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What Students Gain When They See Parents Struggle

Edsurge

An emerging trend is to embed social-emotional learning (SEL) skills like persistence into curriculum rather than teaching SEL separately. And then there’s the approach we’ve taken at PowerMyLearning, the nonprofit I run in New York City. What makes the difference? And more importantly, can do we do anything to help?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Speaking of ed-tech exacerbating inequality, Edsurge looks at PowerMyLearning ’s plans to give parents homework – “family playlists” – to do alongside their children. ( No disclosure that Edsurge shares funding – from the Gates Foundation – with this organization.). .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

To continue a trend that I monitored last year , it’ll be worth watching who becomes a power-player in the business of ed-tech procurement. PowerMyLearning has received $6.5 But hey, after raising some $5.66 Noodle Markets (Edsurge’s investor John Katzman founded this and it raised money this week – see below)?