Few topics are as political as education, in which at least basic schooling is compulsory for all Americans. It is fitting, then, that we conclude this week’s focus on change with a look at the changes that presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama each propose for U.S. education. After analyzing educational policy statements on [...]
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McCain and Obama on educational change
Posted by John Moravec in Saturday, June 14th 2008
Topics: Public Policy Tags: assessment, change, education, families, learning, NCLB, politics, public education
Knowing what we know
Posted by John Moravec in Monday, May 19th 2008
As mentioned last week, schools have a hard time determining how students are doing, or what they know. The problem, argues Dr. David Shupe, founder of the eLumen Collaborative, is present at all levels of formal education and is becoming an issue for accreditors. To address the problem, eLumen has created a technology-centered approach to [...]
What do you know?
Posted by John Moravec in Wednesday, August 29th 2007
The StarTribune ran a positive piece that raises awareness of David Shupe’s eLumen Collaborative, a Web-based, enterprise-level application for tracking student competencies. The project began as a response to a simple question that higher education institutions and graduates have a hard time answering: What, precisely, did graduating students learn, and what competencies have they developed? [...]
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