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The "Liberation of Education" Online Conference Starts Today - I'm Speaking Twice

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Speakers: Virginia Walden Ford (Miss Virginia movie & Board Member, EdChoice) Kerry McDonald (Senior Education Fellow, Foundation for Economic Education) James Lindsay, PhD (Author & NewDiscourses.com) Michael Strong (CEO/Founder, SocraticExperience) John Papola (Founder, Emergent Order Foundation & Dad Saves America) Matt Barnes (Founder, (..)

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

Edsurge

Jahliel Thurman (Vice President of Uplift Entertainment) and Shalon Bell (Director of Strategic Alliances at the Atlanta Voice)—will discuss how despite limited monetary capital, these institutions continue to boost students’ potential in graduate education, entrepreneurship and advocacy through human capital. Thursday, March 9 K-12 9:30 a.m.

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Becoming an Anti-Racist Childhood Educator and Social Warrior

edWeb.net

The school system, argued Dr. Stephanie Curenton, is based on one of privilege, framed around a white perspective that drives educational outcomes along racial lines, with a clear demarcation between the disadvantaged and advantaged. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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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. Founded in 2008 by a former Kaplan executive Jose Ferreira, Knewton was one of the most heavily funded ed-tech startups of the decade. Crested Pigeon.

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