Documenting a new approach. This week begins a 10-part video series on a Boston public pilot school that employs a project-based curriculum. Much like the Walton 21st Century Rural Life Center in Kansas, which was profiled by Education Sector’s Susan Headden last year. (A Year At Mission Hill)
Upside Down(ton Abbey). Sesame Street spoofs the popular TV show Downton Abbey to teach kiddos about upside down and right side up. (YouTube)
“Middle-aged history professor gets Twitter account; makes one tweet before losing login information.” And other made-up education technology headlines. (The Conversation/The Chronicle of Higher Education)
The most elaborate game of tag. These 10 childhood friends sometimes have to hop planes to tag each other, and they’ve been doing it for 23 years. (Wall Street Journal)
Chad Aldeman 
Kristen Amundson 
John E. Chubb 
Constance Clark 
Peter Cookson Jr. 
Thomas Dawson 
Joni Finney 
Andrew Gillen 
Sara Mead 
Sarah Rosenberg 
Jeff Selingo 
Ben Wildavsky 
Mandy Zatynski 
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3/28/2013 | Chad Aldeman’s Chart You Can Trust “The Evergreen Effect” is discussed in 
3/21/2013 | Andrew Gillen discusses net tuition and MOOCs with Kevin O’Neill on