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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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There should also be outreach to new partners such as libraries and local city councils in an effort to obtain resources and other support. She has also leveraged these skills to create employee onboarding and training programs at Apple, Facebook, Google and Uber. Staying Organized and Healthy.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Facebook gets in the “ literacy ” business. “Facebook’s News Literacy Advice Is Harmful to News Literacy,” says Mike Caulfield. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. Not really. It’s still in the entertainment and advertising business.

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Are History Textbooks Worth Using Anymore? Maybe Not, Some Teachers Say

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In her 2003 book “ The Language Police ,” education historian Diane Ravitch contends that “every textbook has a point of view, despite a facade of neutrality.” and then sift through documents on websites like Teaching American History , the Library of Congress and the Toolbox Library of the National Humanities Center to make their cases.

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The Politics of Education Technology

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Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. But it’s also time to recognize that some companies – Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook among them – aren’t primarily in the computing business anyway. Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company.