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As We Rebuild, Here’s the Part We Can’t Afford to Take Out

Edsurge

In 2005, the aftermath of a once-in-a-century hurricane provided an opportunity to think anew about how to design an education system and rebuild a city. That “part” was a holistic approach to investing in education. We cannot educate through the fact that 11 million go to bed hungry. I live in New Orleans.

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PROOF POINTS: Test-optional policies didn’t do much to diversify college student populations

The Hechinger Report

Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, pictured above, was one of 99 colleges that adopted test-optional admissions between 2005-6 and 2015-16. Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Credit: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. and DePaul University in Chicago.

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It’s a Long Game After All

Iterating Toward Openness

OER advocacy, like most work, is filled alternately with advances and setbacks. For example, I’ve been co-writing OER textbooks with students since my Spring 2005 course Advanced Topics in Learning Object Design and Reuse, followed by Project Management for Instructional Designers , and then An Open Education Reader.

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For-profit beauty school settles class-action lawsuit

The Hechinger Report

The lawsuit , which was brought on behalf of current and former students by the nonprofit legal and advocacy organization Student Defense, accused La’ James of delaying financial aid payments and causing them financial hardship in violation of the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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Tolerating failing schools in New Orleans — so long as they’re for black kids

The Hechinger Report

Well, in New Orleans, 30 of 72 public schools (or 41 percent) have just received a “D” or an “F” grade, according to the Louisiana Department of Education. The website The Lens , which covers public education in New Orleans, reported that 65 percent of schools have declined in performance over the last three years. Higher Education.

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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis)

NeverEndingSearch

2005/2006) “The Virtual Library.” Educational Leadership , 63 (4), 54-59. . I started playing around with the fairly easy and recently very popular strategy of building a library scene in Slides. Virtual Libraries: Their Influence on High School Students’ Information Seeking and Use. Chapter in Mary K. Chelton and Colleen Cool.

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