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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

With a 25+ career in education, Arati has used her curriculum design skills to create unique learning experiences in education and nonprofit sectors at Pearson, EdSurge and Silicon Valley Education Foundation. Arati Nagaraj is an education consultant, edtech advisor and school board trustee in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

Watching TV for three hours each day may be detrimental to kids, but spending unstructured time playing with friends or family is associated with positive outcomes (Barnes, Hoffman,Welte, Farrell, & Dintcheff, 2007; Larson, 2001). Unfortunately, time for free play within school hours has also declined.

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Classroom-Based Research in the Field of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Methodological Issues and Future Research Directions. The Journal of Special Education , 41(4), 209–222. link] Curran, M. Linguistic Diversity and Classroom Management. Theory Into Practice, 42(4), 334–340. link] Emmer, E. T., & Stough, L. Marzano, R. Marzano, J.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, is the founder of the private military company Blackwater, infamous for its human rights violations, including the murder of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007 by its employees. And Silicon Valley tech investors, as well as large education corporations like Pearson, are behind this.