1871, a tech accelerator based in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, Arthur Rolnick, senior researcher at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, Becker (Milton) Friedman Institute for Economics, Buffett Early Childhood Fund, Center for the Economics of Human Capital Development, Connie Matsui - the San Diego Grantmakers, Dr. James Heckman, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, Dr. Raymond Cattell - The Big Five Theory & Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, Education Synergy Alliance - Laura Kohn, First Five Years Fund, George Soros, High/Scope Perry Preschool Study, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCEO), Institute for New Economic Thinking - George Soros, JB Pritzker, Kaiser Family Foundation, Mind + Matter Studio - Suzanne Muchin, outcomes-based contracting, Pay for Success, Penny Pritzker - Commerce Secretary in the Obama administration, Pritzker Children’s Initiative - JB Pritzker, Ready4K app, ReadyNation, Robert Dugger, financial policy analyst and venture capitalist, ROI - return on investment, Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s campaign “Choose Children”, Social Emotional Learning SEL, social impact bonds, Stephen Durlauf, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, The Heckman Equation, The Invisible Heart - documentary, Waterford Upstart online preschool, whole child - data collection

Heckman and Pritzker Pitch Apps as Poverty “Solutions” Yielding a 13% Return on Investment

June 17, 2018 — 1 Comment

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anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any pace learning, Child Labor, Cities of LRNG, Digital On Ramps, Hackable High School, IoT and Predictive Policing, KiTE STEM, Learning Ecosystem, Racism, Social Emotional Learning SEL

Navigating Whiteness: Could “Anywhere, Anytime” Learning Endanger Black and Brown Students?

May 10, 2018 — 1 Comment

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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Chamber of Commerce, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Charter schools, Chicago Public Schools, Ed Tech, Facebook-Summit partnership, James H. Shelton, LEAP, Measures of Effective Teaching (MET), personalized learning, Promise Neighborhoods, Social Emotional Learning SEL, Stand for Children, Summit Basecamp, Summit charter schools, Teach for America

Beware of Tech Titans Bearing Gifts

May 8, 2018 — 1 Comment

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

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

ESSA, NWEA MAP, Social Emotional Learning SEL

Social Emotional Data. The new Cash Cow in the Corporate Assessment Industry

October 22, 2017 — 5 Comments

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

CASEL, ESSA, MAP, NWEA MAP, Pay for Success, Reauthorization of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Social Emotional Learning SEL

The MAP Test can now monitor a child’s psyche, or so they think

September 30, 2017 — 6 Comments

A Better Way, ACT’s Engage College Domains and Scales Overview, Angela Duckworth, Chiefs for Change, ETS’ SuccessNavigator assessment, grit, Restorative justice, Social Emotional Learning SEL, social impact bonds, Social Justice, Teach for America

The New “Jack”: Trading Justice for Grit

September 24, 2017 — 1 Comment

1:1 device initiatives, adaptive management systems, Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, AI and education, Algorithms, AltSchool, Americorp volunteer, anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any pace learning, AR/VR, augmented reality/virtual reality, Army Research Lab, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Bill Gates, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Booz Allen Hamilton, Broad Superintendents Academy, Carnegie Mellon, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Charter schools, Chromebooks, Class Size, Classcraft, Common Core Standards, Cyber-Education, Department of Defense, Department of Education (DOE), Education Elements, ESSA, Evidence based policy, FERPA, financial de-stabilization, Future Ready, gamification, Global Education Futures: Agenda, global finance, Google Apps for Education, Google Student Accounts, grit, Halliburton, Hewlett Packard, High Stakes Testing, IBM, Innosight Institute, Institute for Creative Technologies, Kindergarten, Learning Ecosystem, Micro Schools, Microsoft, Minecraft, Montessori school model, Naviance, online chat bots, Opting Out of High Stakes Testing, Pavel Luksha, Pay for Success, Pearson, personalized learning, Project Based Learning, Reasoning Mind, Remake Learning, Rocketship, School Vouchers, Skolkovo Institute, Social Emotional Learning SEL, Summit Basecamp, The Clayton Christensen Institute, Tom Vander Ark, TouchSense, US Department of Education (USDOE), USC, Vouchers, whole child - data collection, workforce development

An Interview with Alison McDowell: KEXP’s Mind Over Matters Community Forum

August 14, 2017 — 1 Comment

Algorithms, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Chris Reykdal, College and Career Ready, De-Linking Graduation to High Stakes Testing, Frank Chopp, Funding education, Governor Inslee, High School and Beyond Plans (HSBP), High Stakes Testing, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, OSPI Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Social Emotional Learning SEL, social impact bonds, Standardized testing, Universal pre-K

Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wants Seniors to Have a Plan for the Future in Order to Graduate. Chris Reykdal, Washington State’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Just Passed a Similar Requirement for 8th Graders.

July 16, 2017 — 0 Comments

1:1 device initiatives, Algorithms, Future Ready, Institute of the Future, Knowledgeworks, Learning Record Store, personal tutors, personalized learning, Social Emotional Learning SEL, Strive Together, Virtual classrooms, xAPI

From Neighborhood Schools to Learning Eco-Systems, A Dangerous Trade

May 4, 2017 — 0 Comments