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   What Education Really Needs: Data “Just as The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)publishes data about our climate that drives new commercial ventures and business value (think about where The Weather Channel gets its data), this sort of data transparency could drive entrepreneurs to build products and services around the climate and forecast for equality and advancement in education. Imagine tuning into the Education channel and seeing where bad weather has hit our children’s learning opportunities in the last few days or seeing what the forecasts are for how that school’s or teacher’s or community’s past activities bode for the competitiveness of our society in the next ten years…” - Mickey McNamus, Taming Complexity on Forbes.com

   What Education Really Needs: Data

“Just as The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)publishes data about our climate that drives new commercial ventures and business value (think about where The Weather Channel gets its data), this sort of data transparency could drive entrepreneurs to build products and services around the climate and forecast for equality and advancement in education.

Imagine tuning into the Education channel and seeing where bad weather has hit our children’s learning opportunities in the last few days or seeing what the forecasts are for how that school’s or teacher’s or community’s past activities bode for the competitiveness of our society in the next ten years…” - Mickey McNamus, Taming Complexity on Forbes.com

Posted on July 3rd, 2011
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