Ranked #1
A Student Perspective on Blended Learning
A Student Perspective on Blended Learning
We hear about edtech from the perspective of entrepreneurs and educators. But what about the viewpoint of a student?This... Read more
26 Jun 2015
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14mins
Ranked #2
Does Tech Support Personalized Learning—or Distract Us From What’s Really Important?
Does Tech Support Personalized Learning—or Distract Us From What’s Really Important?
“Personalized learning” is a term that is no stranger to interpretation—even to the point that writers have started to a... Read more
9 May 2017
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #3
What Schools Could Be—and What Education Investors Get Wrong
What Schools Could Be—and What Education Investors Get Wrong
Does this sound familiar? An Ivy League-educated philanthropist, who built his wealth from a career in technology, decid... Read more
13 Mar 2018
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34mins
Ranked #4
How Childhood Has Changed (And How That Impacts Education)
How Childhood Has Changed (And How That Impacts Education)
It’s easy to forget that notions of childhood have changed radically over the years—and not all for the better, says Ste... Read more
11 Jul 2017
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24mins
Ranked #5
Social-Emotional Learning May Be A Limited Solution for Reforming School Discipline
Social-Emotional Learning May Be A Limited Solution for Reforming School Discipline
The United States Government Accountability Office recently released a report confirming decades of anecdotal research s... Read more
10 Apr 2018
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28mins
Ranked #6
Why Competency-Based Education Stalled (But Isn’t Finished)
Why Competency-Based Education Stalled (But Isn’t Finished)
The phrase competency-based education is quite a mouthful, but it was all the rage a few years ago among college leaders... Read more
1 May 2018
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27mins
Ranked #7
Many Frustrated Teachers Say It’s Not Burnout—It’s Demoralization
Many Frustrated Teachers Say It’s Not Burnout—It’s Demoralization
A few years ago, after more two decades in the classroom, Chrissy Romano-Arribito began to experience something that may... Read more
19 Nov 2019
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17mins
Ranked #8
Why Social-Emotional Learning Is Suddenly in the Spotlight
Why Social-Emotional Learning Is Suddenly in the Spotlight
In the last few years, terms like “whole child” and “social-emotional learning” have become buzzwords. But behind the bu... Read more
7 May 2019
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22mins
Ranked #9
Apple’s Longtime Education VP Shares Frustrations With Slow Pace of Change
Apple’s Longtime Education VP Shares Frustrations With Slow Pace of Change
People love to try to figure out what Apple is up to and to guess their strategy—that’s true for its education strategy... Read more
31 Jul 2018
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29mins
Ranked #10
The Evolving World of Microcredentials
The Evolving World of Microcredentials
Many colleges these days are experimenting with short-form online degrees to try to reach new audiences and offer new op... Read more
23 Jan 2018
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27mins
Ranked #11
This Accelerator Seeks To Scale Equity in Schools
This Accelerator Seeks To Scale Equity in Schools
Caroline Hill is a firecracker. She keynoted the Blended Learning Conference in Rhode Island and INACOL in Florida. At b... Read more
17 Jul 2018
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24mins
Ranked #12
Why Professors Doubt Education Research
Why Professors Doubt Education Research
Lauren Herckis, an anthropologist and research faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, has been exploring the culture of ... Read more
6 Mar 2018
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21mins
Ranked #13
The Future of K-12 School Post-Coronavirus
The Future of K-12 School Post-Coronavirus
Today we’re looking at what K-12 schools could look like after social distancing is over and people reassess what they w... Read more
2 Apr 2020
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19mins
Ranked #14
Lessons From Flipped Classrooms and Flipped Failures
Lessons From Flipped Classrooms and Flipped Failures
Robert Talbert, a math professor at Grand Valley State University, talks about his new book on flipped learning—a metho... Read more
9 Aug 2017
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22mins
Ranked #15
Who Does Online Learning Really Serve?
Who Does Online Learning Really Serve?
Online education has been touted as a way to increase access to education. But it’s increasingly unclear if online learn... Read more
11 Sep 2018
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27mins
Ranked #16
Beware of the Word ‘Flexible’: Architect Danish Kurani on Designing 21st Century Schools
Beware of the Word ‘Flexible’: Architect Danish Kurani on Designing 21st Century Schools
“Flexible.” It’s a word that often pops up in conversations about redesigning learning environments, relating to choices... Read more
6 Apr 2017
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17mins
Ranked #17
How This Famed Chinese Venture Capitalist Thinks AI Will Reshape Teaching
How This Famed Chinese Venture Capitalist Thinks AI Will Reshape Teaching
Artificial intelligence promises to have a dramatic—and yes, disruptive—effect on education and over jobs during the nex... Read more
11 Dec 2018
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43mins
Ranked #18
Why Talking About ‘Screen Time’ Is the Wrong Conversation
Why Talking About ‘Screen Time’ Is the Wrong Conversation
Today we’re diving into this issue of screen time, with a guest who for years has tracked research about the impact of s... Read more
11 Feb 2020
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26mins
Ranked #19
Reactions to a College Alternative: Debating the Merits of MissionU
Reactions to a College Alternative: Debating the Merits of MissionU
A for-profit startup recently launched what it calls an alternative to traditional college, that takes only one year to ... Read more
18 Apr 2017
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46mins
Ranked #20
The Case For a ‘Networked' College
The Case For a ‘Networked' College
The campus of the future will be “networked,” argues Peter Smith, meaning that more and more academic-related services w... Read more
10 May 2018
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28mins