The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Nellie Mae passed on the money to the Portland-based Great Schools Partnership, which used it to coordinate The New England Secondary School Consortium, a coalition advocating for proficiency-based diplomas, among other things. (Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.)

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Learning Report System Case Study 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We're having what may be one of the most important conversations about learning in the history of the world, and understanding when, where, and how learning takes place has never been more important.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. Personalized Learning" Software (and Facebook and Summit Public Schools).

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Highly educated young workers at tech companies like Google and Facebook have been part of the driving force behind the increasingly generous parental leave packages that have come to be the norm at big, corporate firms competing for top talent. We currently spend $634 billion total on elementary and secondary public education. (Of

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

For its part, ALEC’s legislative advocacy focuses on three “free speech” areas : campus speech, the privacy of donors to campaigns and 501(c)(3)s, and commercial speech.) Facebook banned eight alt-right groups and removed the Unite the Right’s event page. Is that how we want it to be? Is that how we must be?

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Technology Education Social Media Groups 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Arguably, there is no better example of this than the ongoing push that “everyone should learn to code,” led at the K–12 level by the industry-backed advocacy organization Code.org. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll

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Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Last year, Mark Zuckerberg made headlines when he announced he would donate 99% of his Facebook shares to his philanthropic LLC, the Chan Zuckerberg initiative. ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. . ” So congrats, ed-tech vendors.)

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