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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

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We actually have been working since 2017, to try to get this data project funded. For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. Let’s put her in the library. Do you have any hunches?

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Live Show Today - The Exploding Trend of "Pandemic Pods" and Micro-Schools #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our professional guests: Lian Chikako Chang, a "data storyteller," started the Pandemic Pods group on Facebook in July; just weeks later, the group includes more than 35,000 members. She received an early childhood credential from the American Montessori Society, one of the premier Montessori advocacy organizations. See you "online!"

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

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Finally, Dr. Marczak focused on the demand and need for a consistent and transparent parent community by launching a Facebook Live and Periscope blast to talk directly to parents and community members about what was going on in the schools. Juliet Chamber of Commerce “Wilsonian of the Year” award in 2017. Looking Forward.

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Let’s Show Our Work with the #PowerOfPublicSchools

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) February 10, 2017. I share at least one thing every single day on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook about the work that is going on in our public school library. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) February 7, 2017. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) February 1, 2017.

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From here to there: Musings about the path to having good OER for every course on campus

Iterating Toward Openness

To try to answer this question, I did a quick count of the titles listed in the Open Textbook Library , which is the biggest referatory of “whole course OER” that I’m aware of. releases of the Linux kernel came from employees at Intel, IBM, Google, Facebook, Samsung, RedHat, and SUSE. Let’s keep chasing this. A Lesson from Open Source.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Student Loan Report : “Halfway Through 2017, Here Are the Best & Worst Student Loan Servicers.” Speaking of imperialism, The Guardian covers a report from Global Media which describes Facebook’s Free Basics program as “ digital colonialism.” The Business of Student Loans.