School Models

From Reuters: China’s latest building binge: the education factory

Three decades ago, Chinese cities began turning rural land into industrial parks to attract foreign investors. Today, a new kind…

10 years ago

Mark Rogers on Bringing Humanity into the Classroom

I recently had a chance to talk with renowned “rapping” math teacher Mark Rogers from Round Rock, Texas. Rogers shared the story…

10 years ago

Post: Preschool is good for children, but it’s expensive. So Utah is offering it online.

Can 4-year-olds learn what they need to know for kindergarten by sitting in front of a computer for 15 minutes…

11 years ago

Charter love: Feds give $157 million to expand charter schools

Photo credit: U.S. Dept. of Education The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it would give $157 million to create…

11 years ago

Straighterline: Reducing Cost of College Builds Momentum

Burck Smith, CEO at Straighterline, discusses his approach to solving the skyrocketing cost of college with low-cost online courses built…

11 years ago

We’re In This Together: Public-Private Partnerships

Discover how Mark Claypool and ChanceLight are advancing public-private partnerships in special and at-risk education to improve student outcomes.

11 years ago

From NBC News: The Education Start-Up Backed by Mark Zuckerberg

Photo credit: The Crunchies by Harriet Taylor This week, children across the country went back to school, and many are…

11 years ago

Washington’s charter schools: Officials can’t agree on how to save them

by Debbie Cafazzo and Melissa Santos A week after the state Supreme Court declared Washington’s charter schools unconstitutional, the outlook…

11 years ago

School tells students and their parents it’s okay to fail

Photo credit: Jin by Jeffrey S. Solochek LAND O’LAKES — Preparing to market his new magnet school to parents, Sanders…

11 years ago

L.A. Times: Major charter school expansion in the works for L.A. Unified students

by Howard Blume A prominent local education foundation is discussing a major expansion of charter schools in Los Angeles aimed…

11 years ago