Last month, ExcelinEd’s Digital Learning Now initiative released the 2014 Digital Learning Report Card. Each week, we are sharing a state story from the Report Card on the EdFly Blog. These posts highlight progress and share success stories from individual states across the nation. Stories are based on interviews with policymakers and stakeholders and are published…
Archives for May 2015
DLN Report Card: Louisiana Leading the Way Through Course Access
Last week, ExcelinEd’s Digital Learning Now initiative released the 2014 Digital Learning Report Card. Each week, we are sharing a state story from the Report Card on the EdFly Blog. These posts highlight progress and share success stories from individual states across the nation. Stories are based on interviews with policymakers and stakeholders and are…
7 May 2015
Why Our 19th Century Education System Belongs in the Museum
Some have argued that we should address widespread academic failure by making the school day longer or the school year longer. Others have suggested breaking up one long summer vacation into shorter breaks during the year. All this does is tinker with an anachronism. Students of varying abilities still will sit in a classroom for a pre-determined period to learn the same amount of material. This is equivalent to putting 1,000 high school students on the starting line and expecting them to finish a mile run in the same time.
5 May 2015