A Principal's Reflections

MAY 17, 2020

Addressing and Closing Learning Gaps Many people are saying that the summer learning loss will pale in comparison to what educators will see when kids return to school. Additionally, the digital divide is wider than many perceived. Unfortunately, difficult decisions lie ahead, similar to the Great Recession from 2007 - 2009.

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Guidelines Blended Learning Digital Divide Comparison 545

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Rita Green, the Washington state education chair for the NAACP, volunteered on the parent-teacher group at Rainier Beach High from 2007 to 2016. Related: A parent-led effort to close the digital divide. Some have called the whole issue a distraction from the real problem: A lack of sufficient state and federal funding.

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Elementary Education Report Groups 144

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, is the founder of the private military company Blackwater, infamous for its human rights violations, including the murder of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007 by its employees. Wikileaks – perhaps in cooperation with Russia – releasing stolen emails from the DNC and from Clinton’s campaign.

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40