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The Fault Lines Between Sharing and Shilling for an Edtech Product

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Whatever peace and quiet educators may have expected over Labor Day weekend were rattled by a Saturday morning New York Times story: “ Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues.” The piece from Natasha Singer examines the murky relationship between edtech developers and the educators who tout their products.

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For Students to Succeed, Social Capital Matter Just as Much as Skills—Here's Why

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As educators, when we tell students that they can do anything, we sometimes neglect something important, which is this—success doesn’t just boil down to one’s own skillsets or intrinsic abilities. It’s so much bigger and more networked than that. Back in 2016, I was named to the Forbes “30 Under 30” list for the Education category.

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