Analysis of teacher surveys points to a high-tech pitfall — one size fits all
Sometimes a bunch of data analysis leads to a non-numerical, but important thought. If teachers rarely get to decide what to purchase for their classrooms, be it the desks or the textbooks, then administrators might end up choosing educational software based on which vendors offer the best prices or cover the most subjects. And the […]
Dissecting New Tech Network Numbers
The New Tech Network issued a press release on Oct. 2, 2013, trumpeting that its high school seniors outperformed 68% of 4-year college freshmen with similar backgrounds and abilities on key indicators of higher order thinking skills according to the College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA). The New Tech Network employs a lot of technology […]
Q&A with KIPP’s Dave Levin about Technology in Education
Dave Levin, co-founder of the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) network of charter schools, has a lot to be proud of. His schools, which focus on inner-city minority students, are now operating in 20 states and producing admirable test results and impressive numbers of college graduates. One of his Los Angeles schools, which uses a […]
Survey of U.S. school districts finds that more than half of elementary, middle and high schools have wifi in every classroom
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) released preliminary findings from a national survey of nearly 450 K-12 district technology leaders from 44 states on September, 16, 2013. Of course, the survey missed about 12,000 school districts and likely, the ones that responded might be more technologically advanced than many that didn’t. But I was struck […]
