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Waiting for Superman — Pledge to see the film

Looks like this is going to be an important movie. A great infographic video from the creative studio Buck TakePart: Participant Media - Waiting For 'Superman' - Infographic from Jr.canest on Vimeo. If you're inspired, Pledge to watch the movie ...
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Pilot participant in GS Troop 21812: “Can we use this for school stuff too?”

Yesterday, we started a new group of pilot participants on using BettrAt. We had several girls trained on how to use BettrAt for their informal interests. We were excited to see how enthusiastic they all were with using the site for the things they cared about. People...
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Addressing the Teacher Shortage using virtual learning tools

For the past 10 years, educational pundits have been warning of a massive teacher shortage that's the result of a perfect storm of budget cuts, attrition, and retirement from baby boomers. This article, Class Dismissed: The Teacher Shortage, corroborates much of what we heard at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship conference...
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The School of One is one of Time magazine’s 50 Best Inventions of 2009

The School of One is one of Time magazine's 50 Best Inventions of 2009 This past summer, in a sixth-grade math class, New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein piloted a small program in which individualized, technology-based learning takes the place of the old "let's all proceed together" approach. Each day,...
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Amazing, another great NYTimes article supporting Bettr@

As Mr. Burns from the Simpson's would say, "Exxxxxccccccellent". Check out this great New York times article. I'll keep quiet and curate the best stuff for you. In a Digital Future, Textbooks Are History Textbooks have not gone the way of the scroll yet, but many educators say that it will not be...
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