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stevehinnefeld | School Matters
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K-12 education in Indiana. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Head Start works and keeps working. August 26, 2016. Head Start has been around since the 1960s, and debating its effectiveness has become a sort of litmus test on how people feel about the role of government. Democrats tend to support the preschool program. Republicans are bound by conservative orthodoxy to claim it doesn’t work. Was published this month. Findings include:. Continue reading →. August 19, 2016. By three leadin...
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Leveraging Unique Talents | School House Wonk
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Genius without education is like silver in the mine. Benjamin Franklin. It’s graduation season, a time of celebration as students mark major transitions in their lives, moving onward and upward from high school, college or graduate school. For parents, graduation represents a major milestone on their child’s journey towards independence and adulthood. While we’ve improved access to education for people with disabilities, access to transition services and meaningful employment remains far too elusive.
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Different path but same destination (part 3/final) | School House Wonk
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Genius without education is like silver in the mine. Benjamin Franklin. Different path but same destination (part 3/final). Over thirty five years ago. Republicans and Democrats came together in support of the “simple yet profound” belief. One million students with disabilities. Were not allowed to attend public school. But, as explored in two previous posts. What happens to students with disabilities after they exit school? Are they ready for employment in the real world? Some big-time companies are ste...
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Mix It Up with the Ed-Techies on 4/16! | The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab
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The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab. Targeting inequality with ingenuity. The Chief of Yelp Talks to the EdTech Cohort. How might we…? Mix It Up with the Ed-Techies on 4/16! March 22, 2011. TFA-NewSchools EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab. CALLING ALL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEUERS! In partnership with the Stanford d.school. And Teach for America. Invites you to join us to learn about great startup opportunities for education technology entrepreneurs, including exciting and new programs such as, Imagine K12. We bel...
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Agenda | The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab
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The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab. Targeting inequality with ingenuity. The Lab program consists of two phases Phase 1 (February-May 2011) will focus on idea generation and the d.school’s user-centered design process. During this phase, participants will attend four full-day workshops in addition to take-home assignments and informal evening networking opportunities. Check back for more up to date details on other networking events (optional) that will be scheduled in between workshops). You are commenting us...
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The Chief of Yelp Talks to the EdTech Cohort | The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab
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The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab. Targeting inequality with ingenuity. Building 550, Studio 2: Design Thinking Within Reach. Mix It Up with the Ed-Techies on 4/16! The Chief of Yelp Talks to the EdTech Cohort. March 17, 2011. TFA-NewSchools EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab. NewSchools' April Chou speaks with Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman. Tonight the TFA-NewSchools EdTech cohort spent a great evening with Jeremy Stoppelman. If you don’t love the idea, chances are it won’t stick. Find a technical co-founder:. Starting a...
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Different path but same destination (part 2) | School House Wonk
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Genius without education is like silver in the mine. Benjamin Franklin. Different path but same destination (part 2). In a previous blog post. At Florida International University. The Project Panther Life program kicked off this fall as a way for students with intellectual disabilities to attend college. As reported by WSVN-TV. Through this program a group of eight freshman students, all with cognitive disabilities, enrolled in their first college classes this year. According to its founder, parent L...
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Speakers | The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab
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The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab. Targeting inequality with ingenuity. Winter-Spring 2011 Speakers and Guests. Please check back as we will be confirming other speakers in the coming weeks). Founder and CEO of Beyond 12. Associate Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund. Co-Founder and Executive Director, Innosight Institute. Co-Founder and President, Color. Co-founder, Yelp Inc. Former Founder and CEO of Ning. Entrepreneur in Residence, Battery Ventures. Venture Partner, SoftTech VC. Co-Founder, Motion Math. Micha...
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Other Events | The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab
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The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab. Targeting inequality with ingenuity. Tuesday, March 8. Networking event, we will allow time for informal networking as well as structured exercises to learn more about each other’s interest areas. Action item: please fill out this form. 5:30pm-7:30pm (pizza and drinks will be served). TFA San Francisco office. Thursday, March 17. Conversation with Jeremy Stoppelman. CEO and Co-Founder of Yelp. 5:30pm-7:00pm (light refreshments will be served). Saturday, April 16. Encina Hall...
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Classroom Choreography | Dance Making for Student Understanding | Page 2
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Dance Making for Student Understanding. Newer posts →. Deliberate Confusion About the Common Core. February 14, 2014. Colorado has become the latest state to suffer a brouhaha over the Common Core State Standards, due primarily to a push by a group of people who don’t understand the Common Core. I suspect many of them have not even bothered to examine the standards and think through their objections. In an article in the Denver Post. If the protesting, self-described “Moms” waving “No C...The people who ...
