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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

The Hechinger Report

While national surveys indicate that adolescent drug use has fallen across the board in recent years, some 1.3 Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If The remaining 5 percent were either expelled or dropped out.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “George Mason’s President Says Some Donor Agreements Fell ‘Short’ of Academic Standards.” “Soon.”

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