I had a very interesting conversation recently with a UVA Curry school researcher.  We talked about the differences between the new generation of kids and our own generations.  Obviously, this is not a new concept.  As long as people have lived, different generations have approached situations differently and have clashed with the new generation. What seems to be unique to our rather “archaic” generation is how this current generation looks at life and how they use technology. Tony Wagner, tal.. Read more
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I think I speak for all EduStat speakers and participants when I say that we're exhausted, exhilerated, and pensive.  Thanks to the EduStat community for excellent presentations, conversations, tweets, blogs, pics on flickr, and for the call to action.   Over the next day or two, we'll send out an evaluation for your feedback.  We'd also be very interested in any comments you might have here.  To get some conversation going, I'm including a link to Paula White's blog, Reflections of the TZS Tea.. Read more
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              I have chosen to focus on the essential question “What is the Mission of Schooling, and how should a school’s mission guide its work?” for my Key Note Response Summary.  Reflecting on this question, I believe Scott Hartl would respond to the first part of this question by saying that the mission of schooling is to design and implement a curriculum that demands real work from our students (i.e. student engagement assessments, applied projects, working for real world ou.. Read more
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Coming from a higher education researcher background, data analysis and implementation based on results are crucial to me.  I was proud to see my county school system using data to make informed decisions and implementing these. The data demonstrated a positive trend.  However, as one of the keynote speaker expressed, we need to have more authentic and purposeful assessments.  We often fall into the trap of collecting seas of data and not knowing the purpose or how to use the information in a me.. Read more
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