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"Despite their tough zip codes and challenging students, the schools have turned in strong results--outperforming nearly all of their impoverished California peers and even many of the state's more privileged school districts on standardized tests--using "blended learning," a combination of traditional teaching and computer-based instruction that has led many school reformers to herald Rocketship as the technology-driven future of education."

"Tim Holt shares his views on education, creativity, education administration, technology and the merger of all of them here. Whether it is links, articles, essays, or news, he shares a ton of information. He hopes you can keep up."

"This study provides new evidence on the importance of school leadership by estimating individual principals' contributions to growth in student achievement."

"What Sets Strong Teachers Apart Regardless of their backgrounds, these teachers and other great teachers in challenging schools whom I've read about-including Esme Codell (2009), Salome Thomas-El (2003), Erin Gruell (1999), and celebrated author and former teacher Frank McCourt (2006)-all have a lot in common."

"Can schools as we currently know them ever accomplish the mission we've established for them? This week Richard Elmore, one of the nation's most prominent educational thinkers, emphatically shared his conviction that they cannot.  Speaking at a forum on education reform sponsored by the Aspen Institute, the American Enterprise Institute and the Harvard Graduate School of Education (where Elmore is professor), the father of instructional rounds distinguished himself from other panelists by concluding that schooling as we know it will inevitably fail."

"Welcome to the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities's Assistive Technology wiki.                                                                                                                                                                                                                Here you will find links, vendors, stories, and virtually anything else that relates to Assistive Technology. EXPLORE, LEARN, ENJOY"

"The project's findings focus on three key areas: the disparity in outcomes between more-educated and less-educated Americans; weaknesses in America's K-12 education system; and several promising interventions that could serve as a starting point for education reform."

Higher Order Thinking Strategies and tools The following Online Interactive Thinking Strategies and Tools are designed to provide a scaffold which enables students to think with more depth and structure. When using them, ask students to continually reflect on and justify which Habits of Mind best suit how they are thinking.

This site has been designed to provide early childhood professionals with the latest resources and updates to promote school readiness for the children in Ohio.

"A substitute teacher from the inner city refuses to be messed with while taking attendance."

"Rather than structure my presentations by tool, or by app, or even by project, I organized myself around desired student outcomes - aka. what students can actually do. However, before addressing that question, I asked not only WHY iPads but WHY Technology? Because…. I want my students to communicate in complex and modern ways. I want my students to make their thinking visible as an alternative assessment. I want my students to document their thinking as they work through a process. I want my students to have multiple ways through which to interact with learning objects."

"What do hammers have to do with iPads?  iPads are exactly like hammers, they are simply a tool.  While the screen may shine and the intuitive nature of the device impress even the most cynical user, they are little more than tools in the classroom. "

"Text Help has made a new toolbar available for free for anyone who uses Google Docs and the Chrome Browser. What is now possible is dual highlighted (two colors) text to speech in Google Docs! This is huge, an amazing benefit for our struggling readers, writers and researchers."

"Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) are a viable option for measuring student growth under the new Ohio Teacher Evaluation System. "

"Photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about inclusion before his son Samuel was born.  Now he thinks about inclusion every day."