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2016 Global Education Conference Starts Sunday - Important Information!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Thanks to the GEC Sponsors Social Media Amazing List of Currently Scheduled Sessions! Our founding sponsor International Education Resources Network (IEARN) will continue to support us for the 2016 Global Education Conference. Become a Partner Organization! We're Still Taking Proposals! Principal, St. Barrios, Ed.D.;

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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

Edsurge

Most people who are middle-income or better, the Common Core kindergarten standards almost seem ridiculously easy. And then in 2015 or 2016, my assistant says, “Hey, this company wants to meet. Honestly, I had a young family then, and I saw more than ever how important those pre-K years are. They were real education.

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Creative Coding and Robots in the Classroom

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As early as kindergarten, Common Core math requires students to see math abstractly with numbers, concretely with objects, and visually with pictures. She was responsible for the design and implementation of her school’s recent STEAM lab addition, which was established in 2016.

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Newsletter: Used PCs to Chromebooks (Today), New "Privacy Con" Speakers, More GlobalEd.TV, Quotes + News

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

https://technologyrescue.eventbrite.com March 14th, 7pm US-Eastern: Webinar: Using EdTech to Supercharge Student Inquiry and Multimedia Literacy Skills This is a free event, but you must register to attend and will be sent the event link. In the digital age, inquiry and problem-solving can span across a range of media and tools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2016. “ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. on Election Day 2016, closed at post-election high of $17.85 ” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” Via Edsurge : “NYC Keeps Its Edtech Accelerator Revving With New Funders and Markets.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

There’s less than a month left of the 2016 Presidential campaign and The End can’t come soon enough. According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Presidential Campaign Politics.