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Reactive vs. Proactive: Lessons I Have Learned from the Armchair

October 31, 2014 - Sajan George

Matchbook Learning Blended Instruction Specialist Nichole Husa blogs "if clarivoyance isn't an option, how can a principal truly be prepared for what's to come?"

NEXT GEN TOOLS: MATCHBOOK LEARNING’S “SPARK” CASELET

October 15, 2014 - Sajan George

Spark is a data integration tool created to support Matchbook Learning's student-centered, mastery-based, blended learning model. It analyzes student achievement daily based on...

What Scales in K-12, Anyway? Chasing Hockey Stick Growth Curves.

September 10, 2014 - Sajan George

As a national non-profit, Matchbook Learning is often presenting to potential philanthropic donors and funders our vision and model for turning around public education in...

Teaching That Sticks

July 23, 2014 - Sajan George

Chip & Dan Heath, co-authors of several books including the best-selling "Made to Stick" unpacked why some ideas die and others survive. Suriving ideas or ideas they...

Are Universities Going the Way of Record Labels?

July 08, 2014 - Sajan George

This Atlantic Magazine article suggests that for Universities the "decreased cost of content combined with increased competition among professors, and lower average ROI for...

IDEO shapes a school system from the ground up

July 07, 2014 - Sajan George

Renown design firm IDEO was featured in a NYT article describing how an eclectic design team of “architects, mechanical engineers, ethnographers, communication designers and...

Culture = Sixth Man

June 08, 2014 - Sajan George

Matchbook Learning Blended Instruction Specialist Greg Hurst blogs on Culture as the "Sixth Man".

Acton Academy: A Learner Driven Community

May 25, 2014 - Sajan George

At Matchbook Learning we often talk about student centered learning or "SCL" which represents both a philosophy and a school model design that defies current convention of students...

Matchbook Learning is hiring! Blended Instruction Specialist wanted for Newark, NJ.

May 19, 2014 - Sajan George

Matchbook Learning is hiring! We are seeking a talented Blended Instruction Specialist to work in our charter middle school, Merit Prep, located in downtown Newark, NJ....

Can we play outside?

April 12, 2014 - Sajan George

In an increasingly technology fueled world, the most pressing challenges facing our society and its market leaders today will require solutions that best leverage what humans can...