The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

In the 2006-07 school year, only five of the 231 students who entered the program were Hispanic, and only two were Black. In 2006, of 231 students entering the U-46 school district gifted program, 5 were Hispanic and 2 were Black. Nothing was wrong with the kids, in other words. The problem was with the system. No, that is not likely.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

SLA opened around 2006, with EduCon starting a few years later. I first heard about SLA/EduCon when reading Reinventing Project-Based Learning last fall, and then read about SLA again a few months later as one of four schools highlighted in Running with Robots.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 4, 2024

Or when we talk about the importance of learning how to think versus what to think. I have often done an exercise with educators that I call the conditions of learning. First I ask about their best personal learning experiences and ask them to turn to their neighbor and tell them about it.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A great potential starting place is Asimov’s I, Robot (1950). This is a collection of short stories that introduced Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. A 2004 film, I, Robot, starring Will Smith, is based primarily on one of the I, Robot stories (Little Lost Robot) and Asimov’s Three Laws.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson , after spending hundreds of millions of dollars on learning management systems , is leaving the market as the company seeks to restructure itself and boost its profits.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Think again.” ” Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech.

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