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Teachers are first responders to the opioid crisis

The Hechinger Report

Cruey’s wife, Cheryl, who was principal of Southside K-8 until retiring at the end of the 2017-2018 school year, mentors three siblings in the district. Occasionally we see him on Facebook. Overall, there’s been an increase in graduation rates and a decrease in dropouts. Photo: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost. Cruey’s involved, too.

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From private to public school: A college counselor straddles an economic divide

The Hechinger Report

These days, she spends her time doing counseling sessions via Zoom and Facebook, editing juniors’ essays in Google Docs and trying to contact all 320 members of the class of 2020. In summer 2017, she began a two-year term on the board of the nonprofit Western Association for College Admission Counseling.

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Mississippi governor named chairman of National Education Center

The Hechinger Report

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant will assume the role in July of 2017. Bryant announced the news on Facebook. 5 Facebook post. ECS helps lead effective education policy across America, and I look forward to working with education leaders across the country beginning July 2017.”. Photo: Imani Khayyam.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

I kept thinking how much the physical setup of the classrooms resembled a Silicon Valley workspace — or is it that Amazon, Google and Facebook have tried to replicate grammar-school life? Bull also worries that these screens infringe on student privacy, especially in light of Summit’s proximity to Facebook.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 9 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 9 Edition). Tagged on: March 5, 2017 Global Evolution of EdTech | Navitas Ventures → A look at over 20 years of edtech company evolution through $16b of investment around the world. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. government.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” Pearson ’s Annual Report (2017) – my favorite part is how the numbers that are showcased on this web page are all green, even though they’re downward trending.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Me: pic.twitter.com/gmb3Oigcv0 — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) October 5, 2017. pic.twitter.com/yehgZ82br6 — Shahien Nasiripour (@nasiripour) October 5, 2017. Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” ” Or maybe her announcement itself was comedy?