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“An exquisitely researched, compellingly reasoned treatise on the role of teachers unions and their impact on America’s schools.”

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“Education policy soothsayers Terry M. Moe and John E. Chubb see our electronic miracle devices finally doing what we have long been promised — making our children better educated.”

State Politics & Online Education

Updates: Iowa, Rhode Island, Michigan, Idaho

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Follow the virtual education movement as it confronts state politics as chronicled in the "Liberating Learning Wiki Project." Reports are updated from state capitals by people like you. If you want to be a project writer, email the Liberating Learning editor.

From the Blog Michael B. Horn: Digital Learning Day Cometh

With the arrival on February 1, 2012 of the first-ever national Digital Learning Day, the disruptive innovation of K-12 online learning—from in blended-learning environments to remote ones—seems to be taking yet another step toward the mainstream. For over a couple decades, supporters of technology in education have talked of its potential benefits in transforming education. But beyond a set of...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:05:00 +0000

Tom Vander Ark: Why States Should Require Online Learning

Question: What do algebra and online learning have in common? Answer: Most kids would not experience either if not required. Graduation requirements translate society's expectations to the young. It's our collective best guess at the knowledge and skills they will need to participate in the society they will inherit. If we did not require algebra, not many students would take it. Low-income,...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:03:00 +0000

Spotlight What People are Saying about Fordham's 'The Cost of Online Learning'

It's for good reason the virtual education movement paused and took notice of the early January release of "The Cost of Online Learning." For one thing, this is the Fordham Institute's third in a...


Battleground:
North Carolina
The Cabarrus County Board of Education voted to give preliminary approval to a partnership  with K12 Inc. to create North Carolina's first virtual charter school. The school, the North Carolina...


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What we're reading
Center for Eductation Reform
Christina Martin
Cascade Policy Institute
Disrupting Class
Educated Guess|John Fensterwald
Education Next
Educational Technology
Generation YES Blog
International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL)
Jay P. Greene's Blog
Jay Mathew's Class Struggle
Joanne Jacobs
John Watson | Evergreen Education Group
Lisa Graham Keegan
Mark Warschauer
Michael B. Horn
Rick Hess | Straight Up
The Quick and the Ed
Tom Vander Ark
Steve Hargadon