The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

For this reason, many educational standards, including the Common Core, emphasize the importance of being able to read, write, and interact across a range of media, platforms, and tools. In the digital age, inquiry and problem-solving can span across a range of media and tools. This skill is often referred to as "transliteracy."

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Nicholas Negroponte first started talking up his vision for a $100 laptop at the World Economic Forum in 2005. You can learn anything on YouTube, we’ve been told.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The Common Core. Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes – think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. .” What are the problems that Trump identified on the campaign trail about education?

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