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Arkansas’ LISA Academy Renews Partnership with Global Edtech Leader Supporting Student Success

eSchool News

Established in 2004, all 11 schools across the state are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Little Scholars of Arkansas (LISA) Academy is a tuition-free public charter school with a comprehensive STEM-focused college preparatory program.

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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. He is the founder and CEO of Prenda (prendaschool.com), an education company that helps people run microschools out of their homes. John’s and many dozens of other post-secondary institutions.

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Why Professors Need to Work to Inspire Their Students

Edsurge

In Ken Bain’s longitudinal study of how superb post-secondary educators approach their teaching, he asserts the importance of attaining and maintaining students’ attention. Bain writes in What the Best College Teachers Do (2004): “They consciously try to get students’ attention with some provocative act, question, or statement.”

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We won’t have any black Mark Zuckerbergs or Bill Gates till we do this

The Hechinger Report

About one-third of all black collegians earn degrees in either a STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and math) field or in business, according to my analysis of integrated post-secondary education data system (IPEDS), the national dataset of college outcomes. See chart below.). Maybe we need to rethink our advice.

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Live (Early) Friday February 24th with Dennis Littky on Big Picture Schools Schools

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

He is nationally known for his extensive work in secondary education in urban, suburban, and rural settings, spanning over 40 years. psid=2012-02-24.0944.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 and a portable.mp3 audio recording at [link]. Prize in Education.

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CRT debate repeats past battles about state history textbooks

The Hechinger Report

Richardson, who served as state superintendent until 2004, attributed the heightened scrutiny to a crackdown on school performance. They also recruited scores of textbook reviewers, ranging from “interested citizens” to engineers at the power company. It was a big issue because we felt we had a responsibility,” Smith said.

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May 31 - Interview with James Bosco on Digital Media and Participatory Learning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Kalamazoo Promise provides four year post-secondary scholarships for every graduating high school student in Kalamazoo the Promise has been the catalyst for educational reform and area economic/community development. Toward Keeping the Promise of ICT in Schools” (Dublin,2004); “Building New Schools” Sydney, 2005.)'