In order to educate all kids, schools must understand students’ roots, their needs and their language, Ruby K. Payne said Tuesday. Payne is an expert on the mindsets…
Photo Gallery: What if poverty wasn’t an obstacle in education?

In order to educate all kids, schools must understand students’ roots, their needs and their language, Ruby K. Payne said Tuesday. Payne is an expert on the mindsets…
Idaho school districts need a strategic plan in place by September 1. Jo DeBolt, planning guru from La Piana Consulting, brought a “master class” in strategic plan development…
Sannier, the chief academic technology officer of Arizona State University Online, delivered one of the most dynamic speeches an Ed Sessions 2.0 crowd has yet to see.
Author, educator and innovator Milton Chen, of The George Lucas Educational Foundation, spoke to the October crowd about how Idaho students could “get the edge.”
Jeanne Allen, a national voice on education reform, emphasized that for Idahoans to transform education they need to engage parents and use data.
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Tom Vander Ark shared his model of how to move forward to a system where students drove their own learning using new digital tools and attending new models…
Michael Horn, co-founder and executive director of the education practice of Innosight Institute proposed putting students at the center of their own education, which will require disruptive innovation.
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Mike Feinberg, Co-Founder of the KIPP Foundation and Executive Vice Chair of KIPP Houston speaks to the November 5, 2013 ED Sessions 2.0 audience at the Linen Building…