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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

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As the disruptions and changes continue to unfold during 2021, he recommends using an adaptive system design to change the structures and collective mindsets within school districts. Conner’s district, is schools will become hubs, teachers will become learning accelerators, and students will become co-authors of their own education.

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

Edsurge

The editor of Slate magazine at the time, Jacob Weisberg, called it a “nasty idea.” They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. go to college each year — more than 4 million graduated in 2021 alone. They founded a venture capital firm called the 1517 Fund.

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After a tough but promising freshman year, Dartmouth student tackles change at elite campuses

The Hechinger Report

He’s since watched You-Tube videos and learned to cut his hair himself; he also bought clippers and shears and started a side business cutting hair for black and Hispanic classmates. The class of 2021, according to the most recent data provided by the college, is 10 percent Latino and 9 percent black. Future of Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning? “ No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. “Why Flipped Learning Is Still Going Strong 10 Years Later,” according to Edsurge.