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"It's crazy that in a system that is meant to teach and help the youth there is no voice from the youth at all."

Youtube interviews, a blog, and the place to order the Inevitable Field Guide.

University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on proficiency instead of seat time. Students can get a degree by showing they know the material and can pass the test.

"The learning registry is a new approach to capturing, connecting and sharing data about learning resources available online with the goal of making it easier for educators and students to access the rich content available in our ever-expanding digital universe."

Research on brain development in adolescents.

Formal academic paper showing improved attitudes toward algebra when problems were modified to include topics of interest to students.

Pros and Cons of Flipping, along with some clarifications about what it is supposed to do, and why you need to be careful not to use it to just perpetuate the lecture format.

By 2018, all diplomas in Maine will be proficiency-based.

"Cognitive theories of education that anchor approaches like Constructivism have been suggested as preferable approaches for many decades. Unfortunately traditional educational institutions, as well as certification bodies and most notably political administrations have long favored didactic instruction (basically drill and kill, lecture-centric approaches to education) because the results of these methods are far simpler to track and report. "

This quote explains what I've been trying to articulate for a while.

"Teachers need to know how to facilitate a different kind of learning environment that is flexible, personal, and creative. Personalized learning means that learners own and drive their learning not the technology using algorithms based on performance that controls learning. Learners need to learn how to think on their own. This will not happen if adaptive learning systems control how and what they learn."

Summary of pros and cons of a case study of blended learning. From the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation

The Wisconsin Innovative Schools Network embraces (and supports) several different education models which are transformative rather than incremental.

A practical guide to scaling personalized learning

Why personalize? Read this! John H. Clarke has worked for twenty years at Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School in Bristol, Vermont on personalization in several roles. John helped develop the Pathways Program and wrote Personalized Learning: Student-designed Pathways to High School Graduation (Corwin, 2013) - a book we highly recommend.

Keep the focus on learning. Watch out for shiny objects.

Chris Lehman, principal of the Science Leadership Academy, talks about hot to guide kids to think about their own thinking.