The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

They were curious if framing employees’ work by their results (instead of “you have to be at your desk from X to Y”) would improve both company outcomes and employees’ experiences. Between 2005 and 2007, productivity increased by 41% and employee turnover decreased by 90%. Where, when, and how they chose to do the work was up to them.

Classroom 52

Classroom Company Course Outcomes 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Most school districts don’t have a municipal bond expert on staff or on their board, leaving them at the mercy of financial companies to guide them through the bond issuance process. million bond issued in 2005. Mark Robbins, a professor of public policy at the University of Connecticut. In a separate case, Kansas City-based George K.

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Report Industry Company Conference 73

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

Lake Oconee Academy was the brainchild of the Reynolds Lake Oconee real estate company. Many charters hire teachers who don’t belong to a teachers union or haven’t gone through a traditional teacher preparation program, for example. Company officials and their allies sit on many of the county’s most important boards.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 24, 2019

Property maps, 311 data, school quality information and census statistics - all of these are examples of open data that give people the tools they need to learn and advocate for their causes. Derek served in the Washington state House from 2005 to 2007 and the state Senate from 2007 until he was elected to the US House in 2012.

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Libraries Data Conference Broadband 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 22, 2019

Property maps, 311 data, school quality information and census statistics - all of these are examples of open data that give people the tools they need to learn and advocate for their causes. Derek served in the Washington state House from 2005 to 2007 and the state Senate from 2007 until he was elected to the US House in 2012.

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Data Conference Broadband Libraries 31

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It also treats “ed-tech” primarily as a product built by engineers, not for example, constructed through the practices of educators or students themselves – problems with education are, in this framework, engineering problems. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40