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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Smith, Kim; Petersen, Julie – Bellwether Education Partners, 2011
This paper revisits the central question of how to improve the provision of capital for entrepreneurial change in public education, but emphasizes the innovation ecosystem that surrounds the capital markets. The authors consider capital as one of the most important levers individuals need to align in this innovation ecosystem, but as a force that…
Descriptors: Evidence, Research and Development, Change Agents, Entrepreneurship
Smith, Kim; Petersen, Julie – Bellwether Education Partners, 2011
It is widely acknowledged that innovation will be necessary to dramatically improve public services in America. But innovation in the public sector doesn't happen in a vacuum; innovation happens at the nexus of policy, research, capital, and practice. This project looks at one case study--education--by analyzing some of the key aspects of an…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Educational Innovation, Ecology, Education Work Relationship