Can You Just Tell Me What to Do?
Project-based learning (PBL) is pretty amazing when it works. PBL units inspire kids to become a sort of paraprofessional, applying their learning in ways that actually make a difference. Well-executed...
View ArticleWhat is an Excellent Teacher? Responding to Arne Duncan and the DOE
Reposted from the TeachBoost blog Announcing the Excellent Educators for All initiative, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said: “Race and family income too often still predict students’ access to...
View ArticleThe “Hype Cycle” as it Relates to 21st-Century School Transformation
Last week, I led a webinar as part of TeachBoost‘s back-to-school series that introduced strategies for adopting a 21st-century approach to instruction and leadership, while working against...
View ArticleResponding to Politico’s “Rating Teachers Not As Easy As 1, 2, 3″
This article originally appeared on the TeachBoost blog. Politico’s recent piece “Rating Teachers Not As Easy As 1, 2, 3” does a solid job of reporting on the landscape of teacher evaluation right now....
View ArticleSoftware Will Not “Eat” Education
Reposted from EdSurge Marc Andreessen, with the support of long-time colleague and amateur rapper Ben Horwitz, famously leads Andreessen Horwitz with the thesis that software will “eat the world.”...
View ArticleTeacher Mentorship Programs Work!
Reposted from TeachBoost’s LaunchPad Last week, the NY Times featured a lengthy piece on teacher mentorship programs, entitled, “As Apprentices in Classroom, Teachers Learn What Works.” What are...
View Article“Dewey Didn’t Disrupt Education…and Neither Are We”: An Interview with Ben Stern
Reposted from MOUSE.org We welcome Ben Stern (Manager of Educational Partnerships at TeachBoost) as our guest on the MOUSE Blog. His comments below are his own, i.e., they do not necessarily reflect...
View ArticleBuilding a Nation: 5 Startup Lessons Learned When I Was 15
Originally posted on Medium I was 15, and all I knew was that the lacrosse media sucked. With that insight as motivation, we built Lax Nation. In so doing, our team built a media company with a devoted...
View ArticleApple Watch: My Favorite Thing I Don’t Need
Everyone’s first question is, “How do you like it?” My answer: I’ve now had the Apple Watch Sport for a week now, and I really like it. I also don’t need it at all. Once I got the shipping info (3–4...
View ArticleAn Education in Startups
I was an educator for five years. I taught history and then computer science to middle schoolers, as well as technology integration to fellow teachers. With administrators and other teachers, we...
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