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How a growing number of states are hoping to improve kids’ brains: exercise

The Hechinger Report

At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It One 2007 survey by George Washington University found that 20 percent of a representative sample of districts had decreased recess time by an average of 50 minutes a week and 9 percent had reduced physical education time by an average of 40 minutes.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

In 2007, Maine’s then-commissioner, Susan Gendron, invited DeLorenzo to speak at a summer conference for superintendents in Bar Harbor. Nellie Mae, which had $430 million in assets at the end of 2009, began investing its own money in Maine, too. The state ramps up. So far, none of the academies are in Maine.

Learning 111
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How Columbia’s $182 million property-tax break hurts New York

The Hechinger Report

A Columbia University spokeswoman, Samantha Slater, pointed to $170 million in contributions the university had pledged to the community near its campuses starting in 2009, saying the investments “have been a model for similar investments by other universities.” “The He died in 2016. A higher court allowed the project to go forward.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In the fall of 2007, Courtney went on to attend the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities as a first-generation college student. She joined AFS-USA in 2009 as Business Development Strategist. I used to work in cafes and restaurants and in 2005 me and friend of mine set up this company with social responsibility.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

.” The photographic evidence clearly showed otherwise – the crowds on the mall were visibly smaller than those gathered for the inauguration of President Barack Obama in January 2009. The annual Gallup poll gauging the public’s confidence in public schools did reach its highest level this year since 2009.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. If that’s what “technology” means, then every company is in the technology business – a useless distinction. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.