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Discovering the “Ultimate Classroom”: A Student Led Project Based Learning Inquiry

EdTechTeam

With the Common Core, state testing, interventions, and all else that goes on in the elementary day, how would I find time for my students to investigate and inquire into their interests? While some studied robotics and social media, others dived into different learning disabilities and schools around the world.

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Switching sides in the teacher wars

The Hechinger Report

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist visits a first-grade class at Penn Elementary School.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via New York Magazine : “Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids.” Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” ” Via The Atlantic : “The Art of the Swindle.”