Daniel Mollenkamp

2 weeks ago | edsurge.com | Daniel Mollenkamp

For Aspire Public Schools in Los Angeles, the turnaround took a couple of years. Coming back from the pandemic, the 11 charter schools serving about 4,400 students saw a steep drop in credentialed teachers sticking with their roles. So relying on a program at Alder Graduate School of Education that pays graduate students to work as teachers-in-training, Aspire built an internal pipeline of new educators.

1 month ago | edsurge.com | Daniel Mollenkamp

Although it is not known for swiftness, the Supreme Court surprised the nation last week with a relatively speedy decision on its first case involving charter schools. The court heard oral arguments for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond at the end of April, less than a month before issuing its decision.

1 month ago | edsurge.com | Daniel Mollenkamp

The Student Privacy Pledge — a voluntary promise to protect student data — ceased. The pledge was started to convince edtech companies to adopt transparency standards for working with K-12 schools. It’s an artifact of the early days of the edtech industry, when many states had yet to create laws around how these companies handle data.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Daniel Mollenkamp

2 hours ago15 FREE iPhone Apps You'll Actually UseMaximize your iPhone’s potential with these 15 free apps that cater to productivity, creativity, and entertainment. While some offer optional premium …1 hour agoGeorgia college grads struggle to find work as recession worries loomYoung people compete not only with other graduates, but also experienced workers who were recently laid off.

1 month ago | edsurge.com | Daniel Mollenkamp

“When would I ever use this?” It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, “totally outdated,” math lessons just don’t seem to pull students in. Solving this motivation problem is tricky.