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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

More about this week's guests: Patrick Farenga brings more than 34 years of fieldwork, advocacy, and personal experience (he and his wife unschooled their three daughters) to help parents and children learn in their own ways. Please join us at www.reinventing.school for the live shows as well as access to the recordings (also on YouTube ).

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Universities increasingly turn to graduate programs to balance their books

The Hechinger Report

Alicia Vera for The Hechinger Report. trillion worth of outstanding national student loan debt , the College Board reports; each owes three times more , on average, than an undergraduate, according to the Urban Institute. Alicia Vera for The Hechinger Report. Alicia Vera for The Hechinger Report. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. To answer that question, The Hechinger Report combed through grant databases, legislative records and lobbying disclosures, looking for the forces and funding behind LD 1422. Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. The Gates Foundation is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs

eSchool News

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. NAEP Report Card: Reading. National achievement-level results. Shresta, P.,

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AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs

eSchool News

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. NAEP Report Card: Reading. National achievement-level results. Shresta, P.,

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Positive Behavior Supports Creating Meaningful Life Options for People with ASD

Digital Promise

Community/ecological psychology , alluded to throughout our description of how to address the needs of the entire family, provides valuable information concerning prevention of family problems, building networks of social support and empowerment through advocacy efforts. The Reporter 13(2), 1-5, 15. References. Carr, E.G. (2007b).

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Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. It’s the first week of school at Milwaukee Collegiate Academy, a charter high school Fuller founded in 2003 that’s housed in a low-slung concrete warehouse just a five-minute drive from the North Division campus. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. MILWAUKEE, Wis. —

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