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What Summer Slide Actually Means—and 5 Ways to Fight it

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Last September, a friend from graduate school forwarded me a Brookings Institute article written by David M. The article begins with a series of disappointing—but unsurprising—statistics about the summer slide, a term used to describe the academic regression experienced by students over the summer. Quinn and Morgan Polikoff.

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Who’s on the List of Most Popular Edtech Organizations and Jobs?

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EdSurge jobs board collects thousands of postings from companies, districts and nonprofits looking for new edtech talent. Language arts curriculum designer” at IXL Learning. Which companies do job seekers actually end up applying to? Well, it’s not an edtech company, or a startup, or a venture capital fund.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. News from the most well-funded ed-tech company, student loan provider SoFi : SoFi settles w/ FTC over allegations it misrepresented how much borrowers save by refinancing. Really looking forward to this new testing company though!