Micro Schools
July 28, 2015
Micro Schools – what the future of schools might look like It is in the very nascent-too-early-to-tell stage of knowing whether it will take off, but micro schools are possibly...
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Redefining the School District in America
July 27, 2015
States are creating “Turnaround Districts” to tackle bottom 5% schools Nevada recently passed legislation to create its own Achievement School District to takeover bottom 5%...
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Electric Cars and Fast Food
July 24, 2015
What do electric cars and say fast food have in common? Well, you could say that both can be enjoyed at the same time. But I am not talking about whether your Big Mac...
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What does cooking teach us about online learning?
July 22, 2015
Jordan Shapiro in a Forbes article titled "This is What Today's Online Learning Content Tells Us About the Future of School" compares the future of school to cooking. As an...
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When Schools Design Their Own EdTech Platform
May 16, 2015
This post is part of a series where Matchbook Learning’s Chief Technology Officer Al Motley examines the process his team is using to design, develop, and launch Spark 2.0, a...
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A “Spark” of Innovation at Matchbook and Merit Prep
April 15, 2015
The spirit of iteration in innovation is alive and well at Matchbook. Just this past September, Merit Prep, a Newark, NJ charter school operated by Matchbook Learning, launched...
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Three Ways to Create a Student-Centered School
April 02, 2015
Matchbook Learning Blended Instruction Specialist Nichole Husa blogs on the Three Ways to Create a Student-Centered School.
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The Paper Bullet: Making the Digital World Tangible
December 18, 2014
Matchbook Learning's Blended Instruction Specialist Nichole Husa blogs on how to make the digital world tangible in schools.
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Have You Been Tapped?
November 24, 2014
Matchbook Learning Blended Instruction Specialist Greg Hurst asks "Have You Been Tapped?"
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The New Teacher Project (TNTP): Reimagining Teaching in a Blended Classroom
November 12, 2014
TNTP recently published a working paper titled "Reimaging Teaching in a Blended Classroom". The paper starts off by saying that blended learning is much more than introducing...
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