Author Archives: Wayne Jennings

Online Learning: Growth and Evaluation

July 10, 2008 – 7:46 pm

In a certain to be much talked about book, Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, and Michael B. Horn describe how a majority of students will use online learning within a decade. They suggest we must disrupt, that is change, thinking about [...]

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Radical New Kind of School Proposed

July 4, 2008 – 1:08 pm

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick proposed Readiness Schools, as a radical departure from conventional district schools according to an article in the Boston Globe. Officials said these schools would be “freed from many constraints imposed by unions, school districts, and the state. The readiness schools would adapt to community needs and offer new alternatives in school [...]

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Democratic Schools Paper

July 3, 2008 – 12:58 am

Arising from discussions with Politeia, Brazil’s democratic education institute, at the 15th International Democratic Education Conference last summer in Sao Paulo a new work “A History of Democratic Education in American Public Schools” by democracy advocate and IALA member John Harris Loflin is now available. Supported by IALA, this comprehensive 161 page paper aims at persuading American [...]

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Singapore: Teach Less, Learn More!

June 22, 2008 – 8:40 pm
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Questions Raised about High Standards/Testing

June 22, 2008 – 12:55 pm

‘Restoring Value’ to the High School Diploma: The Rhetoric and Practice of Higher Standards, a new report raises serious questions about the standards and testing movement as a vehicle for reforming high schools. It starts, “Four themes emerge from the fray: that standards and rigor are too low; that the high school has lost its [...]

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School Choice is the Wave of the Future

June 17, 2008 – 10:43 pm
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Baccalaureate Degree at Community Colleges!

May 15, 2008 – 11:07 am
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Early College High Schools Grow Dramatically

May 14, 2008 – 10:46 am
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Parents Favor More Choices in Schools

May 14, 2008 – 8:18 am
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Changing Traditional Schools: Impossible, Or….

April 20, 2008 – 2:17 pm
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School Choice: New Study

April 20, 2008 – 1:48 pm
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Research on Alternative Schools

April 16, 2008 – 2:04 pm
Posted in Alternatives, At risk programs, Reform, Reports, Research, U.S. Dept. of Educ. | Comments (0)

A Second Side to the Story

March 26, 2008 – 10:06 am
Posted in Alternatives, Assessment, At risk programs, High schools, Iowa Assoc. Alt Ed, Morley, Ray, Personalized Educ, Policy, Reform, Reports, Research, Students | Comments (0)

Webcast: Dropout Crisis

March 13, 2008 – 10:47 pm
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A Curriculum for Thinking

March 13, 2008 – 10:46 pm
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