Posts Tagged ‘student-centered’
Nellie Mae Education Foundation Issues Report Boosting Technology in Schools
by John O. Harney
July 14, 2011
More than 40% of high school students feel unprepared to use technology as they look ahead to college and work, and only 8% of teachers fully integrate technology in the classroom, according to Integrating Technology with Student-Centered Learning, a new report prepared for the Nellie Mae Education Foundation (NMEF) of Quincy, Mass., by Education Development ...
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Nellie Mae Education Foundation Seeks Consultant to Further Work in Proficiency-Based Pathways
by John O. Harney
October 22, 2010
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation posted an RFQ to its website for a consultant/consulting team to help guide its Proficiency-Based Pathways project.
The project aims to:
deepen the foundation’s understanding of the emerging sector of proficiency-based education systems; and support the development of quality proficiency-based pathways to high school graduation and beyond.Proficiency-based pathways would reform the educational process ...
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Interview with Nick Donohue of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation
by John O. Harney
June 15, 2010
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Nellie Mae Education Foundation President Nick Donohue to discuss the foundation’s new direction. This new direction focuses on "student-centered" learning opportunities exploring different ways to engage students, different places students learn and different people students connect with to help them achieve skills and knowledge. ...
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