article thumbnail

Tuesday - Ron Wolk on "Wasting Minds"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Currently Chairman at Big Picture Learning , and the founder and former editor of Education Week , Teacher Magazine , and Quality Counts , "Wolk draws on three decades spent in the school reform trenches to question the common assumptions about the U.S. education system. Log in at [link].

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. Via the New York Magazine : “The Death of Vine Makes the Internet a Worse Place.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. The CEO has resigned.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Magazine : “The Class of 1946–2018 Twenty-seven school-shooting survivors bear their scars, and bear witness.” How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” “The Moodle / Blackboard Breakup: The Long and the Short of It” by e-Literate’s Michael Feldstein.

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” asks New York Magazine. Ed-Tech Magazine asks “How Diverse Is the Higher Ed IT Workforce ?” “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” Inc lists “5 Entrepreneurs That Are Shaking Up Education” and includes the CEO of Blackboard. (National) Education Politics.