At a town hall meeting on Monday President Obama seemed to move away from his earlier support for test-based measures of performance, suggesting that they penalize some students. The Education Department quickly “clarified” — the administration still supports annual tests. … Continue reading»

Here’s another second bite on how technology can transform education. This teacher/blogger talks about why, when guitars had been around for centuries, the electric guitar suddenly transformed music. His intriguing answer is: 1) Mass production: Enough instruments had to be … Continue reading»

As we continue with this blog, I want to seize opportunities to follow up on earlier discussion threads as new education stories emerge. This morning’s Education Week online features a program in Vermont middle schools that uses laptops to customize … Continue reading»

Elizabeth Jacob is a single mother of six, and now director of admissions at American Heritage School in Provo, UT. She shares her experiences combining homeschooling and “regular” schooling, and talks about how the transition can be made more smoothly. … Continue reading»

Meanwhile, we had reset the timer on our family timeout. Although we had loved Chicago, we loved Utah’s canyons and mountains – and the time we now had to explore them – even more. Michael resigned his chair at the … Continue reading»

Upon arrival at our rented home in Salt Lake City I pulled out my gleaming new textbooks and set the children to wading through workbooks, tackling long math problem sets, and proving that they had learned something by dutifully passing … Continue reading»

Some parents decide before their children are born that they will home school them. I was not among their number. Frankly, had the nurse at George Washington University Hospital told me, as she handed over my first swaddled newborn, that … Continue reading»

One piece of information that is not included in my blog “bio” is that I home schooled my three children for several years before starting up my “real school” teaching career. Since this experience helped shape my views on education, … Continue reading»

Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen, who also serves on the Deseret News Editorial Advisory Board, has an op-ed in today’s Deseret News related to online learning and legislation pending in Utah promoting greater use of online education in … Continue reading»

Dr. David Wiley is Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling. David is founder of the Open High … Continue reading»