KIPP Empower Excels Again

January 30, 2016January 30, 2016Don Soifer

KIPP Empower Academy has done it again. On the latest California state test, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Exam, KIPP Empower students substantially outperformed students at neighborhood Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD) elementary schools, and across all of LAUSD in both [Read More...]

Professional Development Resources for Personalized Blended Learning

January 16, 2016Doug Mesecar

Now is the time when districts start crafting budgets for the upcoming school year. For those embarking on personalized blended learning, or those already underway, serious consideration should be given to the time, funding, and strategy devoted to professional development [Read More...]

Announcing the Second Class of Lexington Education Leadership Award Fellows

December 17, 2015December 17, 2015Don Soifer

We are pleased to announce the second class of Lexington Education Leadership Award (LELA) fellows. This remarkable cohort includes leaders from public school districts ranging in size from 2 schools to 94, in states from Georgia to California. The ten [Read More...]

Lexington Education Leadership Award (LELA) Fellowships

October 28, 2015October 29, 2015Don Soifer

May – October 2015 This month, the inaugural class of Lexington Education Leadership Award (LELA) Fellows concluded the first national fellowship for personalized learning. The six-month program was established to introduce public school district leaders to personalized learning models and [Read More...]

Findings in Stanford Online School Study Have No Bearing on Blended Learning

October 27, 2015Doug Mesecar

Biased proponents and opponents of educational technology, charter schools, and educational change will rush to their respective judgements based on a new Online Charter School Study by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes. Unfortunately, this will obscure what [Read More...]

We Must Better Prepare Children for Colleges of the Future

April 2, 2015April 2, 2015Don Soifer

From The San Diego Union-Tribune For high school seniors and their parents, March Madness often has a different connotation—worries about soon-to-be-delivered college acceptance and rejection notices. And for most receiving good news, there are immediate questions about what they will [Read More...]

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