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David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S. K-12 OER Movement

Doug Levin

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. I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S. Even within the U.S.

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

The Hechinger Report

Toppan, a junior at the high school, was angry that the administration hadn’t sought student input about the change, and worried that a switch to a 1-4 grading system, with a 3 the highest possible grade on some assignments, would hurt her chances of getting into a good college. We’re not ready for this.”. The state ramps up.

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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. An estimated $132 million of repairs are needed system-wide. Department of Education says.

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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

Edsurge

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. When kids are not proficient in math, they're not going to be connected to STEM in any sort of systemic, long-term way.”

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The potential, promise and pitfalls of blended learning in India

The Hechinger Report

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.”. “I Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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How Columbia’s $182 million property-tax break hurts New York

The Hechinger Report

A Columbia University spokeswoman, Samantha Slater, pointed to $170 million in contributions the university had pledged to the community near its campuses starting in 2009, saying the investments “have been a model for similar investments by other universities.” “The It didn’t happen the way I thought it should have happened,” said Walter J.

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Should Wall Street pay for preschool?

The Hechinger Report

Some arrangements have funded local housing assistance programs designed to keep at-risk families from re-entering costly shelter systems. Child advocacy groups and other non-profits, who often oversee the deals and sometimes serve as guarantors, say the arrangements encourage officials to embrace interventions with good track records.

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