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"Since 2007, the directors of this project have been collaborating on the development of imagination as the driving force behind this shift. The research and field work covered in this project began in January 2009. Rather than publishing results as a book or white paper, both of which are one-sided approaches to a subject that demands a conversation, an interactive site was chosen as the format. This site doesn't just present theories and ideas, but rather actionable solutions that can be immediately and easily implemented in service of a relevant education for American students who need to gain proficiency if not mastery of core subject areas while at the same time being prepared for the reality of future work. Imagination is a broad topic, encompassing everything the mind can conjure, so the findings in this report are focused on those that overlap with the changing world of work."

"The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress for over 250 years.

"One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from?" RSA Animated talk

"NDPC-SD is committed to providing technical assistance to assist states in building capacity to design/select and implement effective, evidence-based interventions and programs to address dropout among students with disabilities. NDPC-SD employs various strategies to transfer knowledge and to support systems change and capacity building. These include direct consultation in designing state-level initiatives based on state-identified needs, product and document reviews, technical assistance, professional development institutes, and Web-based resources. "

"Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature "

Wallace Foundation report that is referenced in the April DLT OIP training

"The Big Four Community Ning is a year round learning network to support Instructional Coaches, Classroom Teachers and Educational Leaders."

A link to the spreadsheet we created to look at district data

Bill Daggett's slides from his Race to the Top Presentation "The International Center would like to share the following PowerPoint presentations from our Keynoters. These resources will be available for 45 days following the presentation."

Research data supporting the impact of early childhood education

Stephanie_Hirsh- from ASCD article

This report is the culmination of a yearlong effort to study the efficiency of the nation's public education system and includes the first-ever attempt to evaluate the productivity of almost every major school district in the country. In the business world, the notion of productivity describes the benefit received in exchange for effort or money expended. Our project measures the academic achievement a school district produces relative to its educational spending, while controlling for factors outside a district's control, such as cost of living and students in poverty.

Bill Daggett site

" I listed a dozen videos that I thought would help spark educators' thinking about the changes that are occurring around us. None of these are videos that we already have used in the technology leadership training that we've done statewide for principals and superintendents. "

"Manual" on using Google forms and an iPhone for walkthroughs

"The release of the 2009 PISA results this past week has created quite a stir and has provided ample fodder for public school bashers and doomsayers who further their own philosophical and profit-motivated agendas by painting all public schools as failing. For whatever reason, these so-called experts, many of whom have had little or no actual exposure to public schools, refuse to paint an accurate picture of the state of education. "