Month: September 2019

In the News: The Silicon Valley Billionaires Remaking America’s Schools – by Education Next

In the New York Times, Natasha Singer takes a skeptical look at the involvement of tech entrepreneurs in school reform efforts. Singer is worried that the philanthropic efforts of these wealthy individuals are moving very quickly and without sufficient public oversight. In a new article for Education Next, Joanne Jacobs looks at one of these reform efforts from a different angl...

EdNext Podcast: How Can Students Learn Better? – by Education Next

Researchers know more than ever before about how people learn, but our school systems struggle to translate this knowledge into student success. In this episode, Ulrich Boser, the author of Learn Better, joins Marty West to discuss this paradox. Is the problem simply a failure of communication? Or is it deeper? Learn Better is reviewed by Robert Pianta in the new issue of Educa...