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Announcing "The Microschool Summit - Changing education, one small school at a time!"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Kelly Smith ( @kellysmithinaz ) Prenda Kelly Smith is the Founder and CEO of Prenda (prendaschool.com), an education company that helps people run microschools out of their homes. The father of two wonderful daughters, he lives with his wife Betsy on a one-acre farm in downtown Albany, New York. series of mini-conferences.

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Thursday's Microschool Summit - Stories of Starting Schools | Schedule Announced

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

After getting a master’s degree in nuclear fusion (MIT), Kelly held engineering and marketing roles at various technology companies. While volunteering at an afterschool code club at the library, he got excited about the power of self-learning. Currently Chris is a regular columnist for Encounter magazine. series of mini-conferences.

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Microschool Summit Keynote Panel Announced | Parenting 2.0 | High School Superstardom | Overcoming Self Sabotage | Starting a Side Gig

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

After getting a master’s degree in nuclear fusion (MIT), Kelly held engineering and marketing roles at various technology companies. While volunteering at an afterschool code club at the library, he got excited about the power of self-learning. URBAN LIBRARIANSHIP: EMBRACING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES With Library 2.0

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

But you can own access to the full library by buying the Summit all-access pass, which is $99, a $50 savings from the price after the 25th. is the Chairman and CEO of Socratic Arts, a company that delivers Story-Centered Curricula to businesses and schools. In 2004, she started her Rethinking Learning blog in My eCoach.

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A hidden, public internet asset that could get more kids online for learning

The Hechinger Report

Meanwhile, millions of American students trek to public libraries and fast-food restaurants to get online after school, or they go without — a problem known as the “homework gap.”. In 2004, President George W. Then, in 2004, the FCC changed the allowed use of the educational spectrum from TV to internet, and ITFS became EBS.

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The History of the Future of E-rate

Hack Education

E-rate is the name commonly used to describe the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. million settlement paid by Inter-Tel in 2004 over accusations of rigging the bidding process. A $21 million settlement paid by NEC in 2006 for price-fixing.

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