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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

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Communications Planning for Innovation in Education (Education Elements/TLA). “(Do Each video is a district snapshot of news, upcoming events, and other important info for the community, delivered in a short, fast-paced, and easily-shareable format. Tools that encourage two-way communication.

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

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Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. One high-profile version of this type of event occurred in Newark back in 2010, after Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg gave a matching $100 million-dollar donation to the New Jersey school district. Probably not.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?”