{"id":231,"date":"2015-08-12T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/?p=231"},"modified":"2015-08-19T19:26:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T19:26:43","slug":"book-review-go-blended-by-liz-arney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/garthnichols\/classroom\/book-review-go-blended-by-liz-arney\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Go Blended by Liz Arney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Highly recommended for those looking for concrete ways to make blended learning successful as a school-wide initiative<\/p><\/div>\n

Luckily enough, I was able to meet this author, Liz Arney, when I was on a research trip in San Francisco visiting innovative schools up and down the Bay Area. Liz made time to meet with both Justin Medved<\/a>\u00a0and I to explain her organization’s approach to finding schools that are innovative and finding ways to support them in their initiatives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Prior to joining NewSchools, Liz was the Director of Innovative Learning at Aspire Public Schools, where she created Aspire\u2019s blended learning model and led the transformation of 12 Aspire schools to the model.\u00a0 While at Aspire, Liz raised more than $2.8M to support blended learning initiatives. Prior to doing blended learning, Liz worked as a humanities instructional coach, providing professional development, instructional and content support, and induction coaching to grades 6-12 humanities teachers across Aspire1<\/strong><\/em>. New Venture School Funds<\/a>\u00a0is a non-profit organization that describes itself this way:<\/p>\n

As a national nonprofit, we raise philanthropic capital<\/a> from individual and institutional investors, and then invest those funds<\/a> to support education entrepreneurs who are transforming public education.\u00a0 The charter school movement would likely look very different today had it not been for the more than $150 million we have directed to over 300 charter schools around the country serving 157,000 students. \u00a0Recently, we have also supported innovative thinkers with $9 million in funding invested in ed tech start-ups through the NewSchools Seed Fund.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Liz’s experience goes above and beyond this mandate, having lead schools and districts through massive pedagogical shifts. This book is about how to shift schools to a blended learning approach. \u00a0In this book, you’ll learn how to:<\/p>\n