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Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing

ViewSonic Education

A 2003 analysis of 15 cases of school shooters found all but two suffered from social rejection. Esports in Schools Fosters STEM Learning. Esports and STEM go hand-in-hand. That’s a notable jump from the 45% of all undergraduates in 2015 that planned to study STEM. STEM careers.

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Education Technology and the Year of Wishful Thinking

Hack Education

In 2005, Joan Didion published The Year of Magical Thinking , which chronicles her husband’s death in December 2003, shortly after their daughter had fallen into septic shock and been placed an induced coma. This is part one of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. So many losses. So who do you believe? The scientists?

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No son, war is not necessary

The Hechinger Report

In 2003, Jessica Tuchman Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment, a think tank, wrote an op ed asking those very questions about the U.S. The media seemed to support the government narrative. Related: Let’s invest in black kids who pursue STEM the way we do black kids on the football field. They are taught to do so.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced in October of last year that he’d step down at the end of 2015. Last year, I chose “ Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech ” as one of my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends.” The Obama Administration (in Its Final Year) and Education.