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EdSurge Recommendations for What to Read, Watch and Listen to Over the Holiday Break

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The novel tells the coming-of-age story of three friends who start a video-game design company. Nadia I interviewed Jen Manly in person this summer, and I’ve been following her Strategic Classroom account on Instagram ever since. (We So Babb’s book wasn’t published until 2004. Read more from Daniel here. See what they did there?

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

Edsurge

The goal of the software giveaway is to jump-start “learning engineering,” the practice of applying findings from learning science to college classrooms. In 1998, for instance, researchers from the university formed a spin-off company called Carnegie Learning that popularized the math tutor software developed at the university.

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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

EdNews Daily

And it’s not just in the classroom. He states, “If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a classroom. That F often transposed into poor work reports or lateral/downward movements in the company. billion annually.

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When school districts fall into debt and can’t get out

The Hechinger Report

The district relied on seven portable classrooms, and some teachers were assigned to teach in modified storage closets. In addition to the housing development falling through, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, one of the region’s major employers, pulled up stakes in Ann Arbor. Its school buildings were outdated and overcrowded.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants with the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that foster in students the will and the skill to tackle problems of real-world significance locally and globally. Lunch is included. More information on our featured speakers is below.

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Blackboard Co-Founder: ‘4 Secrets to Building a Tech Company for Higher Ed’

Edsurge

As origin stories go, the founding of Blackboard twenty years ago lacked that single light bulb moment that tech companies like to tell. Colleges were spending millions networking classrooms and residence halls, and I wondered about the absence of technology in the “front office” for teaching and learning. The idea was simple.

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Why Recognizing Dyslexia In Children At School Can Be Difficult

MindShift

Individuals with dyslexia who are diagnosed in school settings fall under the category of “Specific Learning Disability (SLD),” a category within the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004). If Clara failed to improve after 26 weeks, she would then qualify for an IEP.