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On ZTC, OER, and a More Expansive View

Iterating Toward Openness

For the first decade of the modern open education movement (1998 – 2007), the distinguishing feature of our work – the thing we cared most about and talked most about – was the open licensing we applied to educational materials. This choice rotated licensing into a secondary priority.

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Women’s History Month should have a place for teachers

The Hechinger Report

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. “It’s because we’re mostly women,” she explained. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. She pointed out that the legislation was passed quickly and without a lot of accountability, leaving a lot of the details to be figured out later.

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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

Edsurge

He said that the secondary market has been bad for students as well as for the publishers, describing used books with highlighting marks from previous owners as “subpar offerings.” “We “It’s going to be a journey, and it’s a long path that we’ve been going along with students to earn back that trust.” Who Owns Student Data?

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

Researchers have pointed to the introduction of smartphones — the iPhone was introduced in 2007 — and the rise of social media as the culprit. Climate advocacy group EARTHDAY.org released a “state of climate interactive map” to highlight how climate change is taught and the policy efforts happening in every state. What happened then?

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

Ken Campbell, who was director of charter schools for the Louisiana Department of Education between 2007 and early 2010, agreed that federal mandates likely had something to do with it. Ken Campbell, director of charter schools for the Louisiana Department of Education between 2007 and early 2010.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

In 2007, Maine’s then-commissioner, Susan Gendron, invited DeLorenzo to speak at a summer conference for superintendents in Bar Harbor. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts. Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.)

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