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They’re Still Not Like Us (Math and Our Values)

The Jose Vilson

In 2015, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal invited me to discuss education reform and my book, This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education. In critiquing the Common Core State Standards, he said, “Can’t we just get back to basics?” ” In my mind, I said “Hell no!”

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You Can Still Search Thinkfinity’s Digital Content Resources …. Learn How

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Booking Info – Time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page… Please contact me soon if you have an interest. I am almost booked through August and am already taking fall dates for 2015 – Mike. Booking Info – Check out my Booking Page… Please contact me soon if you have an interest.

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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. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

True, 2015 was a record-breaking year for ed-tech funding – over $4 billion by my calculations. The CEO of Safari Books left the company “ amidst massive layoffs.” ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms.

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Events + News - The Emerging Future on Thursday - Educational Podcasting - Global Education Day - Less is More Lesson from Finland

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

April 27th - May 11th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues! Register for free at [link]. Library 2.015 Spring Summit: This Week!

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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.” Tressie McMillan Cottom’s new book on for-profit higher ed reviewed by The New York Times. .” Robots hate the Common Core. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.