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Open letter to teachers who feel trapped in racist schools

The Hechinger Report

Emails like this in my inbox from outraged teachers, administrators and school employees just like you tell me that you need an outlet to air your grievances and a strategy to expose the injustices in your workplace. My questions to you are who and where should I go to get the help and justice for them? For you, I offer advice and support.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. This isn't a new story: even PCs, which were widely available in classrooms by 2001, rarely had a real impact on classroom instruction. So, what can be done?

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Thursday with Howard Blumenthal - "What About My Job at School?" #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic standards. She was appointed by the Clinton administration’s Secretary of Education Richard Riley in 1997 and reappointed by him in 2001.