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The Pandemic Will Leave More Students Unprepared For College. Developmental Education Must Help.

Edsurge

billion dollars out-of-pocket nationally and $920 million at two-year colleges during the 2013 to 2014 school year to take developmental courses—courses in which just more than one-in-four students prove to be successful. This, understandably, presented a grave concern for business and industry, legislators, educators and ultimately students.

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Webinar Tomorrow: "Are You Thinking About Starting Your Own School?" (Learning Revolution Series)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Completing a doctorate in Instructional Technology, she went on to earn a Superintendent’s Letter of Eligibility in Pennsylvania. My Child Hates School and The Micro-School Builder’s Handbook. Mara is the international two-time best selling author of HELP!

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Live Show Today - The Exploding Trend of "Pandemic Pods" and Micro-Schools #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Mara Linaberger, EdD is Founder & COO, Microschool Builder, and the author of The Micro-School Builder’s Handbook. I've researched, written, designed, produced, and pitched data stories in higher education, at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture , and at a financial technology company called Earnest. Ring, M.Ed.

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"Mindfulness for Educators and Librarians," "Lessons from School Shootings," and "Surviving Collapse"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Completing a doctorate in Instructional Technology, she went on to earn a Superintendent’s Letter of Eligibility in Pennsylvania. My Child Hates School and The Micro-School Builder’s Handbook. Mara is the international two-time best selling author of HELP!

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A Culture Of Inquiry Through A Forward-Leaning Curriculum

TeachThought - Learn better.

This post has been updated from a 2013 post. But here’s my wonder: How can any standards survive in a world in which technology, the changing nature of knowledge, a high level of chaos , and an acute need to solve global problems have cohered into one massive disruption of schooling? How To Create A Forward-Leaning Curriculum .

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The ‘Maker’ Movement: Understanding What the Research Says

Marketplace K-12

Some fear the corporatization of Maker education, particularly as schools and policymakers have embraced the movement as a way to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education and workforce preparation. Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom (Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager, 2013).

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Announcing "The Microschool Summit - Changing education, one small school at a time!"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Education today has become large and focused on many things beyond the needs of learners, such as tests, curriculum and assessment. Completing a doctorate in Instructional Technology, she went on to earn a Superintendent’s Letter of Eligibility in Pennsylvania. My Child Hates School and The Micro-School Builder’s Handbook.