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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Chief Education Officer Factors that Affect the Success Rate of Under Represented Minority Students (URMs) in STEM Education - Berta Hayes Capo Program Professor of Science Education MIT BLOSSOMS for Interactive STEM Education - Richard C. Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation unveiled its “Open Badges Project,” “an effort to make it easy to issue and share digital learning badges across the web.”

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The Politics of Education Technology

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The Common Core. Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes – think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. million in E-Rate rebates.). Political correctness. Foreign students.