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Teenagers on the Journey Toward Good Lives

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Read profiles, see portraits and listen to the voices of those students here. Spencer Risenmay By John Roark for EdSurge. As a member of a farming family in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Spencer Risenmay planned to pursue a college degree in agribusiness to learn about the scientific innovations shaping agriculture.

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Google, DonorsChoose Partner to Fund Culturally Responsive Classroom Materials

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In addition to the funds Google.org is committing, many celebrities and high-profile philanthropists have pledged to provide or have already provided financial support to classroom projects in the campaign, including actresses Whoopi Goldberg, Lupita Nyong’o and Octavia Spencer; actor Samuel L. It’s reflective of my own experiences.”

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Inquiry Hub Secondary School – Confluence and Influence

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Conceived of by Stephen Whiffin, now Director of Instruction with Coquitlam School District, I started as Vice Principal of the school with a teaching load to cover teacher preps for inaugural teachers Alan Soiseth and Dr. John Sarte. The 2015 CEA Ken Spencer Award goes to Inquiry Hub. ” (Podcast with Dr. John Sarte).

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Born Digitals Love To Make Things – Vintage Matters!

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They conduct a Google image search to connect to a LinkedIn profile. It’s what John Spencer describes in his video entitled " Kids Need Vintage Tools." No problem. They set up hot spots using their phones to work on their iPads. Looking for contact information? No problem. Need to send a direct message? No problem.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

That’s especially the case now that another high-profile legal challenge, to a Colorado voucher program, is in question after anti-voucher candidates swept a recent school board race.” ” “White nationalist Richard Spencer banned from 26 European nations ,” The LA Times says. What a time to be alive. .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Edsurge has a story about this too – no disclosure that John Katzman, one of the founders of 2U, is an Edsurge investor. ” Inside Higher Ed profiles career and technical education at Arkansas State University Newport : “Men Flock to Short-Term Career Ed.” ” More via Wired. ” Holy s**t.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via MarketWatch : “ John Grisham’s new novel grapples with the $1.4 Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( Meanwhile on Campus… Via The LA Times : “ White nationalist shot at protesters after Richard Spencer speech in Florida , police say.” trillion student debt crisis.”

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