Sparking the evolution of education choice
Editor’s note: You can listen to Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill interviewing Julie Young, founder and former CEO of Florida Virtual School who is now deeply engaged with digital education at Arizona State University, here and here. The nation’s leading education disruptors – proactive individuals who are thinking[Read More…]
Editor’s note: With this commentary, redefinED welcomes Julie Young as our newest guest blogger. Founding CEO and former president of Florida Virtual School, Young serves as vice president of education outreach and student services at Arizona State University and is managing director of Arizona State University’s Prep Academy and ASU[Read More…]
In this episode, Tuthill talks with a senior research fellow in education for the Christensen Institute whose work focuses on studying innovations that amplify educator capacity, documenting barriers to K-12 innovation, and identifying disruptive innovations in education. Tuthill and Arnett discuss the future of public education and the various “blended[Read More…]
A seemingly small change to Florida law could go a long way toward promoting blended learning in public schools. The measure is sponsored by Rep. Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah, and Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, who have teamed up on digital learning bills before. This one, HB 4013/SB 470 is deceptively[Read More…]
Blended learning is beginning to change the way schools are run, and even the way they’re built. But Florida schools may be hamstrung by building codes, class-size penalties and outdated teacher-preparation programs, members of a state House panel said Thursday. “I think our role is to get the roadblocks out of the way,”[Read More…]
For more than two years, administrators at Purcell Marian High School in Cincinnati have been navigating the competing pressures of new and old. They decided the shift to blended learning could help them meet the varying needs of an increasingly diverse student body, and help their students meet a state requirement to pass four years of high[Read More…]
Starting this month, Florida school districts will be able to start their own version of charter schools, which would be bound by performance contracts and freed from a range of state regulations. The question now is, will they? Charter school legislation passed last year included provisions allowing districts to create Innovation Schools of Technology. Last[Read More…]
To understand the changes that will be brought on by digital learning, think about what’s happened in the music industry. People used to buy all of their music at record stores. Their choices were confined to what the store had in stock. They had to buy entire albums, even if[Read More…]
