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53 back-to-school tips and insights for a great year

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School and district leaders will be actively seeking innovative approaches, leveraging data, and collaborating with advocacy organizations and policymakers to bring about meaningful changes in how we educate English Language Learners. Within 5 days, everyone just loved KIBO—students and teachers!

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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SXSW EDU Launch Competition Judge Tony will try his best Judy Judy impersonation, as he joins Bridge Burns (University Innovation Alliance), Vince Chan (Creta Ventures) and Jonathan Rochelle (Google) to dispense advice and feedback for eight companies pitching their wares. Join us for a slice of the action! Tuesday, March 5, 4 p.m.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

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Cleveland recognized the need and became a strong advocate for Hazel Health, a telehealth company that provides mental health services to students at no cost to families. Cleveland successfully secured funding to expand to these 25 elementary schools, bringing Hazel services to more than 25,000 additional students in the district.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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The combined companies now extend from enrollment to graduation in districts that include traditional public, charter, and independent schools across the country. The video is part of Impero’s work to support schools in keeping students safe online and promoting good digital citizenship. for middle school.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” ” Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein on his company’s new event series, The Empirical Educator Project. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The digital flash card company has raised $32 million total.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. Another tech company ready and willing to support Trump: IBM. If you know the history of this company , it’s a rather frightening gesture. . ” The company has raised $12.5 Lee Partners. million total.