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MasteryConnect Cuts 30 Percent of Staff, Brings Co-Founder Mick Hewitt Back as CEO

Edsurge

The layoffs ranged from junior-level employees to the very top: Cory Reid, who joined in April 2011 and was named CEO in June 2014, is out. Back in the driver’s seat is Mick Hewitt, who co-founded the company in 2009 and served as its first CEO. When Reid took over, Hewitt stayed at MasteryConnect as its chief product officer.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

edWeb.net

From 2009–2012 he served as a trustee for the State University of New York as an appointee of the governor. In 2014 he was elected to the National Academy of Education and Phi Delta Kappa honor society, and in 2020 Noguera was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Morton Sherman.

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

The Hechinger Report

million 12- to 17-year-olds still met the criteria for a substance use disorder in 2014, and studies find that 9 in 10 adults with addiction problems began their chemical dependency before age 18. “My Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. My friends are all proud of me.

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Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

A 2009 study concluded that no one explicitly shows teachers how to teach to “different needs.” Because of time constraints, the many academic standards that must be taught, and a lack of support, “teachers are not only hesitant to implement individualized instruction, but they do not even know how to do so,” the report stated.

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Desegregation is unraveling in this Texas town

The Hechinger Report

They are roughly half of the students enrolled at Longview’s specialized elementary school, which has higher academic standards. In 2014, the courts released the district from some of the restrictions of the original 1970 court order. And they are more likely to take classes and tests meant to prepare them for college.

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

The Hechinger Report

In 2014, about 50 colleges had either announced or started CBE programs. All 50 states have standards for their students to meet — most use, at least in part, the Common Core standards. The process began in 2009 and Common Core, as it is known, has been adopted in 41 states and the District of Columbia.