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A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

The Hechinger Report

Then Tuminez, a former Microsoft executive, proposed a third core value: “exceptional accountability.” Administrators who treat faculty as employees have it backward, said Scott Abbott, a professor of philosophy and integrated studies. Scott Abbott, a professor of philosophy and integrated studies at Utah Valley University.

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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. A 2016 study by the American Institutes for Research noted that about a third of Chicago’s public high school students fail one or both semesters of algebra I. math-teaching?experts.?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via ESPN : “Ravens OL John Urschel , 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study.” Via Techcrunch : “ Microsoft’s Imagine Cup crowns its 15th winner, the X.GLU smart glucose meter for kids.” “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? Microsoft plans to axe Microsoft Paint.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Microsoft is really scared of Chromebooks in businesses and schools,” according to The Verge. ” Via Edsurge : “Education Technology Tools for Adult Learners Get Mixed Results From SRI Study.” ” “Study of the Week” from FdB : “Of Course Virtual K–12 Schools Don’t Work.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” Via Edsurge : “Battle of the Classrooms: Apple , Google , Microsoft Vie for K–12 Market.” ” “Have We Lost Sight of the Promise of Public Schools ? .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” ” A follow-up from Cory Doctorow : “Deluded billionaire gives UC Irvine $200M to study homeopathy and ‘alternative’ therapies.” ” Immigration and Education. .” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. ” Via Reuters : “ Children’s brains undergo noticeable changes after just one season of football , even if they were never diagnosed with a concussion , according to a new imaging study.”