Dear Friends, Mark your calendars to join Governor Jeb Bush and ExcelinEd on November 20-21 for our 7th annual National Summit on Education Reform in Washington, D.C.! While I say it every year, I have no doubt this will be our best summit yet. Governor Bush will open the summit with a breakfast keynote on…
Improving Student Engagement With Course Access
By: Neil Campbell As someone who is lucky to have friends all over the Southeast, Midwest, and Northeast – every week from early August through early September involves a new round of pictures on my Facebook feed with captions to the effect of, “I can’t believe (…) is already in (…) grade!” These pictures are…
29 Aug 2014
21st Century Classroom Innovation Act
By: Neil Campbell We were excited to see that U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers from Washington introduced a bill just before Congress’ August recess, H.R. 5303, to promote high-quality blended learning schools across the country. Successful blended learning schools are created when teachers and school leaders design and implement new instructional models to personalize learning for…
14 Aug 2014
MOOCs: Questions Answered
This is the fourth post in a series on taking a MOOC. Read Parts One, Two, and Three. I am four weeks and four blogs into my first experience with a Massive Open Online Course, an offering from Cornell entitled: “Wiretaps to Big Data: Privacy and Surveillance in the Age of Interconnection”: I started this…
30 Jul 2014
Taking a MOOC: How Does it all Work?
This is the third post in a series on taking a MOOC. Parts One and Two can be found here and here, respectively. I’m three weeks into taking the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), “Wiretaps to Big Data: Privacy and Surveillance in the Age of Interconnection.” The basic format reminds me of my high school…
23 Jul 2014
Enrollment Opportunities with MOOCs
This is the second post in a series on taking a MOOC. Read the first post here. When I was first charged with finding and taking a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) this summer, my reaction went a little something like: That’s great I’d love to! Wait, where do I find a MOOC? While there…
16 Jul 2014
Mission Dolores Academy Puts a Renewed Focus on Students through Blended Learning
By: Clare Crowson Catholic schools have long played a role in providing inner city parents with a quality education alternative for their children. Unfortunately we are seeing increasing numbers of these schools close down as resources dwindle. That makes the story of the Mission Dolores Academy, which serves a diverse group of K-8 inner-city students…
2 Jun 2014
Digital Learning Now! Releases White Paper on Myths, Reality & Promise of Online Learning
WASHINGTON – Digital Learning Now! (DLN), a national campaign under the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), today released the eighth white paper in the DLN Smart Series. “Online Learning: Myths, Reality & Promise” explores the current trends, myths and realities of online learning. From state legislatures to classrooms across the country, a revolution of…
19 May 2014