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What the research says about the best way to engage parents

The Hechinger Report

And yet, surveys suggest most teachers find it challenging to connect with families. It suggests policymakers take a community-informed approach and help schools conduct parent surveys, provide teacher training and hire technology experts to increase the quality and quantity of school-parent communications.

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

To identify top challenges, we asked educators and education leaders to use a wiki survey crowdsourcing tool to answer the question: “Which is a bigger challenge in K-12 education?” A total of 276 people participated in the survey. We wanted to know: what do educators see as their top challenges? Why is this so challenging?

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

The Hechinger Report

While national surveys indicate that adolescent drug use has fallen across the board in recent years, some 1.3 Its doors opened in January, 2012. Independence Academy opened its doors in 2012, and is now one of five such schools in the state funded and overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. “I’d

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Anti- Common Core Groups Unhappy About Trump Ed Secretary Pick Betsy DeVos ,” says the Sunshine State News. ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Primo Toys rolls out Cubetto, a wooden robot that teaches kids to code.” Common Sense Media looks at education applications’ use of encryption.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I It was an elaborate scam, dating back to 2012, but one that gave out many online signals that the school was “real.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Thiel was one of the biggest financiers of Ron Paul's super PAC in 2012. ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. ” Via Campus Technology : “Survey: Instructional Designers ‘Pivotal’ in Tech Adoption.” .” Presidential Campaign Hellscape.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 More on the National Crime Victimization Survey via Politico.