The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In 2014, the task force Cardona led with Harp produced a master plan with dozens of recommendations to eliminate that gap, including the provision of full day, accredited preschool for all low-income children and an initiative to ensure that every Connecticut parent have at least a high school degree. They have a voice — right?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.)

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. The base curriculum is aligned with the Common Core, and each course includes meaningful projects, playlists of content and assessments, all of which can be customized. A belief in technological utopia.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

.” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

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.” “Head of Savannah College of Art and Design was the top-paid college leader in 2014,” says The Wall Street Journal. Robots hate the Common Core. She made $9.6

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Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Via the Chiago Sun Times : “A suburban father and son accused in 2014 of scamming public school districts out of millions – only to post diamonds and rubies to get out of jail – pleaded guilty Tuesday to mail fraud. ” The CEO in question: Nicholas Trombetta. ” More lawsuit news in the sports section below.

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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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Common Core Policies Advocacy Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I mentioned in the previous article in this series that Palmer Luckey, the founder of the VR company Oculus Rift (acquired by Facebook in 2014), had funded an unofficial pro-Donald Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and spreading hateful memes about Hillary Clinton. The Common Core. Political correctness.

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40