This sort of personalised learning has its critics. Putting students in charge of how fast they learn worries some cognitive scientists. “Our minds…
There’s new evidence to suggest that customizing instruction for every student can generate modest gains in math and reading scores, according to a…
A new school in San Francisco thinks it can massively accelerate the speed at which children can learn, using clever technology and smart algorithms…
Sentiments like that worry Ben Riley, who argues that the best way to train students for the jobs of tomorrow is to “provide them with a really…
May 17, 2017
RE: Senate Bill 1278
Dear Chairman Huberty and Members of the House Committee on Public Education,
We are jointly writing to…
Benjamin Riley, the founder and executive director of Deans for Impact, a coalition of education school directors that aims to overhaul teacher…
Benjamin Riley, founder and executive director of Deans for Impact, a nonprofit group pushing for better state data systems and outcomes-based…
“NCTQ continues to spend a tremendous amount of time and energy examining documents and policies related to teacher-preparation programs, and this…
“I am of the view that we created the profession we call ‘teaching’ largely to solve this problem [choosing how and what to study],” writes…
Taken together, eliminating the teacher prep regulations and the devastating budget proposal not only signal a retreat from a meaningful federal role…