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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Thursday with Howard Blumenthal - "What About My Job at School?" #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

To watch the live show at 4:00 pm US-EDT, or to access the recordings afterward, please go to [link] (or [link] ). As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic standards. She was responsible for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement in the U.S.

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. But in recent years, we've seen a spike in the number of smaller, tightly focused, niche edtech product companies. " Let's master pedagogy first.

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The Benefit Of Making The Curricular More Like The Extracurricular

TeachThought - Learn better.

Even in today’s age of standardized testing and emphasis on academic standards, perhaps even because of this recent emphasis, educators are increasingly aware of the need to nurture students’ complete development. Throughout the day, students should be in the company of caring and supportive adults who are positive role models.

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The End of the Promise of Personalized Learning?

EdNews Daily

This would mean that even public schools using any school system hosted on the internet could not use messages that profile users (“hello sixth-grade students, click this link for your reading book”), or invite any minor child users to any service or product of theirs or ones they use from publishers. Non-Profits Cannot Be Excluded.

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‘Back to School’ Hijinks and Lessons for the Education Industry

Edsurge

No, not to their wooden desks, blue books and plastic seats. But to the BMO’s annual education industry conference, where company executives, investors, bankers and financiers of all stripes descended in their suits and slacks (but very few ties). About 1,200 adults in uniform went “Back to School” yesterday. Wow, what a relief!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “George Mason’s President Says Some Donor Agreements Fell ‘Short’ of Academic Standards.” “ Are Edtech Companies Doing Enough to Protect Student Privacy? ” Via The Verge : “ Amazon is launching a $23 subscription book box for kids.”

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