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AI and Personalized Learning That Goes Beyond Tech: The Latest Camelback Ventures Cohort

Edsurge

The company, which is based in Oakland, counts LinkedIn and PathSource among its competitors. They are a collection of all the documents the company has compiled on a single scientific concept. Forefront offers in-person trainings, ranging from teaching companies about implicit bias to helping them recruit better.

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Promote Executive Functioning within School Culture

edWeb.net

A 2007 study found that executive functions are more critical for school readiness than is IQ or entry-level reading or math. Executive Function Enablers and Deficits. Fostering a Culture That Promotes EF. Supporting and developing critical executive function skills involves the entire school community. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.

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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

Edsurge

In the new model, students usually pay a per-course fee that covers digital texts and homework systems. In 2018 the college began experimenting with a system of course fees in two dozen courses that cover access to digital materials used in those courses. Lawsuit in Charleston Trident Technical College, in Charleston, S.C.,

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Educating Kids for Life not for Tests

The CoolCatTeacher

One of the things that we really spend a lot of time doing is trying to help people “unlearn” some of what I think that we built into the system over time that people just came to accept. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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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.

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Ohio shutting down its clearinghouse for online lessons

eSchool News

Since 2007, an online clearinghouse has helped Ohio educators choose well-designed online lessons from a vast marketplace of products and has made them available free. Funding paid for about 15 people to evaluate and choose content and maintain the system. Most of those people have been moved to other jobs or laid off.

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Mini-Conference for Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries - Wednesday, June 17th #library20

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Before "going rogue" in 2007, Kate was the Staff Training Coordinator for The Seattle Public Library. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. Janessa Esquivel Library Media Technician Sr.,