Innovation

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Teacher Kim Woods works with 9th grader Takija Brewer in her U.S. History class at Muskegon Heights Public Academy High School. The entire staff of the Muskegon Heights school district was dismissed after emergency manager Donald Weatherspoon hired Mosaica Education to manage the district.
—Brian Widdis for Education Week

For-Profit Experiment Plays Out in Two Mich. Districts

Muskegon Heights and Highland Park are testing private companies' skill at running troubled public school systems. (May 1, 2013)

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08/01 10:10 am | Pearson Partners With Backer of Startup Education Companies | A major education company and publisher, Pearson, is set to partner with startup incubator 1776 in hopes to stimulate innovation in education.

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In an effort to spawn new ideas on schooling, some states are creating innovation offices within their state education departments. March 5, 2012 – Education Week
In an interview with Education Week, Sal Khan addresses the "flipped classroom," customized learning, and the road ahead for teachers. March 5, 2012 – Education Week
The U.S. Department of Education is ramping up efforts to spur K-12 innovation—though it's still playing catch-up with the private sector. March 2, 2012 – Education Week
Administrative positions with the word "innovation" in the title are cropping up in school districts and state education departments nationwide. February 28, 2012 – Education Week
Schools need to retain the human element of learning in their use of new technologies, Susan Sandler writes. February 24, 2012 – Education Week
Schools of education could learn lessons from "corporate universities," Doug Lynch writes. February 7, 2012 – Education Week
It would be created to specifically fund innovative public school projects designed to help students achieve. February 7, 2012 – Education Week
Industry observers attribute the rise to heightened interest in ed-tech initiatives, decreasing technology costs, and the move to Common Core standards. January 31, 2012 – Education Week
But, despite the flexibility of online delivery, barriers due to geography and regionalism are slowing plans for future international growth. January 30, 2012 – Education Week
The technology company announces content partnerships with major education publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson. January 20, 2012 | Updated: August 29, 2012 – Education Week

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