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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!), Father Goose).Sea

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. Via Inside Higher Ed : “New study suggests female professors outperform men in terms of service – to their possible professional detriment.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Study Examines Loan Aversion by Population.” Very thorough research, gj.

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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. E-Rate has been, since the origin of the fund in 1996, the main way in which schools and libraries were supposedly guaranteed “reasonable rates” on telecommunications services.