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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Bill Gates wouldn’t let his kids have cellphones.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. The Common Core State Standards. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2010. Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2017: The Stories We’ve Been Told. The Business of Ed-tech.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

It’s time once again for my annual review of “the year in education technology,” something I’ve done since 2010. The Common Core State Standards. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2010. Tomorrow I’ll launch the seventh edition of this massive, maniacal undertaking. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

But it appears that the massive growth that the sector has experienced since 2010 stopped this year. Last year, Mark Zuckerberg made headlines when he announced he would donate 99% of his Facebook shares to his philanthropic LLC, the Chan Zuckerberg initiative. Funding has shrunk. “That’s just false to me,” he said.