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Inside a Preschool That Treats the Youngest Victims of the Opioid Crisis

Edsurge

The National Head Start Association, a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, convened an Opioid Working Group in spring 2018 after hearing from educators that children in areas hardest-hit by the opioid epidemic were exhibiting an unusually high frequency and intensity of challenging behaviors.

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

The Hechinger Report

One group was just starting on probability. When they understood the concept, Ross moved on, giving another group a lesson in operations with square roots. Nellie Mae, which had $430 million in assets at the end of 2009, began investing its own money in Maine, too. Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. Then she moved on again.

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

The Hechinger Report

During a group science lab in Giebel and Jolma’s class, Anna Wang, 13, sat on one of the wobbly chairs the school purchased for classrooms this year. “It At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It But the kids themselves “don’t notice it,” she added.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

The Puerto Rican rate is from 2009-2010, the latest available in a territory whose government produces few up-to-date statistics, and which federal counts often don’t include; experts say it’s likely only gotten lower since then. The principal sponsor was Amgen, one of several biopharmaceutical companies that have plants in Puerto Rico. “We

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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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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Testing group says no; others are unconvinced.” “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? The company sells a tablet for use in prison. million for the company – but of that just $15 million is cash; the rest is equity in NetDragon.