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Last week I touched on distance learning evolving as a traditional method for high school online learning.  Inserted in my blog was this quote from the Alliance For Excellent Education touching on the role of the teacher.

This month, we received a letter from a group of seasoned professional working with youth in therapeutic schools and programs throughout the country.  There are a number of these “centers” serving adolescents and children identified by their affiliation with the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP).  We have been working with such centers for the past 15 years and more intensely in the past 5 due to increased demand in mental health services.

Earlier this week, Bill Gates (@BillGates) sat down with Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show.  The Gates Foundation grantmaking focus is backing innovations in education, food, and health as well as some related areas like savings for the poor.  Gates describes the foundations plan for the US.

This time last year, encouraged by my board of directors I embraced social networking and decided I was long overdue for one of those social networks, so I joined LinkedIn.  Building a network of professionals, staying in touch and collaborating in a virtual way is something I have enjoyed.  One particular feature I like with LinkedIn is the ability to add a reading list.  This has been a valuable application to share and watch other lists within my network allowing me to

Great questions posed by Katherine Schulten in the New York Times The Learning Network section.  I recently completed Dr. John Medina Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School.  It was Rule #10 Vision trumps all other senses that…