http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/05/16/reforming-education-means-more-2/ HotAir.com's Greenroom Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:21:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/05/16/reforming-education-means-more-2/comment-page-1/#comment-30931 Activating Leadership « Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:12:07 +0000 http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=2477#comment-30931 [...] Take $5000 and throw it into pedagogy. A virtual world $2000.00 (blocked), a campus blog ($1000) blocked; pro-flicker account ($50, blocked) – for less than the software cost of one laptop – schools can activate so much more opportunity, but have been lock-stepped from it though the policy now in place, which is driven by notions of centralised governance; in a world which clearly rejecting socially. Don’t let the costs and numbers fool you; all of the investment needs activation – and the DNA code to do that is with online communities. Like a naughty independent senator – there is a collabatorium manefesto won’t tow the line without negotiation. In addition to infrastructure we want pedagogy, citizenship, open resources, open learning, virtual classrooms and better policy. Not just pilots. Its a global problem, but Australia has less people to solve it than our American cousins who are equally dissonant. Data, transparency, and public availability of educational information are all highly desirable elements of education reform. It’s ridiculous that today a parent can find more information about choosing a new washing machine or automobile than about choosing a school, and it’s a travesty how frequently ideology trumps evidence in education policy making. Andrew Rotherham [...] [...] Take $5000 and throw it into pedagogy. A virtual world $2000.00 (blocked), a campus blog ($1000) blocked; pro-flicker account ($50, blocked) – for less than the software cost of one laptop – schools can activate so much more opportunity, but have been lock-stepped from it though the policy now in place, which is driven by notions of centralised governance; in a world which clearly rejecting socially. Don’t let the costs and numbers fool you; all of the investment needs activation – and the DNA code to do that is with online communities. Like a naughty independent senator – there is a collabatorium manefesto won’t tow the line without negotiation. In addition to infrastructure we want pedagogy, citizenship, open resources, open learning, virtual classrooms and better policy. Not just pilots. Its a global problem, but Australia has less people to solve it than our American cousins who are equally dissonant. Data, transparency, and public availability of educational information are all highly desirable elements of education reform. It’s ridiculous that today a parent can find more information about choosing a new washing machine or automobile than about choosing a school, and it’s a travesty how frequently ideology trumps evidence in education policy making. Andrew Rotherham [...]

]]> http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/05/16/reforming-education-means-more-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6852 PoliGazette » Education in America: School Choice Is Not The Perfect Solution, But Neither is Government Spending Sun, 17 May 2009 08:17:22 +0000 http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=2477#comment-6852 [...] just finished reading Michael van der Galien’s article here at Poligazette and at Hot Air’s Green Room on the Obama administration’s plans to spend over $100 billion from the stimulus bill on [...] [...] just finished reading Michael van der Galien’s article here at Poligazette and at Hot Air’s Green Room on the Obama administration’s plans to spend over $100 billion from the stimulus bill on [...]

]]> http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/05/16/reforming-education-means-more-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6749 PoliGazette » Reforming Education Means More $? Sat, 16 May 2009 17:00:20 +0000 http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=2477#comment-6749 [...] my entire post on education at Hot Air’s Greenroom. Share and [...] [...] my entire post on education at Hot Air’s Greenroom. Share and [...]

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