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Teaching social studies in a polarized world

The Hechinger Report

But instead of strengthening social studies or helping more students engage with the subject, the focus in recent years has been on undermining or attacking it, he said. In those other disciplines, said Lesh, “There was an effort to take the inequity out of what was taught to students.”

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

McIntosh asked, prompting students to draw lessons from the comic books in front of them. Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding. The school’s most recent rating from the Arizona Department of Education is an F, due to below-average student growth and achievement.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. But it also occurred right as fears were growing about the social media monitoring of students — by schools and by corporations alike. In 2013, Pearson paid $7.7

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. ” (Something else to keep an eye on: restricting loans to students based on grade, major , other data that’s been collected about them.).