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New York’s upstate cities have some of the worst schools in the country

The Hechinger Report

If it were using a Common Core test, for example, New York City could be compared to other rapidly gentrifying cities like San Francisco, Washington and Boston. Related: How one innovative school district has closed gaps on harder Common Core tests. Joseph Pirozzi at Franklin Elementary in Syracuse, N.Y.,

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES AQUIRES MOTION MATH ( www.curriculumassociates.com ) & ( motionmathgames.com ) Curriculum Associates has acquired Motion Math to further help elementary students improve their math fluency and number sense in key conceptual areas. These solutions will be offered to school librarians in the U.S.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Gary Bass Meaningful STEM-Based Learning in a University/Elementary School Partnership - Maria D. Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0

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The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning

MindShift

“I am overwhelmed with joy for my students because I know now they each stand a better chance of being a successful student,” said Regina Trout, who teaches the second-year kindergarteners at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown. based education reform advocacy group. I see their confidence level take off.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via the San Jose Mercury News : “A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for a state audit of a profitable but low-performing network of online charter schools following this newspaper’s investigation of K12 Inc., Via Education Week : “ Common Core , College Readiness Skills Don’t Match Up, Study Says.”

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

DeVry Education Group got a new CEO." ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. According to Edsurge , changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will soon be another “ win for ed-tech vendors.”

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Who is the new U.S. Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona?

The Hechinger Report

Cardona probably first caught the collective eye of the state’s education and political leaders in 2010 when he was appointed co-chairman of a legislative task force studying the state’s intractable academic achievement gap between racial and socioeconomic groups. The other co-chair was then-Sen. There’s so much promise in young children.

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