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From Static to Interactive and From Open to Free: Consequences Both Intended and Unintended

Iterating Toward Openness

Scheines, Leinhardt, Smith, Cho, (2005). They’ve been around for a very long time, and they emerged in order to serve market demands that textbooks did not meet (and do not meet, and cannot meet). And it shouldn’t surprise anyone that it’s true. Research at CMU.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

For this story, reporters analyzed every available open-enrollment charter application approved between 2005 and 2015 — the decade after Katrina. While seven of those 27 schools were able to reach 70 percent student proficiency in either English or math in 2016, none had attained 80 percent.

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Sign Up Now - Fascinating New Sessions at "Privacy in the Digital Age" Virtual Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This is a free event on hosted by The Learning Revolution and School of Information at San José State University and takes place online March 16th, 2016, from 12:00 - 3:00pm US-Pacific Time (click for your own time zone). To register click here. To submit to present, see below!

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

NACA was born out of an urgent need to reimagine education for Indigenous youth: In 2005, three quarters of Native American students graduated on time in the Albuquerque school district, compared to 87 percent of all students, according to state data. Related: 3 Native American women head to college in the pandemic.

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

edWeb.net

What’s needed to address the digital divide for all is sustainable, dedicated funding that allows districts to meet the needs of the community. Amanda Karhuse has served as the director of advocacy for the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) since 2006. Currently, Amanda serves as President of NCTET.

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Schools can’t afford to lose any more Black male educators

The Hechinger Report

He started teaching social studies at Blythewood High School in Richland 2, a school district in the Midlands, in 2005, the same year the school was founded. “I After the 2016 presidential election in which Donald Trump was declared winner, that feeling has gotten more intense for educators, he said. Tackling Teacher Shortages.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

In the 2015-16 school year, none of the social studies textbooks listed for use in the state’s fourth grade classroom was published before 2005. Yet, in the book most districts use — titled “Mississippi Studies” and published in 2005 — only five of 100 pages are devoted to civil rights struggles. Stennis as “politically moderate.”

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