EdTech
Education Technology is a multi-billion dollar sector of companies innovating in both software and hardware for teaching, learning, and running schools, districts, and state and federal education departments. We document some of the most essential technical innovations and companies that support learning, teaching and more.
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Viva! Blended Learning
Michele Robinson, superintendent, on Odyssey Charter Schools: "We knew there was a large population of parents who were looking for alternatives, but who didn't have the experience, knowledge or resources to [home school]. We wanted to reach that population."
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Diana Cieslak: Policy Analyst, Evergreen Freedom Foundation
The Evergreen Freedom Foundation is a nonprofit public policy and grassroots organization based in Olympia, Wash. Founded almost exactly 20 years ago, our mission is to advance individual liberty, free markets, and limited, accountable government.
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Glogster: Teachers & Students Get Creative
Katie Vander Ark went to India. She made a Glog. What's a glog? It's a simple layout web page for sharing photos, video, and commentary.
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Facebook CEO to Give US$100mln to Newark Schools
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is going to give US$100 million to Newark City Public Schools.
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Live Chat: Michael Horn, Disrupting Class
Michael Horn, co-author of "Disrupting Class" and Executive Director for Education and the Innosight Institute, has agreed to do a live chat with me and Andrew Barras on Wednesday, September 29. Right now the time is looking like 12Noon EST. Stay tuned for more details and links for the chat.
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Lumina Foundation: We Need to Get Moving
States must increase the number of college degrees awarded each year in the United States, every year, by a total of nearly 280,000 if the nation is to meet the Lumina Foundation for Education's goal of increasing the proportion of American adults with a college degree to 60 percent by 2025.
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Edu-Stumping
Oprah goes big for ed reform; Colin Powell stumps for immigrant rights; Dept of Ed goes viral with video; equity push for new ed commission; get that college paper; minding the achievement gap, again
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Newark Mayor Booker on Youth Programs
Newark faces a very tough budget battle in the coming months. Newark Mayor Cory Booker takes to YouTube to talk about the fate of youth programs in the city.
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Waiting for Superman Action Links
All the links that you need to visit to be brought up to speed on Waiting for Superman, the education reform movie directed by Davis Guggenheim.
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Shabnam Aggarwal: Tech to Teach
I have written a couple of emails to Shabnam, and we have talked about her most recent trip to India, but I had no idea what she was really doing. Here's her video presentation of her new venture, Tech to Teach