by andflywrite | Jun 2, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
News today of yet another Google venture to provide internet access from the air, using satellites. As mentioned, it’s getting hard to keep up with all the Google “projects”, as literally there seems to be at least one fairly major one announced...
by andflywrite | May 29, 2014 | GO AHEAD CALLER
Public policy on laws regulating when students are legally required to be in school, and when they can “drop out” is discussed a bit here. It’s a matter which brings up some fundamental questions on what schooling is, and should be, during a time of...
by andflywrite | May 27, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
This article stands as a good example of why working for change in schools is problematic, and very very messy politically. There’s so many moving parts: going way back to school desegregation, bussing, vouchers, and fights over public versus private...
by andflywrite | May 23, 2014 | GO AHEAD CALLER
Here’s an “editorial” that represents John’s POV on overcoming a challenging environment for 21st Century Learning Tools. Editorials need followup with practical suggestions, and plans; just pointing out a problem, while important, is fairly...
by andflywrite | May 3, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
From the NYTimes weekly magazine, an article that compares and contrasts students at two high schools in NY. One in a upper class neighborhood, and one in a lower class neighborhood. I use the word “class” advisedly here, but for lack of a better term,...
by andflywrite | Apr 26, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
NYTimes article on The Walton Foundation’s support for charter schools and educational reform goes into depth about the size and breadth of their involvement which is enormous all across the various elements involved in educational policy and reform...
