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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 Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Teaching kids not to be scared of math might help them achieve

The Hechinger Report

In 2015, a mere 25 percent of high school seniors were proficient in the subject, according to the National Center for Education Statistics , which produces the most reliable data on academic competency. Dozens of states have incorporated more rigorous standards through the implementation of the Common Core.

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New Year, New Look for Our Scope and Sequence

Graphite Blog

All of our lessons tie to Common Core, AASL, and ISTE standards. Students can take the assessment and then share their table of results with you -- an easy way to document your efforts in regards to E-rate funding. We all hope you have a great beginning to the 2015-2016 school year. Many also incorporate videos!

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A guest post from AASL’s Banned Websites Awareness Day Committee

NeverEndingSearch

In a nutshell, CIPA requires that schools and libraries receiving E-Rate funding “block or filter Internet access to pictures that are: (a) obscene; (b) child pornography; or (c) harmful to minors (for computers that are accessed by minors).” Linked to the Common Core Standards for high school.

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10 Big Hurdles to Identifying and Educating the Nation’s Smartest Kids

MindShift

” Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High-ability Students by Chester E. ” When that doesn’t happen, those students “fall off the wagon,” losing interest in school at higher rates. ” Copyright 2015 NPR. has three very bright granddaughters. Finn and Brandon L.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Private Colleges Had 58 Millionaire Presidents in 2015.” Performance on PISA Decline Because of Common Core? ” More on the bill via Inside Higher Ed. More via Techcrunch.

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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.