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What to Know About Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary

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A focus on tackling the digital divide and resource inequities laid bare by the pandemic. This project was one of the biggest investments in remote learning per student in the country this year and closed the digital divide in Connecticut.” Teaching experience. An advocate for programs supporting underserved learners.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) And I’d never gotten my Ph.D. In 2013, Pearson paid $7.7

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Hack Education Weekly News

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According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” Dan Meyer writes “Why Secondary Teachers Don’t Want a GitHub for Lesson Plans,” in a response to Chris Lusto who suggests that we do (or at least “We need GitHub for math curriculum.”)