Engines for Education
This is a complete online book written by Roger Schank, Director of the Institute for Learning Sciences (ILS) at Northwestern Universtiy, and Chip Cleary, a graduate student of Dr. Schank, about what's wrong with the education system, how to reform it, and especially, about the role of educational technology in that reform.

NCREL's edGauge
A site that has information on the 21st century skills needed for digital literacies for a digital age.  Information about these skills and how problem-based, inquiry-based, and project-based learning are valuable strategies to use with a technology enriched learning environment.  Also information on the need for new assessment approaches for these strategies and more.  

Constructivism
This site from the University of Colorada at Denver has many links to articles on constructivism and technology.  Excellent source of articles on changing our schools with technology.

The Internet as Curriculum
An article from the Educational Technology Journal with interesting ideas on using the Internet as the source of the curriculum.

The Ecdysian ParadigmSM: A Process Model for Designing High Performance Schools
Article by Francis M. Duffy, Ph. D. that provides a model for redesigning school districts.

Designing New American Schools:  Baseline Observations on Nine Design Teams
"This report is an analytic description of the initial efforts of the New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC), a private nonprofit corporation created as part of the America 2000 initiative to fund the development of new designs for American schools.  Between July 1993 and June 1995, NASDC funded nine teams to develop and demonstrate designs for high-performing schools."
 

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