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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

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Prior to that, Ray was Dean for the School of Education at Southern New Hampshire University which Fast Company Magazine named the 12th most innovative organization in the world in its World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies. From 2001-2003, he served as Vermont’s Education Commissioner. Join the Community.

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Tuesday - Pat Farenga on John Holt and Homeschooling

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

and was the Publisher of Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS) from 1985 until it stopped publishing in Nov. His most recent book is Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling (Perseus, May 2003). Pat worked closely with author and teacher John Holt for four years, until Holt’s death in 1985.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Farenga worked closely with one of the founders of the modern homeschooling movement, the late author and teacher John Holt, and published Growing Without Schooling magazine ( GWS ) from 1985 until it stopped in 2001. He is the author of 24 books and several hundred articles about technology, learning, business, and human progress.

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

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Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. "The only thing that matters is the future," Levandoski told the magazine. In technology, all that matters is tomorrow.

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Live Thursday Dec. 9th with Julie Young from Florida Virtual School

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Today, as the president and chief executive officer of Florida Virtual School, she directs the work of more than 1200 faculty and administrators, courseware developers, web design specialists and technology support personnel. In 2003, she was inducted into the USDLA “Hall of Fame.”

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A New Social Science? Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

TeachThought - Learn better.

ALEXANDRIA, VA Statistics—the science of learning from data—is the fastest-growing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) undergraduate degree in the United States over the last four years, an analysis of federal government education data conducted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) revealed. From a press release.

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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The pivotal moment of his career happened when he was teaching at Hannam University in South Korea in 2003 surrounded by the papers of 275 writing students and wondering if he had them all. These projects were dynamic collaborations between the department and community partners in South West Wales and often involved the use of technology.

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