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Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

The Hechinger Report

Scott Gordon had just arrived in his job as provost of Eastern Washington University when an alumnus approached him at a meet-and-greet in the Skyline Ballroom of Spokane’s Hotel RL. It usually manages to fill just two or three of those positions, Soni said. Soni is more blunt. The event was new, too.

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Edtech Bootstrapping 101: A Survival Story

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As a former video game designer for Sony Playstation, I’m pretty sure this is going to be easy. A CodaKid Minecraft Modding class meets at our Old Town Scottsdale academy in 2016. We try crowdfunding through Kickstarter but are unable to meet our funding goals. I start meeting with angel investors who smell blood in the water.

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Impatient for workers, businesses help students take college shortcuts

The Hechinger Report

Many of his friends took the same shortcut to good jobs at companies including Sony and Lockheed Martin. It opened officially in April with a hearty endorsement from Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, who praised it as a way to meet employer needs. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

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WHAT’S NEW

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In addition to social learning opportunities, the platform includes courses on theories of learning, classroom and behavior management, and effective communication strategies for caregivers and school leadership. It was designed to meet the needs of larger classrooms while still remaining compact and lightweight. inches in size.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “2-Pronged Strategy Against ‘ Gainful ’ Rule.” ” Via Recode : “ Google CEO Sundar Pichai canceled an all-hands meeting about gender controversy due to employee worries of online harassment.” ” Via Reuters : “Some U.S. ” More via Wired.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ University of Oregon officials offer to pardon students who drowned out the president’s speech last month if they meet with administrators.” ” That is, some schools are having “ scrum meetings ,” or something. .” (Selling it to his daughters, that is.).