Posts Tagged ‘Dennis Littky’
NEBHE Announces 2011 Excellence Award Winners
by Christine Cassis
January 18, 2011
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) will hold its ninth annual New England Higher Education Excellence Awards on Friday, March 11, at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel.
Each year, NEBHE presents Regional Excellence Awards to individuals and organizations that have shown exceptional leadership on behalf of higher education and the advancement ...
Read MoreTags: Big Picture Learning, christine cassis, Connecticut, CT Dual Enrollment, Denise Merrill, Dennis Littky, Eastern Connecticut State University, excellence awards, Excellence Awards 2011, Kimon Zachos, Maine, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate, New England Board of Higher Education, New England Higher Education Excellence Awards, New Hampshire, NHHEAF, NHHEAF Center for College Planning, Osher Foundation, Patrick J. Leahy, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Rhode Island, Southern New Hampshire University, Steven C. Panagiotakos, Terrence MacTaggart, the Bernard Osher Foundation, University of Maine System, Vermont, Vermont Dual Enrollment Program | No Comments
Florida Is First State to Standardize
by Christine Cassis
November 22, 2010
The Florida Department of Education announced the nation's first state assessment to incorporate common core standards.
Working with the test developer McCann Associates, Florida will launch the test at 28 colleges in an effort to both place students and assess readiness for college-level work. Florida's Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT) will be given to high school ...
Read MoreTags: christine cassis, Common Core, Dennis Littky, Florida, McCann Associates, NEBHE Excellence Awards, Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education Readiness Test, standardized testing | No Comments
Tell Me Another One: More Stories from the Business Innovation Factory
by John O. Harney
October 7, 2011
What would it be like if work and play were more alike?
That was the dangerous question raised by Stanford University behavioral scientist Byron Reeves at the BIF-7 conference in downtown Providence on Sept. 20 and 21.
Reeves had met J. Leighton Read at a soccer game in Silicon Valley, and they began ...
Read MoreTags: BIF, Business Innovation Factory, Dan Pink, Dennis Littky, innovators, John O. Harney | No Comments