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Leadership for social justice: Class update 2

Dangerously Irrelevant

This is my second update on my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership for Social Justice. We dove deeper into ideas of intersectionality and seemed to dwell more on policy concerns in this particular class. Like in my other Master’s seminar this summer , my students have been amazing.

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

Edsurge

The most effective educational tools and services are ones developed and informed by those with firsthand experience in schools. Having that prior experience has been a huge advantage in building products for educators. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

Edsurge

Especially for education companies, it requires careful considerations around factors such as your company culture, infrastructure, processes, hiring procedures and customer interactions. Most of all, have a mission that reminds everyone they are working in an edtech company to build a better world by educating the next generation.

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Inside one school’s efforts to bridge the divide between white teachers and students of color

The Hechinger Report

But for now, it’s focused on training existing educators to become more “culturally responsive,” representing diverse cultures and frames of reference in their teaching. The new superintendent, Stephen Guthrie, has tasked the equity group with reviewing the district’s policies, procedures and practices, with an eye toward equity.

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MIT, Yale and other elite colleges are finally reaching out to rural students

The Hechinger Report

But the big thing right now is rural, and they’re finally seeing it, I guess,” said Karen Hicks, lead counselor at Crossville’s Stone Memorial High School, who has been an educator in the city for 36 years. “I Department of Education. And it’s a case study in how rural families aspire to, fret about and often decide to forgo college.

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Education Technology and the 'New' For-Profit Higher Education

Hack Education

Trump University and the History of the Future of For-Profit Higher Education. If nothing else, it seemed as though for-profit higher ed was poised to rebrand itself, embracing “coding bootcamps” as the new vocational education and career training. The President-Elect refused to accept any wrongdoing.

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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Wu Jianzhong Successfully Promoting Your Print and eBook Collections Through Social Networking - Abbe Waldron, Library Media Specialist/Educational Technologist What about second year seminar? The Era of Big Data - Dr. . Yildiz, Faculty Come take a tour! Engaging students in a virtual setting.