Last week, newly released test scores in middle school English went up on average in New York City.  While skeptics suggest it could just mean the tests are getting easier, both Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein were publicly pleased.  On the very day the scores came out, they were both in Washington chatting school reform [...]

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The conference has been intimate, informative, and heartening. My question as its end approaches is this: How do we remain abreast of each other’s findings and work? One the one hand, it is tempting to consider the conference over after the presentations. But, if we are truly to inform one another’s research, [...]

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Today is the first day of presentations by doc students in education. The ideas and resources being shared are fantastic. At the top of the list is a TC EdLab project called Critter. And, the bell is tolling for Powerpoint and Keynote–it’s called Prazi. More to come tomorow and on Diigo/Twitter.

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