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This post first appeared on Educating Modern Learners The Hype of MOOCs One of the most talked-about trends in education technology in recent years is the MOOC, the massive open online course. Indeed The New York Times dubbed 2012 “The Year of the MOOC” after a number of high profile...

Ferguson Protests continued in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown. The first day of school was delayed for many, but that doesn’t mean teachers had the “day off.” (Good grief headline writers.) The Ferguson Public Library has become a “makeshift community school,” offering lessons, tutoring, meals,...

This post first appeared on Educating Modern Learners Late last year, Pearson announced that it would make "a series of unique commitments designed to measure and increase the company's impact on learning outcomes around the world.” Pearson is, of course, the world's largest education company, with holdings across the publishing, school...

RIP Robin Williams and RIP Michael Brown – my god, this week has been so painful. Education Law and Politics “Education Department Awards 40 States, D.C., and the Virgin Islands $28.4 Million in Grants to Help Low-Income Students Take Advanced Placement Tests” – so congrats to the College Board that...

A couple of sentences from Edsurge’s coverage today on the new Google assignment-management tool Classroom: "After the student has submitted the assignment, teachers can assign a grade out of 100 possible points. (Yeskel says requests for other grading rubrics will be considered in the future.)Not having to deal with paper...

Renouncing My Klout For the second year in the row, I’m on (Thomas B. Fordham Institute president) Michael Petrilli’s list of “The Top Twitter Feeds in Education Policy.” Truth be told, it’s only the second year because last year my friend José Vilson asked why there were so few women...

Education Politics It looks like the Department of Education knew more about the state of Corinthian Colleges’ finances than it’s let on. Texas Superintendent Adopts Digitized Early Learning Program The Indiana Department of Education has reached a settlement with CTB/McGraw Hill, which will pay the state $3 million after tech...

This post first appeared on Educating Modern Learners In his keynote at the 2012 OpenEd conference, Gardner Campbell, an Associate Professor of English at Virginia Tech,  talked about the “Ecologies of Yearning.” (Seriously: watch the video.) Campbell offered a powerful and poetic vision about the future of open learning, but...

It’s that time of year again – whee! – for my annual back-to-school tech survey, and teachers, I’d love to hear your thoughts on what new technology you’re most looking forward to bringing into the classroom with you this school year. The technology itself doesn’t have to be new. I’m...

Education Law and Politics Former CNN and NBC news anchor Campbell Brown is leading a group that filed a lawsuit in New York this week to challenge teacher tenure rules in the state. (The Shanker Institute’s Matthew Di Carlo has a good look at some of the “research” being cited...