Happy (American) Thanksgiving! We’re thankful for…

Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, combining the ages-old tradition of an Autumn harvest festival with the ages-old good habit of remembering a sense of gratitude, of wonder, of kindness, of hope. In keeping with the family-and-friends tradition of recounting things for which we are grateful, we put together our “Thanksgiving Special” episode […]

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Release: K-12 OER and College Credit Pathways for Online Learning (video)

Earlier in November, we presented two topics at the 2013 Open Education Conference: Creating a path towards an affordable, accredited higher education together The Saylor Foundation K-12 Initiative – Full Curriculum OER Our share-worthy press release has all the details, but you can view the full presentations, including YouTube videos (skip to the end) here: […]

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The Dirt on “Grit”

This week’s favorite news circles around the education mot du jour * “grit”, or a sense of tenacity or stick-to-it-iveness (another invention) needed to succeed. Whether it’s addressing the interventions needed to help transfer students stay enrolled, a French entrepreneur going against the grain with a new higher education model, or parents fighting for access […]

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A letter from Jean Wilner Augustin of Haitian Connection Network

The Haitian Connection Network, a nonprofit organization, helps students in Haiti earn higher education credentials online and provides job placement assistance in Haiti for program graduates. HCN drives forward on their mission through three primary initiatives: English as a Second Language (ESL), Higher Education Online, and Job Placement Assistance. Students at HCN benefit from the […]

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MMD: More Tug-of-War over Common Core

In spite of attributable Math and Reading test score gains in Washington, DC, and Tennessee,  there’s a continuing battle over the Common Core State Standards. Concerns range from student data privacy, to local district control over content, to the rigor of the standards themselves. Some states have already pulled out of the initiative, while others weigh […]

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