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Boost Morale with These Simple Strategies

A Principal's Reflections

Using self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2008), a study involving 735 workers was conducted to examine autonomy's impact on overall morale. 2004), "Making workplace fun more functional", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. Provide autonomy Micro-managing never ends well. Newstrom, J.W. and McLaughlin, F.S. Sauvagère, S.

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EverFi Rocks the Edtech Industry With $190 Million Fundraise

Edsurge

Founded in 2008, EverFi offers digital content that tackles “big, intractable social issues” for K-12, higher-ed and adult learners who are often underserved in existing schools and companies, Tammy Wincup, the company’s Chief Operating Officer, tells EdSurge. This marks one of the biggest fundraises for a U.S.-based

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EdTech Success in LAUSD

eSchool News

Then there was the $95 million payroll system snafu back in 2008. It was even greater to hear it from industry veteran, Elliott Levine, Qualcomm’s Director of Worldwide Education, the company that commissioned the research from Project Tomorrow , and who always provides a great interview. And who can forget the $1.3

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Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down

Edsurge

Started in 2008, Edmodo boasted tens of millions of users. Without larger industry commitments to make the deletion of that data upon quitting operations the norm, he says, it comes down to the conscience of the company in question. That’s just a few weeks away. Its folding led to some eulogizing on social media platforms like Twitter.

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What If Free Online Courses Weren’t Inside 'Walled Gardens'?

Edsurge

It turns out he co-taught the very first one, back in 2008, with George Siemens, who is now the executive director of the Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab at the University of Texas, Arlington. Their course inspired both the term “MOOCs” and a whole new industry. Downes has a special relationship to MOOCs.

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Settlement will wipe $6 billion in student loan debt — but not for these borrowers

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report Back in 2006, when Luciano was researching degrees that would lead to a good job in the fashion industry, she came across the website of the now-shuttered International Academy of Design and Technology, or IADT.

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Who is the Theranos of Education?

Edsurge

Kemp Edmonds, an investor and entrepreneur, observed AltSchool’s mission like this: “Here’s technology coming to save this industry with its incredible promises that often lack an understanding of how things work in unique and specific industries, pedagogies and dynamic jurisdictions.”

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