Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. Via Education Week : “ Common Core , College Readiness Skills Don’t Match Up, Study Says.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Here’s where she stands on a few key issues: DeVos doesn’t support Common Core : “Many of you are asking about Common Core. She says technology has a role in the classroom : “I think digital learning is in its infancy relative to the influence that it can and will have,” she told Philanthropy Roundtable in 2013. “I

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Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Testing, Testing… Common Core test scores released and California ’s scores were up a little bit, Connecticut ’s were up a little bit more, and Maryland ’s were better in math. classrooms in 2013–14, according to Education Week Research Center analyses of the most recent wave of federal civil rights data.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.” ” That’s Rohit Agarwal, founder of TenMarks, a math startup that Amazon acquired in 2013. Robots hate the Common Core. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 29, 2016

Almost no speaker, including Clinton, addressed such contentious issues as charter schools, excessive testing, the achievement gap, the technology-access gap, Common Core standards and the current racial segregation in so many of the nation’s schools. million in 2013 and 2014, according to the latest records.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. is disappointed in Common Core. Via Education Week : “Weighing the Odds: Eva Moskowitz or Michelle Rhee as Trump Ed.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The Common Core. Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes – think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. .” What are the problems that Trump identified on the campaign trail about education?

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