The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

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].

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

When we see someone who professes to be a visual learner excel at geography and an auditory learner excel at music, we do not seek out the information which would disprove our interpretation of these events (can the auditory learner learn geography through hearing it? Change Magazine , Sept-Oct. Riener and Willingham again: ".learning-styles

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

If you don't, you're in trouble,” he said seven years ago at an event hosted by Bloomberg. “As The editor of Slate magazine at the time, Jacob Weisberg, called it a “nasty idea.” They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. And he often uses the word “corrupt” to describe college.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Santos took advantage of Dartmouth’s First Year Student Enrichment Program , which offers pre-orientation events, workshops, retreats and an array of supports. Related: In an era of inequity, more and more financial aid is going to the rich. Jay Davis, the dean who heads the program, also keeps a box of Kleenex handy in his office.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” White supremacist Richard Spencer will speak at the University of Florida , which says it will spend $500,000 on security for the event. ” Via Ed-Tech Magazine : “ AI Is on the Upswing in Optimizing K–12 Education.”

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” asks New York Magazine. But as Inside Higher Ed reports later in the week : “In the latest development in an eventful saga, Ashford University on Wednesday announced that it is closer to preserving access to Post–9/11 GI Bill benefits.” Ed-Tech Magazine asks “How Diverse Is the Higher Ed IT Workforce ?”

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” I can’t think of a better place to ask that question than a corporate event, can you. ” Via PC Magazine : “Researchers Show Off ‘Mind-Reading’ Robot.”

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