Remove Common Core Remove Elementary Remove Guidelines Remove Robotics
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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The Gates Foundation has backed a variety of education reform initiatives : charter schools, the Common Core State Standards, “small schools,” inBloom, teacher evaluations, and yes, “personalized learning.” Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Republicans are made because the Department of Education issued guidelines about how ESSA should be implemented. Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” Education Politics. “ New Education Law: Bipartisan No More.”