I just read an Education Week article with the headline High School Redesign Gets Presidential Lift.   It cites President Obama’s February 12 State of the Union Speech in which he said  “[t]onight, I’m announcing a…

This just in!  The US Dept of Ed just issued a press release “Education Department Releases Guidance on Providing Title IV Eligibility for Competency-Based Learned Programs”. The news is that colleges “that offer competency-based programs…

I just got a copy of Salman Khan’s new book The One World School House – Education Reimagined.  He founded the Khan Academy and his TED video has been viewed by millions.  I just started…

I stopped blogging for a while so I could step back and think about education newly. I wanted to re-orient myself and insure I was focusing on what was important. So I stepped back and…

Many folks are confused when they hear that schools districts, states and even countries are now requiring students to pass proficiency tests in math, reading, English, etc.  It is important to know that this is…

I think about education all the time.  Today I found an article about education in Fast Company (an unlikely source) that knocked my socks off.  You can stop here and read it.  But here’s my…

In the US, the school year is based on the premise that students study in the winter and help farm in the summer.  Duhhh! That may have been true in the past, but today most…

Interesting side note: This week I had the honor of co-presenting a session about blogging at finalsite university in Hartford, Connecticut (finalsite hosts Delphian’s website and provides our content management system).  During the session I…

Oregon public education is changing in a major way.  We no longer elect a Superintendent of Public Instruction.  The Governor now wears that additional hat.  Our last elected Superintendent is ending her term early (at…