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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

The Oakland City Council is committed to funding and implementing the measure if it is approved, said Kaplan, Measure QQ’s author. They have organized a phone- bank campaign and, in early October, hosted a virtual launch event on Facebook Live featuring student speakers and live performances by local artists and musicians.

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Live Show Today - The Exploding Trend of "Pandemic Pods" and Micro-Schools #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our professional guests: Lian Chikako Chang, a "data storyteller," started the Pandemic Pods group on Facebook in July; just weeks later, the group includes more than 35,000 members. Tasha Ring is a licensed early childhood and elementary educator specializing in multisensory-based methodologies.

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Olvídese de la clase de educación cívica y de la junta de gobierno estudiantil: los estudiantes quieren formas prácticas de influir en las decisiones que dan forma a su educación.

The Hechinger Report

El Consejo Municipal de Oakland está comprometido a financiar e implementar la iniciativa Oakland Youth Vote, si se aprueba la medida, según la concejal Rebeca Kaplan, autora de esta propuesta. Los defensores de la Iniciativa QQ en Oakland, esperan evitar ese tipo de burocracia si la medida es aprobada.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Senate Education Committee began work this week sifting through the 800-some-odd-page reauthorization for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The online study tool StudyBlue has launched a new Facebook app called " Friends with Brainefits." The last revision to the law gave us No Child Left Behind. Speaking at the Web 2.0

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Nor has it stopped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from making “personalized learning” a centerpiece of his venture philanthropy firm’s education work or from vowing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it. Whatever “it” is. So is “personalized learning” really a “trend”?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via Politico : “Partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to the displacement of more than 300,000 Hispanic students between 2000 and 2011, with most of those students disappearing from elementary schools.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

An op-ed in Inside Higher Ed from EAB’s Melanie Hoe : “What the Purdue-Kaplan Deal Means for You.” ” Via Education Dive : “The Purdue-Kaplan Earthquake.” Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.” ” Fox. .”