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March 23, 2012 Everywhere you turn in K-12 education these days, it seems that someone somewhere is trying to do something "innovative." But how much of that work lives up to the word's meaning? Our chat guests discussed how to understand which new approaches are truly revolutionary, and which aren't.
February 27, 2012 To save education dollars and encourage students to work hard, states and nonprofits are offering incentives for early high school graduation. Our guests spoke about the challenges and merits behind this movement in this online chat.
February 14, 2012 Our guests in this chat shared their experiences establishing meaningful connections between their schools in the United States and schools in other countries.
January 13, 2012 This chat examined the United States’ mediocre showing on recent international tests, and what those results mean. Our guests helped us understand the kinds of lessons American officials and educators should take from those test results, and from the nations that outperform the United States—as well as common misconceptions and interpretations of the results we should avoid.
November 17, 2011 This chat will include a discussion of what high schools can do to help pupils focus on career goals and encourage them to be more ambitious with their course selection.
September 22, 2011 - Education Week
  This chat addressed what kinds of professional development are available to hybrid educators, as well as the key factors they need to know to be successful in the classroom. Our guests shared their experiences as hybrid and virtual instructors and talked about the role that hybrid education is playing in K-12 today.
September 13, 2011 - Education Week
  Our guests discussed how best to serve gifted students in an online learning environment, as well as what challenges may arise for this population of students.
May 18, 2011 - Education Week
  Our guests answered questions about how to incorporate multimedia tools into the core subject areas of science, math, social studies, and language arts curricula appropriately, effectively, and seamlessly.
March 3, 2011 - Education Week
  Longtime community organizer Larry Ferlazzo joined us for a lively chat to talk about techniques he uses in his classroom to help students to motivate themselves to learn, which is the subject of a new book he’s written set to be published this spring.
March 15, 2011 - Education Week
  Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, a director of programs with the National Writing Project, and Bud Hunt, an instructional technologist and former language arts teacher, joined us to discuss how new digital tools and platforms are changing writing instruction, and what this means for professional development.
March 16, 2011 - Education Week
  Schools are using digital tools in more innovative ways to personalize learning based on students' strengths and weaknesses, and trying to find a balance between using these new approaches and maintaining academic rigor. Our guests discussed the approaches they are using and how they are working to find that perfect balance between innovation and accountability.
March 16, 2011 - Education Week
  Response to intervention involves early identification of students’ learning problems and the use of focused lessons, or interventions, to address those problems before they became entrenched. Three practitioners and researchers answered your questions about how RTI works and its effects.
March 7, 2011 - Education Week
  Since its recent release, the report “Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century” has stirred interest and debate, particularly around the issue of whether four-year college is the answer for every student. William C. Symonds, director of the Pathways Project, and Ronald A. Wolk, the founding editor of Education Week, joined us for a lively discussion with on preparing students for success beyond school.
February 8, 2011 - Education Week
  Join Hechinger Institute Director Richard Lee Colvin and Education Week Assistant Editor Michele McNeil in a live chat about the impact of the 2009 economic-stimulus package on education. They’ll draw on findings from reporters across the country about the responses of states and school districts to a one-time, $100 billion federal windfall.
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