PIE Network Welcomes Three Leading Education Reformers to Board of Directors
Three of the country’s top education reformers have joined the Board of Directors of th
What Three Big EdTech Investments Say About The Future Of Education
This past week saw venture and private investors grabbing a pen to write checks to support three significant edtech trends: the move toward support
Initiative aims for 100,000 new STEM teachers
Partnership draws on member organizations’ expertise in recruiting and retaining talented educators A new national movement aims to increase the supply of math and science teachers and retain excellent teachers currently in U.S. classrooms by preparing 100,000 new math and science teachers over the next 10 years. Led by Carnegie Corporation of New York, Opportunity […]
Bay Area Leading the Learning Revolution
Computers, then smart phones, then tablets changed how we engaged the world. Medical technology extended and entertainment technology enriched our
Grockit Raises Money for Online Test Prep
About half of students who take the SAT do nothing to prepare. Grockit, an education start-up, wants to change that by making test prep social and taking it online. On Monday, Grockit announced that it raised $7 million in venture capital, for a total of $24 million, from GSV Capital and NewSchools Venture Fund, which invests philanthropic […]
BetterLesson Grabs $1.6 Million to Let Educators Find and Share the Best Lesson Plans
Since launching, BetterLesson has attracted a community of “tens of thousands of educators”,
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The Intersection of Technology and Test Scores
“In Classroom of the Future, Stagnant Scores” blared the headline in New York Times on September 4th. The paper’s editors decided that the top-of-the-fold story on Page 1 also warranted two full pages inside, plus four color photos and a graph. That’s a huge part of the news hole on any day, but particularly on […]
The Super-Connected Classroom: Experiments in Ingenuity From the Ground Up
When Chris Lehmann, principal of the technology-rich Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, wanted to give teachers feedback on their lessons
Charter Operators Face Challenges in ‘Scaling Up’
The pace at which the highest-performing charter-management organizations are “scaling up” is being determined largely by how rapidly they can deve