Greetings! It's time again for the Colorado Summit on Blended Learning. This is DK's third year hosting the summit, and the event is bigger than ever before. We're stretching it over three days to allow for more intimate, focused conversations, and the entire summit is available via live webinar. Read more and sign up below! You may have noticed, DK's got a new look! Along with it, we also have a new website, featuring regular blog posts from all of us here at DK (today's post is by Associate Director Kim Knous Dolan). And from now on, you can find the latest event registration information on our homepage. Our latest Hot Lunch speaker Peg Hoey gave a talk last week about her unique, personalized school system, Kunskapsskolan. Established in Sweden, the school has since expanded to New York and London. Cheers & Happy Spring, Tony Lewis Executive Director The Donnell-Kay Foundation  DK's Education Policy Fellowship Accepting Applications Now! We're looking for emerging leaders who will actively contribute to our mission of providing solid research, creative dialogue, and critical thinking in the education arena. Know someone who is the right fit? Please send them to our website for the application.  The position is open until filled, with a deadline of June 15.  ------------------------- Day One of the 2012 Colorado Summit on Blended Learning More than a hundred people participated in the live event and online. You can still watch the webinar in its entirety by clicking here, or check out the individual presentations from our teacher panelists here. Jason Shiroff (above) from The Odyssey School was a panelist in March. Now he's helping host a tech training for teachers. Learn more about the summertime experience on our blog.  UCD's Brent Wilson & Tony Lewis at the March 22 Summit Register for Day Two of the Blended Learning Summit On April 24th, from 12:30 - 6:00 pm at the University of Colorado Denver, the second day of the 2012 summit will focus on professional development, teacher certification and district support of blended learning. Florida Virtual School's Chief Learning Officer Felicia Ryerson will kick off the day. eNet Colorado's Dan Morris will be a part of a panel moderated by Ryerson, and he wrote a blog post about why professional development for blended learning needs attention: "As a lifelong educator and teacher I believe that there is no doubt that online and blended learning will be a part of all teachers' work week and necessary skill set in the future. But I also know that the educational system, from the classroom all the way to the state level, is going to have to do a much better job of helping teachers, students, and parents through this transition." Click through to read more from Dan and to register for next week's meeting. The summit concludes on May 17 with another day of focused conversations on blended learning policy.     Hot Lunch with Peg Hoey    President of Kunskapsskolan USA Peg Hoey came to Denver last week to share her unique school model with the Hot Lunch crowd.   Miss her talk? She blogged for Education News Colorado, and they posted a podcast.   DK's Associate Director Kim Knous Dolan   DK Blogs! DK's new website will feature regularly updated blog posts from DK's staff and our friends. Today, Associate Director Kim Knous Dolan shares some thoughts around reducing redundancies in the public education system. Here's an excerpt: "What a gift it would be for state policy leaders to clean up the books and clear the pathway for people to focus on educating kids without the headaches of system inefficiencies. Certainly, it would be ideal if this could be extended to the federal level as well, but as a starting point, the work should begin at the state." Click through to read more!