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Why are AEP and the AAP School Division Merging? 28 May 2013 | 06:06 pm
The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) and the Association of American Publishers School Division (AAP) announced their intent to merge last week. I'm currently the Board President at AEP. A...
New Job - CEO at Filament Games 16 May 2013 | 03:58 am
I'm jazzed to report that I started as Filament Games' new CEO this week. I consider Filament the global leader in crafting learning games with an emphasis on the classroom. Over the past eight years ...
Common Core for Mortals 27 Apr 2013 | 01:10 am
The Common Core Standards are causing a lot of angst across the world of education. Fortunately Brandt Redd is here to help. Over at Of That he lays it all out in a lucid and well linked overview "T...
7 Reasons Why K12 Education Publishers Exist 4 Mar 2013 | 08:48 pm
Education publishers have taken a lot of fire in the last few years - many believe that we are too big, too powerful, and that things would be better if teachers just wrote their own materials or used...
Sequester Seschmester - Education Went Over the Cliff Last Year 26 Feb 2013 | 07:51 pm
We've all heard the voices of DOOM about the looming budget cuts from the sequester. I call BS, at least as it affects K12 education. Laziness often drives how we talk about education funding. Becaus...
PCI Education Sold to PRO-ED - Q&A 19 Feb 2013 | 02:17 am
PCI Education was sold to PRO-ED, Inc. in mid-December 2012. Since then I've fielded a lot questions about the sale. This post is an attempt, from my perspective as PCI's former CEO, to answer the big...
Education Spending Downturn - What Is Different This Time? 5 Dec 2012 | 06:21 pm
Last December I penned (keyed?) a relatively optimistic piece about education spending, with the conclusion that the textbook adoption market was in a crash but supplemental materials were in a short-...
Secretary Duncan Calls for Digital Textbooks In Two Years - Four Essential Questions 10 Oct 2012 | 06:24 pm
Last Tuesday the Secretary of Education said "I think we should be moving from print to digital absolutely as fast as we can over the next couple of years. Textbooks should be obsolete." He was clear...
Friday Curmudgeon - OER Edition 6 Oct 2012 | 01:09 am
Quick - what percentage of your iTunes library is produced by amateurs? For that matter how many books on your eReader of choice are self-published works? If you are like most people the answer to bo...
Times Are Tough - Don't Despair 28 Sep 2012 | 06:27 pm
These are grim days for the world of education. Funding cuts past, present, and future loom over schools and districts. Class sizes are swelling, essential services are being trimmed, and any spending...
