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PROOF POINTS: Researchers say cries of teacher shortages are overblown

The Hechinger Report

The rate of teachers quitting and retiring from the profession, according to Goldhaber’s calculations in one state, Washington, was about 11 percent in 2020-21 – actually a smidge lower than it was in 2006-07, another year of high turnover when a strong job market lured educators away. Most departures were filled with new hires.

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Are Free Educational Videos Worth It?

myViewBoard

of teachers surveyed use video in their teaching but access and the quality of good educational videos are a growing concern for teachers. The majority of teachers who responded to our survey reported they tend to search for videos online using search engines such as YouTube (83%) and Google (61%).

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. In October of 2006 , Gartner said that Apple’s “best bet for long-term success is to quit the hardware business and license the Mac to Dell.”

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36 Edtech Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life

The CoolCatTeacher

Wikispaces is also the backbone of my global collaborative projects since 2006, with MAD about Mattering as the most recent example. I’ve included the video above where I teach our students how we are using Trello for Agile software development, however, Trello has some incredible videos in their help files.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The work is also supported by companies including Apple , Google and Expedia , as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard , Teach For America and STEMx.” Google has released an update to its Course Builder software. ” Google says this is merely an update to the TOS and privacy policy.