The Innosight Institute has released a new white paper on blended learning, updating the original definition and taxonomy. From the announcement of the release of Classifying K-12 Blended Learning: “This white paper introduces a refined definition and description of models based on feedback from over 80 organizations and 100 educators who commented on the initial [...]

Back in December we wrote about the early and emerging backlash against the Common Core State Standards that we were seeing. For an updated and more in-depth look at these issues, see the recent Wall Street Journal article “School-Standards Pushback:Conservative Groups Oppose National ‘Common Core’ as an Intrusion on States.” Particularly notable is that the [...]

The Fordham Institute is publishing a series of working papers on “Creating Sound Policy for Digital Learning;” its most recent release, “The Costs of Online Learning,” is a valuable contribution to an area of online and blended learning that has been very lacking in good research and analysis. The authors interviewed 50 entrepreneurs, policy experts, [...]

Advocates of an increase in online and blended learning often point to the Common Core State Standards initiative as a very positive step that will allow providers to more easily work across the country. Common Core reduces costs of customizing content to each state or having to demonstrate alignment with individual state standards. We have [...]

Among our chief concerns is the increased polarization that is growing within political debates about online and blended learning. Keeping Pace 2011 touched on these concerns on pages 62-63. “The growth of online and blended learning draws from many factors, including the recognized need to improve public education opportunities and achievement, the increasing influence of [...]