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Monthly Archives July 2009

Learning’s Horizon

Learning’s Horizon
“When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.”
-Tomas Paine
Everyone takes sides in education.  People disagree about what’s best for students, but agree that students and their success matter most.  The dividing lines get drawn between adults debating definitions, outcomes, and processes.   What is success?  Who [...]

Posted 28 July 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Invitation to Innovate from Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra

Our first federal Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra, sent a video message to attendees of the recent EduStat University gathering in Charlotesville, VA.  I’ve mentioned the video via Twitter (@classroots) and in “Reform on Learning’s Terms,” a recent post at The Edurati Review.  I want to share the video here because its message so helped [...]

Posted 26 July 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Call for Submissions to Classroots.org

Classroots.org invites all educators and community partners championing authentic engagement to submit case studies about their work, as well as less formal anecdotes and stories about efforts to reform education through authentic engagement from inside the classroom.
Curious about authentic engagement?  Check out a working defintion on the authentic engagement page and help refine it through [...]

Posted 25 July 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,