades, thanks in no small part to...

Education Politics The House of Representatives voted on the “Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015,” an update to No Child Left Behind. The bill – some 1000+ pages in length – now heads to the Senate. Via Vox: “Congress is getting rid of No Child Left Behind. Here's what will...