The Web We Need to Give Students
This article first appeared in Bright, a Medium-based publicationStudent privacy has become one of the hottest issues in education, with some 170 bills proposed so far this year that would regulate it....
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The Algorithmic Future of Education
This keynote was delivered today at NWeLearn. The slides can also be found on Speaker Deck.This is – I think (I hope) – the last keynote I will deliver this year. It’s the 11th that I’ve done. I try to...
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Education PoliticsVia The New York Times: “Riot police officers and students protesting against tuition increases clashed on Wednesday outside the Parliament building in Cape Town, the latest in a...
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My Latest Book: Claim Your Domain
My latest book is now available for purchase. Claim Your Domain – and Own Your Online Presence is part of the series “Solutions for Modern Learning” and draws on my work on students “reclaiming” their...
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Education Politics“Obama Wants Students To Stop Taking Unnecessary Tests.” Here’s the official “Testing Action Plan,” that includes some details on how tests will be limited to just 2% of classroom...
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Education PoliticsElection news round-up: Politico’s coverage. Via The Atlantic: “What School Proposals Failed on the Ballot?” Via Education Week: “Three conservative school board members elected on...
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My Latest Book: The Revenge of the Monsters of Education Technology
I know I just wrote a blog post with nearly the same headline less than two weeks ago, but here I go again: my latest book is now available for purchase.The Revenge of the Monsters of Education...
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Education Politics“In Swan Song, Arne Duncan Extols School Progress Under His Tenure,” says The New York Times. Part of that song: the Department of Education boasted what Race to the Top has done for...
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Education PoliticsNo Child Left Behind just might be left behind. Via The New York Times: “Negotiators Come to Agreement on Revising No Child Left Behind Law.” Via Education Week: “House, Senate ESEA...
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Coding Bootcamps and the New For-Profit Higher Ed
After decades of explosive growth, the future of for-profit higher education might not be so bright. Or, depending on where you look, it just might be… In recent years, there have been a number of...
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Education PoliticsIt’s Black Friday. Maybe I’ll go out and buy the domain “hasESEAbeenrenewedyet.com,” although it appears as though the bill will be passed next month. Of course, we’ve thought that...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015
It’s time once again for my annual review of the year in ed-tech. This is the sixth year I’ve done so.It’s a fairly massive undertaking – Gates-Foundation-free research, a rarity in ed-tech – which...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: The Politics of Education Technology
This is the first article in my series The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015One of the challenges of identifying the “Top Ed-Tech Trends” is that most of these developments are deeply interconnected. It’s...
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Education PoliticsThe 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...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: Standardized Testing
This is the second in my series The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015Standardized testing has a long history in the United States. But it’s become closely associated with– inseparable from, dare I say –...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: 'The Employability Narrative'
This is the third in my series The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015Last 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...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: Credits and Credentialing
This is the fourth article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015When I wrote about “Competencies and Certificates” as one of the major ed-tech trends of 2014, I noted that “Neither competency-based...
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Education PoliticsThe 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...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015: The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not)
This is the fifth article in my series Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015Predictions about “the end of college” are hardly new. For its part, Silicon Valley has been forecasting “disruption” and doom for...
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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...
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