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How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? #DLNchat

How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? #DLNchat

Do exams still serve a purpose? Could tests be replaced by project-based work? How do we move beyond grades to more meaningful demonstrations of learning? On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning?...

By Michael Sano Apr 26, 2018

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants....

By Jenny Abamu Apr 26, 2018

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Finance Software Developer Allovue Rasies $2M to Help Districts Navigate ESSA

BUDGET FORECAST: Baltimore-based Allovue, a school budgeting and finance software company, has raised $2 million in an extension of its Series A round led by Rethink Education, Serious Change, Kapor Capital and other angel investors.

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Bringing Order to 'Badges': Nonprofit Works With Colleges on Framework to Measure Soft Skills

Bringing Order to 'Badges': Nonprofit Works With Colleges on Framework to Measure Soft Skills

If a student masters a subject such as English or Chemistry, then professors give them letter-grades for their transcripts indicating their level of mastery...

By Jeffrey R. Young Apr 25, 2018

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How to Support Teacher Innovation Within a Strict State Accountability System

How to Support Teacher Innovation Within a Strict State Accountability System

For children who can stomach school through twelfth grade, the experience culminates with a walk across the graduating stage, and in far too many cases, we place in their hands a diploma not worth the cheap paper it’s printed on...

By Dr. Cederick Ellis Apr 25, 2018

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Teaching in the Era of Bots: Students Need Humans Now More Than Ever

Teaching in the Era of Bots: Students Need Humans Now More Than Ever

In recent years, technology has played a significant role in reshaping the landscape of college teaching, and it will surely continue to do so...

By Michelle Pacansky-Brock (Columnist) Apr 25, 2018

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Financial Aid Startup CampusLogic Raises $55M to Fund Future Edtech Acquisitions

Financial Aid Startup CampusLogic Raises $55M to Fund Future Edtech Acquisitions

For some, the words “financial aid” stirs up reminders of grueling applications and the anxiety of coping with skyrocketing college tuition....

By Sydney Johnson Apr 25, 2018

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In First Round of Funding, Techtonic Group Raises $2 Million

CODE MASTERS: Techtonic Group, a company that offers software development services and an apprenticeship program, has announced $2 million in its first round of funding, according to a press release.

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Game-Based Software Company Enuma Raises $4 Million

FUNDING POR TODOS: Enuma, a Berkeley, Calif.-based company that makes game-based education software for children worldwide, has raised $4 million in a round led by Seoul-based impact investors YellowDog, HG Initiative and C Program.

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How Facebook Can Improve Privacy By Talking More With Academics

How Facebook Can Improve Privacy By Talking More With Academics

It all started with a seemingly playful personality quiz called “thisisyourdigitallife,” coded by a researcher named Aleksandr Kogan from Cambridge University...

By Jeffrey R. Young Apr 24, 2018

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