This original article was written by Rashid F. Davis for The New York Times
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will have a new model of education as part of his legacy. In September 2010, Mayor Bloomberg made the announcement on television that a unique collaboration had been made by the City University of New York and IBM to create a high school-college hybrid that merges high school with two years of college, allowing students to earn an associate’s degree.
 

This article was orginially published by Higher Education News on August 16th. 
 
More and more Oklahoma students are using online programs to do their schoolwork, a new report shows.

A Tulsa World analysis of state records shows that the number of Oklahoma public school students doing schoolwork through computer-based programs has increased nearly 400 percent over the last three years, writes Andrea Eger at Tulsaworld.com.

This article was orginally published by Mind Shift on July 29, 2011. 
 
Technology has been used in the classroom for decades now. But with the advent of cloud computing and the proliferation of smaller, more portable computers and Internet-capable devices, it’s now possible to bring the classroom into the technology instead. Mobile learning, focuses on learning through mobile devices, allowing learners to move about in a classroom or remotely learn from the location of their choice. The movement has gained a lot of steam in recent years, and despite some criticisms, isn’t likely to fade fast – especially as new technologies that make mobile learning more practical continue to emerge and the popularity of remote learning opportunities like online colleges continue to grow.