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All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district

The Hechinger Report

Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. As part of the program, the freshmen engage in intensive community-building exercises, including tending to animals, learning to rock climb, running a restaurant — and coaching each other as they run for student government.

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How Daily Farm Work and Outdoor Projects Make Learning in High School Better for Teens

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Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report). Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report ). As part of the program, the freshmen engage in intensive community-building exercises, including tending to animals, learning to rock climb, running a restaurant — and coaching each other as they run for student government.

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The "Liberation of Education" Online Conference Starts Today - I'm Speaking Twice

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Win at School: illuminating how schools actually work and what winning at school really is: taking charge of one's own learning.

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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

This week, REINVENTING SCHOOL focuses on the spectacular rise in interest in pod schools--small groups of students studying with one or more teachers in an environment that is both similar to, and different from, traditional school. She has tutored and taught students of all ages with varied gifts and abilities.

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2021:Year in pictures

The Hechinger Report

Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Teacher Hope Bell leads her class of 3-year-olds in a breathing exercise at the beginning of circle time. READ THE STORY: Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen moms in school.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. ” Chalkbeat’s Matt Barnum takes a close look at a new report from TNTP , the advocacy group formerly known as The New Teacher Project. “ Boys Don’t Read Enough,” says The Atlantic.

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Education Technology, Betsy DeVos, and the Innovation Gospel

Hack Education

She decried an Obama era policy forgive the loans of students defrauded by for-profit schools: “all one had to do,” she told a group of Republicans in September , “was raise his or her hands to be entitled to so-called free money.” We celebrate the benefits of choices in transportation and lodging.