Matchbook Learning

September 06, 2012 - Sajan George

Kristin Floreno is a new Blended Learning Specialist at Brenda Scott Academy in Detroit. The turnaround program, in cooperation with Matchbook Learning, was launched this year to...

Interview with Greg Hurst, New Blended Instruction Specialist at AL Holmes

August 30, 2012 - Sajan George

Greg Hurst started this week as Matchbook Learning's Blended Instruction Specialist at A.L. Holmes School, joining Dr. Susan Claiborne, Matchbook Learning's Program Director at...

Story

August 20, 2012 - Sajan George

I read not too long ago Robert McKee’s seminal book, “Story”. This book is the core textbook in most film schools where aspiring film directors, producers and scriptwriters...

A.L. Holmes Teacher Gala

August 02, 2012 - Sajan George

After a year of converting a bottom 5%, traditional, bricks and mortar K-8 public school into a 21st century blended school, the results are in. Approximately 8 out of every...

Summer School

July 28, 2012 - Sajan George

Summer School Those two dreaded words for many students. The thought of being trapped inside a school building, remediating on what wasn’t taught or grasped well during the...

Vision, Strategy, Success and Everything in Between—Part II

July 24, 2012 - Sajan George

MBL DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: Our point of view on how we will achieve success OUR VISION = OUR VALUE PROPOSITION + OUR STRATEGY ...

Vision, Strategy, Success and Everything in Between—Part I

July 20, 2012 - Sajan George

This blog, the first of two parts, articulates our design philosophy around achieving a vision. MBL DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: Our point of view on how we will achieve success Every...

Black Box

June 18, 2012 - Sajan George

With any airplane crash, there are many unanswered questions as to what brought the plane down. Investigators turn to the airplane's flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice...

9 per cent

June 13, 2012 - Sajan George

9%. This is the probability that a child born in a bottom income quartile zip code in the US has of achieving a college degree by age 25. 9% Why? According to Eric...

Big Fish, Little Pond.

April 24, 2012 - Sajan George

One often hears today the refrain that America is losing its global competitiveness and the only way back is to prepare our students to enter and excel in the most competitive of...