Presenters: Ariela Friedman, Graduate NYC!; Orr Shtuhl, Blenderbox A small staff in New York City, backed by a handful of organizations, took a novel approach to a common problem: how to connect high school students with the multitude of resources out there that help students select, apply to and pay for college. Many high schools [...]

Presenter: Marguerite Roza, Center on Reinventing Public Education In her presentation, Marguerite Roza challenged many of the norms in education funding. Admitting that what she had to say could sting a bit, the author of “Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go?” encouraged her audience to disagree and share their thoughts during the session. According [...]

Thanks to Texas School Business reporter Terry Morawski for collecting these Tweets while attending SXSWedu last week! @audreywatters: There are “people who know the pedagogy and people who are building the software” – Gates #sxswedu (that’s part of the problem, dude) @gatesfoundation: Do you have a big idea? We’re investing $6 million in Learning Technologies. [...]

Editor’s note: The following is a transcript from the speech given by Perrin-Whitt CISD Superintendent John Kuhn at the 2013 Save Texas Schools rally on Feb. 23. Printed with permission from Mr. Kuhn. You also can watch the video here. Are there any teachers in the crowd? I want to say something to teachers that [...]