Envision runs a group of three charter high schools in the Bay Area. They champion, as many schools do these days, “deeper learning” and “21st century skills.” Envision enacts this philosophy through a “Know-Do-Reflect” process that uses projects, portfolios and presentations to integrate assessment with learning. They prompt students to turn the lens both inward […]
Author Archives: Anya Kamenetz
Anya Kamenetz, writes the Digital blog for The Hechinger Report. She is a contributing writer at Fast Company and the author of several books and book chapters about the future of education, including DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education (2010). She is a 2013-2014 Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation. Her next book, The Test, about the history and future of assessment, will be published by Public Affairs. Kamenetz was named a 2010 Game Changer in Education by The Huffington Post and received 2009 and 2010 National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association. She's been featured on CNN, PBS and NPR and has written for The American Prospect, The Nation, Newsweek, The New York Times, New York magazine, Salon, Slate, The Washington Post and more.
