The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

EVENTS This Thursday, as part of the Future of Education interview series , my guest will be Mike Marriner from Roadtrip Nation , the fascinating program to empower students to get out into their communities and connect what they learn to their real world. The Classroom 2.0 show is back!

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” Via the AP : “A judge ruled Friday that school districts [in Florida ] can’t hold 3rd graders back just because they score badly on a mandated standardized reading test, saying that classroom grades and teacher evaluations have to be considered.” ” “ Salesforce on Thursday announced a donation of $8.5

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JANUARY 12, 2018

Vox on segregation in US public schools : “We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. ” This new school is a result of Purdue’s acquisition of the for-profit Kaplan University.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. Or something else?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. Students don’t pay attention to lectures, they would argue. They’re distracted.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

What Happens in My Classroom During a Lockdown Drill Should Horrify Americans,” writes K. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.” Wikispaces Classroom (and free wikis from the company, now owned by TES ) joins the ed-tech dead pool.

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