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52 Ways to Go Back To School, From Educators Across the United States

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If you'd rather meet these writers and ask for advice more directly, join EdSurge on Tuesday, September 6 at 5 pm PST, when many of these education thought leaders will be available to chat via Twitter for a very special. Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator.

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Does Tech Support Personalized Learning—or Distract Us From What’s Really Important?

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“Personalized learning” is a term that is no stranger to interpretation—even to the point that writers have started to argue about whether it’s worth defining or not (just check out here and here.) Mary Jo would be bored, and I'd be lost. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education.

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Announcing the 2017 Fifty States Project: Personalized Learning Across the Country

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We’ll highlight the states as we find writers to represent them (see below). Who are the writers--and how can I get involved? If we’ve already published a writer in your state, we invite you to submit an idea anyway. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education.

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Who’s on the List of Most Popular Edtech Organizations and Jobs?

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While edtech “sales” jobs do garner an admirable amount of attentions, over the past twelve months, “curriculum writer” has risen to the top, capturing more than a fourth of all pageviews. In fact, the word “curriculum,” whether followed by “writer” or designer,” appears to resonate relatively strongly with viewers.

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A Commitment to Confronting Our Bias and Privileges

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How do our own backgrounds as writers, editors, and developers influence our stories? How do our own backgrounds as writers, editors, and developers influence our stories? Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM teacher and administrator. Who do we quote in stories?

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White Fragility in Teaching and Education: An Interview With Dr. Robin DiAngelo

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As a white woman, former teacher in a predominantly black community, education writer, and diversity manager at Google, white privilege and fragility shapes the words I say and write, the actions I take, the responses I give. DiAngelo is Affiliate Faculty of Education at the University of Washington, a writer and speaker on racial justice.

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'I Learn Things on Twitter That I Don’t Learn at Harvard': Clint Smith on Inequality and Technology

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In my other life, I'm a poet, I'm a writer… I do freelance work, through different magazines, and had a poetry book come out less than a year ago. What's not okay is if you write about those things simply because you think that that is the only way to be considered a legitimate writer. The artistic integrity of your work.

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