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What to Do Right Now If You Are Looking for a Job in Edtech

Edsurge

And that means, says Mark Philips, who founded and runs HireEducation , a leading edtech recruiting firm, that there are four things job seekers should do right now to put themselves in a position to take advantage of future changes in the job market. Polish your profile Yes, recruiters actively use LinkedIn. Now there’s no excuse.”

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Making America whole again via civics education

The Hechinger Report

The 2016 election and the tumultuous start to Donald Trump’s presidency, which hits the 100-day mark next week, have presented civics teachers in red, blue and purple states alike with a double-edged sword. Johnson (on screen) overlooks the AP government class of Jo Boggess Phillips in Ripley, West Virginia Photo: Jo Boggess Phillips.

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When schools use child protective services as a weapon against parents

The Hechinger Report

In interviews, more than a dozen lawyers said these investigations disproportionately affect low-income families of color, who tend to live in neighborhoods and attend schools that have bigger police and social services presences and whose children are more likely to show markings of poverty that can be confused with neglect.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ LeBron James has emerged as an American education leader,” according to The Plain Dealer’s Phillip Morris. ” Edsurge profiles Lexia Learning in a new research series paid for by a variety of investors and corporations. . “Should High School Students Need A Foreign Language To Graduate?”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

And their high profile presence on Instagram, Twitter, and the like to exacerbate inequality and re-inscribe a conspicuous consumption of gadgetry as a sign of “innovation.”. But Shark Tank isn’t just some awful Mark Burnett / Mark Cuban vision for the future of reality TV. But altruism is not the same as justice.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

Hack Education

In previous years, these were also popular acquisition targets, but 2017 saw several of these high-profile acquisitions falter under new corporate leadership. Well, it was BS, Iowa State Senator Mark Chelgren.) Bootcamp or Bust. Coding bootcamps also continued to be popular among tech investors.