Middle College National Consortium

Very good infographic on the growth in digital education and need for students, teachers and professors at all levels to be prepared to play on this field. How does or should this trend affect ePD? How does or should this trend affect high school student learning and pedagogy in the classroom whether online, blended, or face to face?

Randy Bass's home blog page on social pedagogies

Beautiful flower of social pedagogies to illustrate what teachers design for and what students experience

Knowledge, Exchange, Exhibition, Presentation site sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation

teacher's example portfolio in Google sites

Describes important elements in developing a systematic method for high schools to collect and use college proficiency information to make strategic decisions in preparing students for post-secondary success.\n\n

Research & Reports page. Available resources include: research reports, tools, newsletters and policy briefs related to education reform and workforce development at local, state and federal levels.

In pre-Jam materials, participants recommended these specific publications: Nodine, T. (2009). Innovations in college readiness: How early colleges are preparing students underrepresented in higher education for college success. Washington, D.C. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Education & Jobs for the Future and Hoffman, N., & Vargas, J. (2010). A policymaker's guide to early college designs: Expanding a strategy for achieving college readiness for all.

Great map that shows stereotypes that people in New York might have of people elsewhere, July 6, 2011

" Education for the Future is a not-for-profit initiative located on the California State University, Chico campus that focuses on working with schools, districts, State Departments of Education and other educational service centers and agencies on systemic change and comprehensive data analyses that lead to increased student learning. "

Home Google site for I-Lab SLI 2011-2012

Alexander Russo's This Week in Education, June 22, 2011 chart on College Haves and Have-Nots with great graphics showing the people-side of the data.

A wonderful 5-minute video that captures not only the concepts underlying a "more intensive pathway" in cc developmental studies but also the same thinking behind the MC-EC high school integrated approach--affective, academic, college success skills

Diane Ravitch is a Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. She is the author of "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education" (2010). The site has links to her articles on external sites and videos of aired interviews.

Excellent tips on designing learning interactions with relevant and potentially risky on the job challenges as the subject matter

Science Center devoted to genetics education for students and families. The site offers resources, including a 3-D animation library, and links to educational, media-rich websites.

Resources for middle school and high school students. Provides information about applying to colleges and obtaining financial aid.

By David T. Conley, published by Jossey-Bass, 2005. From summary: Describes many of the problems facing ill prepared college-bound students and outlines potential actions that should enable more students to go on to postsecondary education and do well in entry-level college courses.

By Richard DuFour, published in Educational Leadership, May 2004, V. 61, N. 8, p 6-11. Educational Leadership is a publication of ASCD. Author discusses the concepts of Professional Learning Communities, the ideas behind their core principles and how the principles guide schools' efforts to sustain the professional learning community model until it becomes inherent in a school's culture.

Absolutely fabulous video (6 minutes) on Connected Learning and how we must change the outcomes based focus of education to awaken the curiosity of each learner and engage with them in learning how to learn given the distribution of resources, ideas, experts, etc. while preserving the learners' autonomy, access to diversity, openness to others for learning, interactivity with similar and diverse co-learners, etc. Film by Nic Askew at Soulbiographies.com interviewing McArthur Foundation person and two professors of education