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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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Some employees heard the news on a conference call. Atari founder Nolan Bushnell started BrainRush in 2012. White says developers often wrestle with building a product that’s fun and engaging or a product that’s more direct in addressing a district’s academic standards. Others said they found out through email.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

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When we started here in 2012, our district was the lowest performing in math and reading of all the schools that feed into Morton West High School,” said Carmen Ayala, Berwyn North School District 98’s superintendent. Related: Eight ways to introduce kids to STEM at an early age. These goals still guide the district today.

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

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Its doors opened in January, 2012. Independence Academy opened its doors in 2012, and is now one of five such schools in the state funded and overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. “I’d Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. Photo: Austin Haeberle.

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