1:1 device initiatives, ALEC, ALEC Innovation Schools and School Districts, Bill Gates, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, Education Reimagined, ESSA, Future Ready, gig economy, Great Plains Software, Greg Tehven, iNACOL, Ken Kay, Knowledgeworks, Learning Ecosystem, LRNG city, Marcus Lingenfelter, Mass Customized Learning (competency-based education), Microsoft, Most Likely To Succeed, North Dakota, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), personalized learning, School ReTool, social impact investing, STEM, Strive Together, Susie Wise, Teach for America, Ted Dintersmith, Tom Vander Ark, Tony Wagner, Work-Based Learning

They’ve Got Trouble, Up There in North Dakota (Dintersmith Strikes Again)

May 29, 2018 — 0 Comments

ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Career Pathways, College and Career Ready, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, digital badges, ESSA, gig economy, iNACOL, K-12 LinkedIn Data Badges, National Network of Business and Industry Associations, Pay for Success, Pearson, personalized learning, The Business Round Table

Competency Based Education (CBE) and ALEC Preparing Students for the Gig Economy

April 4, 2018 — 0 Comments

Bezos Family Foundation, Big Picture Learning, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Career Pathways, Catalyst Initiative, Charles River Ventures, Clayton Christensen Institute, Competency Based Learning, Digital Promise, Dreambox, Edublocks, Grable, Hewlett Packard, High Tech High, IDEO, ImBlaze, Jean Hammond, Knowledgeworks, Learning Ecosystem, Mastery Transcript Consortium, Most Likely To Succeed, Nellie Mae Foundation, Obama administration’s Next Generation High School initiative, Overdeck Foundation, Richard Culatta, Salesforce, School ReTool, social impact bonds, STEM, Ted Dintersmith, The Rockefeller Foundation, Tom Vander Ark, Vulcan, Inc

Ted Dintersmith is not here to save neighborhood schools!

April 4, 2018 — 5 Comments

Achieve Inc., American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Digital Learning Now, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, iNACOL, Merit Pay/Performance Pay, National Governors Association (NGA), Nellie Mae Foundation, PARCC, Pay for Success, Pearson, Philanthrocapitalism, SBAC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), social impact bonds, The Community Training and Assistance Center (CTAC), Value Added Measure, Wall Street, William Slotnik, World Bank - Global Education Reform

Step-by-step Privatization and Profit: ESSA Delivers Schools to Wall Street with a Bow on Top

March 13, 2018 — 2 Comments

American Institute for Research (AIR), Calvert Education, Competency Based Learning, Don Nielson, Educate Online, Education Industry Association (EIA), ESSA, Flex Academies, Joseph Olchefske, Middle College, Mosaica Education, Inc., Northgate Mall, Seattle Pubic Schools, Seattle Public School Board, Seattle Superintendent Dr. Nyland, Simon Youth Foundation, Social Emotional Learning SEL, Springboard Education in America, LLC, Superintendent Joseph Olchefske

Learning from Past Mistakes: Seattle Public School’s Greatest Superintendent Misses, Part 1: Joseph Olchefske

March 11, 2018 — 0 Comments

Achieve Inc., Broad Foundation: The "Underground Department of Education", Career Connected Learning, Carnegie Corporation, Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM), Competency Based Learning, Dear Hillary Letter, Jobs for the Future, Local Control, Marc Tucker, National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), National Department of Talent, Outcome Based Education (OBE), Stupski Foundation, Swiss Model

Don’t Forget Marc Tucker

March 8, 2018 — 3 Comments

ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Carnegie Corporation, Competency Based Learning, Digital Learning Now, ESSA, iNACOL, Nellie Mae Foundation, Office of Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, Online Learning Pathways, Susan Patrick

ALEC, iNACOL, and Online Learning Pathways

January 20, 2018 — 0 Comments

biocapitalism, Class Dojo, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, corporate colonialism, data surveillance tactics, ESSA, High Stakes Testing, Lamar Alexander, Local Control, McKinsey Global Institute, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Social Emotional Learning SEL, social impact bonds

Biocapitalism, Corporate Colonialism & Education Policy

November 13, 2017 — 1 Comment

Bloomboard, Competency Based Learning, Digital Promise, Edutopia, Global Education Futures: Agenda, iNACOL, Knowledgeworks, Online learning, Open Education Resources, #GoOpen initiative, Relay Graduate School, Social Emotional Learning SEL, The League of Innovative Schools, US Department of Education (USDOE), workforce data badges, WORKFORCE Data Quality Campaign, workforce development

The US Department of Education’s Digital Promise to Advance the Ed-Tech Field, CBE, and Online Learning

October 8, 2017 — 0 Comments

AI and education, Competency Based Learning, Facebook, Facebook-Summit partnership, Knowledgeworks, Summit Basecamp

Robots Replacing Teachers? Laugh at Your Own Risk.

September 24, 2017 — 2 Comments

Blended learning, Candidates, Center on Reinventing Public Education, Chris Reykdal, College and Career Ready, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, Computers in schools, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Ed Tech, Online learning, OSPI Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, PARCC, personalized learning, Randy Dorn, WEA

24 Graduation Credits, OSPI Superintendent Chris Reykdal, and the Push for Competency-Based Learning

September 10, 2017 — 6 Comments

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Competency Based Learning, derivatives market, ESSA, Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), Goldman Sachs, LearnLaunch Institute, MAPLE, Pay for Success, personalized learning, Preschool, Strive Together, The Rockefeller Foundation

Is Wall Street About to Take Over Public Education Once and for All?

August 1, 2017 — 3 Comments