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When the children leave: What’s left after a mass exodus of young people from Puerto Rico?

The Hechinger Report

But, even as the number of students declined, the schools still served a secondary purpose as community hubs — hubs that residents are intent on getting back. “ In 2009 Rossana Rodríguez-Sánchez was a middle school theater teacher in Puerto Rico. Many schools closed because of dwindling student populations. It was insane.”.

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Wednesday's "Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning" Mini-Conference - New Sessions Added

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Secondary sessions are held in Zoom meeting rooms with a capacity of 300--if those rooms are full, you'll have to wait for the recording to watch. He writes and speaks about academic librarianship, learning technologies, library leadership, higher education, open and affordable learning, design thinking and user experience.

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India tries coding camps, craft centers and all-girls schools to fight illiteracy

The Hechinger Report

And despite India’s push to guarantee a good education to all children between the ages of 6 and 14 under the country’s Right to Education Act of 2009, most students will not finish school. I would definitely not give up on public schools,’’ she said. There’s no playground, gym or running water and very little technology.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed.

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Pulling reservation schools back from the brink

The Hechinger Report

Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau, who is native herself, launched the state’s Schools of Promise grant program in 2009. There is no grocery store, no movie theater, no bowling ally, no public library. Deric Denney, 16, wants to be a diesel mechanic, maybe in Butte, Montana, but definitely not at home.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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