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TCEA 2023: Texas School District Shares 12 Tips for Success with a 1:1 Program

EdTech Magazine

In 2001, Irving ISD became one of the first school districts in the nation to implement a one-to-one student device program. Though their session was titled “A 20-Year Success Story of District-Wide 1:1,” James Tiggeman, assistant director of digital learning, admitted, “We haven’t had 20 years of success. Located northwest of Dallas…

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

edWeb.net

Prior to that, Ray was Dean for the School of Education at Southern New Hampshire University which Fast Company Magazine named the 12th most innovative organization in the world in its World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies. From 2001-2003, he served as Vermont’s Education Commissioner.

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ISTE 2018: 5 Best Practices for Adhering to Federal Privacy Laws

EdTech Magazine

The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) was established in 2001 with the No Child Left Behind Act and is known for its provisions dealing with surveys and assessments.

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Tuesday - Pat Farenga on John Holt and Homeschooling

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

and was the Publisher of Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS) from 1985 until it stopped publishing in Nov. Pat worked closely with author and teacher John Holt for four years, until Holt’s death in 1985. He is the President of Holt Associates Inc. GWS was the nation’s first periodical about homeschooling, started by Holt in 1977.

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Let’s invest in black kids who pursue STEM the way we do black kids on the football field

The Hechinger Report

workforce in all industries since 2001. As business consultant Jon Williams wrote in the tech magazine Smart Company , “[P]redictions for the near-term impact of automation on white-collar roles have dropped from 40 percent to as low as 10 percent. Who knows where they will be in another 12 months?”

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL - Episode 8 Today, "Home as a Place for Learning" #reinventingschool

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Farenga worked closely with one of the founders of the modern homeschooling movement, the late author and teacher John Holt, and published Growing Without Schooling magazine ( GWS ) from 1985 until it stopped in 2001. GWS was the nation’s first periodical about learning without going to school, started by Holt in 1977.

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Today - Alan November on "Who Owns the Learning?"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Alan was named one of the nation’s fifteen most influential thinkers of the decade by Technology and Learning Magazine. In 2001, he was listed one of eight educators to provide leadership into the future by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse.