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Blog Entries by Tom Vander Ark from 11/2009

How Social Networking Will Transform Learning

| Posted 11.07.2009 | Technology
Read More: Education, Education Reform, Technology, Social Networking, Technology News

Weak improvement incentives and strong bureaucracy in education have created a lousy marketplace for products and ideas. I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale.

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The Chamber of Commerce Party

| Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics
Read More: Small Business, Education, Bipartisanship, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

I had dinner with four Republicans last night. They wonder where their party went. They all feel abandoned by party politics.

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In defense of the good school promise

| Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics
Read More: Education, Education Reform, Arne Duncan, Nclb, Politics News

While channel surfing on Thanksgiving morning, I found a school board association meeting where a famous prof was railing on standards and testing wit...

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