Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation, which has given money to charter schools (including Success Academy Charter Schools), media organizations (including The 74), and conservative education organizations (including Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education). Perhaps that name, Betsy DeVos, is familiar.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

He has led trainings across the United States as a leader of district and principal professional development, SMART goal implementation, professional learning communities, and the impact of social media on the superintendency. Known for his ability to inspire and build leaders, he spearheaded Redefining Ready!,

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Blog post by Robert Low based on this edWebinar. His district used social media and “micro-campaigns” to provide messaging to parents about ways to support their children academically and in other ways, and his district found virtual parent-teacher conferences and career nights had much more attendance than in-person events.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Department of Education Secretary in October 2016. Marczak leads trainings across Tennessee in district and principal professional development, SMART goal implementation, professional learning communities, and the impact of social media on the superintendency. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 5, 2016

AASL has been doing some seriously creative thinking about how we might use the month of April to celebrate the 2016 theme: the essential role that strong school library programs play in transforming learning. You can print copies to distribute or share it electronically and via social media. . Think annual report. Governor 1.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR. That was certainly the case in our experience.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump looks on as Betsy DeVos, his nominee for Secretary of Education, speaks at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A law passed in 2016 returned control of DPS to a locally-elected school board that took office this month. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” — Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 3, 2016. ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. ” The Other US Clown Crisis.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

Kelly Cottler , from the Gumberg Library at Duquesne University , on "Protecting Our Principles and Patrons’ Privacy on Social Media: Libraries Sharing Without 'Oversharing.'" Diane Ravitch's blog Their topic will be "A Current Update on Library Records, Privacy, and National Security Letters." More information at [link].

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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. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. But the total dollars fell sharply in 2016 – “only” $2.2 .” A certain optimism for science as the penultimate solution to any of the world’s problems. A belief in technological utopia.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

(For its part, ALEC’s legislative advocacy focuses on three “free speech” areas : campus speech, the privacy of donors to campaigns and 501(c)(3)s, and commercial speech.) In 2016 that meant 111 speakers on 77 campuses. Social Media and Weaponized Data.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

K98BwFMkIc @ryancraiguv #edtech pic.twitter.com/3mITJHvODv — EdSurge HigherEd (@HigherEdSurge) November 11, 2016. Via Politico : “The Education Department estimates that in fiscal year 2016 it incorrectly calculated more than $2.2 Some in ed-tech seem quite excited: For-Profit Colleges Just Got a New Lease on Life.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And now, the final weeks of 2016 revolve around what will happen after January 20, 2017. 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. The US Presidential Campaign.

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