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Understanding By Design — What’s That Even Mean?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Look at who has adopted UbD: the College Board, to guide the revision of its Advanced Placement (AP) subject matter courses and for the development of its courses AP Seminar and AP Research. Tens of thousands of educators use it for unit and course planning; hundreds of districts and schools use it as the basis for their curricula.

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New Higher-Ed ‘Matchmaking’ Event Aims to Bridge Education Technology Silos

Edsurge

The initial sponsors include 2U, Lumen Learning, Pearson, RealizeIt, Blackboard, McGraw-Hill Education, iDesign, Unicon and Hobsons. He said some of that money may go into giving small grants to help support projects discussed at the event. The amount of the sponsorships was not disclosed.

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Thursday's Microschool Summit - Stories of Starting Schools | Schedule Announced

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

and Pearson Education, but her passion remains working directly with students in a teaching capacity. He is the author of The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice and lead author of Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems.

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New research questions the value of certificates pushed by colleges, policymakers

The Hechinger Report

They’re awarded for completing anything from one-day seminars to online classes to courses that take several semesters. Defined by the Department of Education as simply “a formal award certifying the satisfactory completion of a postsecondary education program,” certificates vary from vocational to graduate level.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

A must-read on Trump University from Ars Technica : “Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar.” ” Contrasting community college takes: a Pearson op-ed in Edsurge versus pretty much anything “ Dean Dad ” writes. And now, onward, with 5 more months of presidential campaigning.