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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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The Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education name grand prize winner of Operation Prevention Video Challenge

techlearning

About the DEA Educational Foundation Established in 2001, the DEA Educational Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preventing drug abuse. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., The foundation supports the DEA through advocacy, outreach, and educational programs.

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Why What We Are Teaching Is Wrong and What We Should Do About It

Fractus Learning

Without further ado, I am going to share the five main answers that my students came up with between 2001 and now to the question “ What is wrong with the curriculum in your school? ”. My grandfather did not have Internet, cell phones, Facebook, etc. I went to his company when I was a kid and he let me drive the forklift.

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She Hired Me! Betty Shiver, the woman who convinced me to become a teacher

The CoolCatTeacher

Oh, it was Facebook, and I got a message from her. She has been teaching at Westwood Schools in Camilla, Georgia since 1980 and served as interim headmaster from 2001-2002. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. And she said, “Ms.

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Global Collaboration Week Begins - Find a Project and Connect!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Electronic Village Online (EVO) has developed as a community of practice that in 2001 facilitated a program of online discussions and workshops that have been held every year since then each January-February. Kimm will share resources and show participants how to join a community of educators ready to take action. In Son, J.-B.

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Why a Texas school district is helping immigrants facing deportation

The Hechinger Report

After the raid, the company dropped the second shift due to the shortage of workers, so Danny spends more time helping his siblings with their homework or driving them to and from school and activities. We did not want them to catch something on Facebook or a phone call before they knew all the information.”.

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Daphne Koller Bids Farewell to Coursera, Hello to Calico

Edsurge

Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller has ridden the MOOC craze as the company’s CEO and later president. Yesterday, Koller announced she’s leaving the company to join Calico , a Google-funded research and development company that focuses on slowing aging and counteracting age‑related diseases. “It 17 blog post.