Innovate to educate: System [Re]design for Personalized Learning
A Report from the 2010 Symposium Participants in this symposium discussed the need to redesign our educational system to be one that meets the personalized learning needs of each student. This report identifies recommended practices, policies and technologies and identifies key next steps. There are excellent resources listed in the references.
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A New Day for Learning
A report from the Time, Learning and Afterschool Task Force. Funded by the C. S. Mott Foundation.
"The structure of the day for American children and youth is more than timeworn. It is obsolete."
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Children's Contact With the Outdoors and Nature: a Focus on Educators and Educational Settings
A guide to the research conducted by the Child and Nature Network; an annotated bibliography of research and studies.
The web site for Tony Wagner, author of The Global Achievement Gap - Why Even Our Best Schools Do Not Teach 21st Century Survival Skills and What We Can Do About It. This site has links to excellent resources, including articles by Tony Wagner.
Dr. Zhao's web site includes a wealth of resources for educators. His research interests include educational policy, computer gaming and
education, diffusion of innovations, teacher adoption of technology,
computer-assisted language learning, and globalization and education.