Thank you to Emily Tate Sullivan & EdSurge for the chance to discuss the need for better research & evidence in the #edtech industry. It’s long past time to provide educators with an organized, independent data system to help them make better edtech decisions: bit.ly/3xOhd5A

Thoughtful analysis from Institute for the Future of Education in Mexico about the importance of involving teachers in the edtech selection process. And thanks for the shout-out to the work of EdTech Evidence Exchange and our friends at AIR Education! Read more here: bit.ly/3cas42j

Thank you to Jill Barshay and The Hechinger Report for the opportunity to discuss challenges — and opportunities — related to how schools use (or underuse) “high-dosage” #tutoring contracts. Read the article here: bit.ly/3Joo76J

I love to read, listen to, & support great #SpeculativeFiction stories & authors. New favorite is "Voice of the Martyrs” by Maurice Broaddus Listen to it at starshipsofa.com/blog/2022/07/2… or read it as part of his collection of short stories at amazon.com/Voices-Martyrs…

Excited to share that EdTech Evidence Exchange is partnering with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to help math educators make better-informed #edtech decisions by learning from each other’s experiences. Read more about our work: thejournal.com/articles/2022/… #MathEd NCTM

#Math teachers across the country — we need your help! EdTech Evidence Exchange and NCTM are teaming up to learn about your experiences implementing #edtech, and we want to hear from you. Read more and raise your voice here: thejournal.com/articles/2022/… #ContextMatters

Don’t miss our webinar on October 6th at 3pm ET to learn how #EdTech organizations like Age of Learning LearnPlatform by Instructure and EdTech Evidence Exchange are a part of a movement to make research more accessible and inclusive! Register here: tinyurl.com/ya5h6kyv

Grateful for the opportunity to speak with Nadia aka relatable data journalist 📊 about our work with NCTM to collect in-depth feedback from #math teachers about what #edtech tools work in their classrooms. Read more about the partnership in EdSurge: edsurge.com/news/2022-10-0…

Spending federal education funding properly isn’t easy — kudos to the schools, districts, and states that are doing the work to understand what programs will probably help their students recover. Read more in The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/education/2022…

Thanks to Chalkbeat Chicago for the opportunity to weigh in on an ambitious hybrid learning plan in Chicago. We’ve learned that hybrid learning is an important option, but is this district actually going to force students to stay home several days a week? chicago.chalkbeat.org/2022/10/31/234…

Great piece from Nadia aka relatable data journalist 📊 in EdSurge about the importance of teacher agency – one of ten variables in our #EdTechGenome project – in the #edtech selection process. Listening to teachers takes time but it is well worth it. Give them more agency. edsurge.com/news/2022-11-0…

Exciting news: EdTech Evidence Exchange & Innovative Education are merging to align the work of two nonprofits dedicated to using evidence to improve edtech selection and implementation. We are also releasing a new video & announcing a major grant today. Details here: bit.ly/3U2OJid

Excellent reporting by Mila Koumpilova and Sarah Karp of WBEZ shows that Chicago's school system paid for more than 41K laptops and tablets sitting in a warehouse or not yet shipped. Only 174 of 500 district schools have tech coordinators. wbez.org/stories/cps-sp…

I love to read, listen to, & support great #SpeculativeFiction stories & authors. New favorite is "Wanting Things” novelette by Cal Ritterhoff. Hilarious and touching. Read it, or let Kate read it out loud to you, at clarkesworld March 2022 clarkesworldmagazine.com/ritterhoff_03_…

I love to read, listen to, & support great #SpeculativeFiction stories & authors. "It Takes a Village” by Priya Chand is a new favorite. Kate Baker narrates it beautifully in the March 2022 issue of clarkesworld. @priyachandscifi clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_03_22e/

A key reason the U.S. leads the world in aerospace, agriculture, defense, and medicine innovation is federal investment in basic research & development. When will we do the same for education? Great piece by Javeria Salman in The Hechinger Report covers the issue hechingerreport.org/is-a-darpa-for…

Great piece by Jill Barshay, who takes stock of the ways that school-based #tutoring and #onlinetutoring programs vary in their approach, implementation, and impact. The factors that matter most for efficacy are coming into focus. The Hechinger Report hechingerreport.org/proof-points-t…

I was honored to be this week's guest on Learning Can't Wait. Hayley and I talked all about the intersection of innovation, evidence, and impatience. podcast.learningcantwait.com

President Joe Biden is the presumptive nominee of Democrats and he's earned my full support and endorsement. Over the last three years, President Biden has navigated our nation through political turmoil and extraordinary division. We may not always see eye-to-eye on every

Prediction: Delta's decision to block unaccompanied minors from flying HOME will go down in history as one of the stupidest airline decisions of all time. It has damaged the brand immeasurably, and rightly so. nytimes.com/2024/07/23/bus…