Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. K-12 OER Movement appeared first on EdTech Strategies. The post David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S.

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OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

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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Training Classroom Report Groups 182

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

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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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

In 2009, Gates gave half a million to the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, which describes itself as New England’s largest education-focused philanthropy, to lead a four-state effort to remake the region’s schools. Nellie Mae, which had $430 million in assets at the end of 2009, began investing its own money in Maine, too.

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Learning Report System Case Study 111

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. They received large donations from tech companies aiming to diversify the industry. Who Isn’t Being Served?

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Industry STEM Education Survey 135

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

India’s education system has long lagged behind others, despite the country’s enactment of the 2009 Right to Education (RTE) ACT , which was supposed to give every child in the country the right to a full-time elementary education “of satisfactory and equitable quality.”. India has also had long had a problem with keeping girls in school. “I

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Blended Learning Learning Tablets Training 40

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

The Guardian headline says , “Secret rightwing strategy to discredit teacher strikes,” but it’s not that secret. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? The company sells a tablet for use in prison. ” More via The Atlantic and via NPR.

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