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Driving Productivity in Postsecondary Education Through Innovation
The Department of Education (ED) seeks to encourage innovation in higher education teaching and learning to drive productivity, quality, and equity. To contribute to the national conversation in this arena, ED, in collaboration with the White House Office of Science … Continue reading
Back-to-School Bus Tour Takes Shape – CA, NV, UT
What do tech startups, the Biggest Little City in the World, and great skiing have in common? They’re the first things that come to my mind when describing the early stops on ED’s Education Drives America cross-country bus tour. Silicon … Continue reading
Connected Educator Month: Game-Based Learning
The topic of “game-based learning” is gaining considerable attention as more and more young people are learning from games outside of school and more and more teachers are leveraging the power of games to engage students in school. Well-designed games … Continue reading
Education Innovation Clusters: Accelerating Innovation Through Regional Partnerships
At a time when advances in technology and digital media hold the potential to dramatically reshape the way we approach instruction, assessment, and research, many barriers still continue to slow innovation in learning, teaching and educational technologies. Accelerating the pace … Continue reading
Reading Recovery: i3 Grantee Has Immediate Impact on Young Readers
When young children struggle to read, they can quickly fall behind their classmates in a number of subjects. Teachers with the 27-year old Reading Recovery program work one-on-one with 1st graders to rapidly reverse that descent, developing tailored strategies that … Continue reading
Open Data for College Affordability and Better Student Outcomes
Cross-posted from the White House Blog. The Obama Administration recently launched the Education Data Initiative to help students and their families benefit from innovation enabled by open data from the US government and other sources. By working to make education data more … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Student Aid, Headlines, Innovation, News
Tagged Learning Registry, Open Data
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Summer Seminar Gets Personal
Recently teachers from across the country participated in a summer seminar to grapple with an emerging hot topic in education: how to personalize learning in a classroom full of diverse students with varying interests, skills and learning styles. The seminar, … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Innovation, National Education Technology Plan, News, Teachers, Teaching Profession
Tagged ED Tech
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Duncan Talks College Affordability in South Carolina
“If college is unaffordable, then it will become unattainable,” Secretary Arne Duncan tweeted while in South Carolina last Friday during a one-day, three-city visit that focused on innovative education reform and keeping college affordable for America’s families. Duncan began the … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Student Aid, Headlines, Innovation, News, Rural
Tagged College Affordability, HBCUs, i3
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Duncan Talks Tech at SXSWedu
“The future of American education undoubtedly includes a laptop on every desk and universal internet access in every home,” Secretary Duncan said earlier today at SXSWedu (South by Southwest Education), in Austin, Texas. “But a great teacher at the front … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Innovation, National Education Technology Plan, News
Tagged #SXSWedu, Innovation
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From Laggards to Leaders
The numbers tell the story. Two million students, 18,000 teachers, 36 states plus the District of Columbia, 26 national organizations, 24 companies, and 16 state governors joined forces on-line last week to celebrate the first ever National Digital Learning Day. … Continue reading
NEA Foundation Launches Gaming Challenge on ED’s Open Innovation Portal
How can interactive technology and game-based learning help engage students to learn? The next great teaching frontier is light years away from chalk and erasers. Outside the classroom, students are fascinated and engaged in interactive technology and game-based activities. If … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Innovation, News
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