K12

10 Parents Respond to the New York Times

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 02.13.2012

Tom Vander Ark

The New York Times ran a tabloid-style hit piece on K12, the online learning provider. They apparently didn't speak to many parents that appreciate f...

Classrooms for Tomorrow

Joel Arquillos | Posted 01.04.2012

Joel Arquillos

The New York Times' Schools for Tomorrow conference was a discussion on how technology will continue to impact how children learn and how schools may change to accommodate this revolution.

Student Tributes to Steve Jobs

Heather Wolpert-Gawron | Posted 12.07.2011

Heather Wolpert-Gawron

There was something about Steve Jobs that speaks to students on the edge of finding their own glow. For each kid dreams of being their own Wonka one day, and Jobs was the embodiment of those dreams attained.

Dear President Obama: Save the National Writing Project

Heather Wolpert-Gawron | Posted 05.25.2011

Heather Wolpert-Gawron

Every summer, in many cities in the United States, small cohorts of teachers, representing every grade level from Pre-K through college, gather to learn from the best educators in the world.

You Can Do More with Less... But Only for So Long

Bud Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011

Bud Hunt

Colorado's new governor is going to ask high school teachers at three of the city's schools to teach another class per semester. It's a kind of peer pressure move that is based on faulty logic.

The Education of Student Success: Top 10 Family Responsibilities to Help Their Student Avoid Failure

Heather Wolpert-Gawron | Posted 05.25.2011

Heather Wolpert-Gawron

Younger families coming up through the system can't cut-and-run from our public schools in their indecision of how to educate their own children. The problems that plague some of our schools belong to us all.