Jenny Abamu
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Washington, DC, United States
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This Accelerator Seeks To Scale Equity in Schools By Mixing the Start-Up Mentality With Social Justice
Caroline Hill is a firecracker. She keynoted the Blended Learning Conference in Rhode Island and iNACOL in Florida. At both events, she asked educators ... → Read More
Secret ‘Fusion Centers’ and the Search for the Next School Shooter
It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it is not.Since 2001, the Federal government has provided state and local law enforcement agencies with grants, ... → Read More
Spanish-Speaking Parents Struggle to Learn How Well Schools Serve Their Children
This story is Part II of a two-part look at parents and school data.Goya Diaz can’t pretend that school data is the first concern that comes to mind ... → Read More
Teachers Unions Aren’t Going Away, But They Might Take a Hit After This SCOTUS Ruling
JANUS AND TEACHER SALARIES: This week, the Supreme Court’s ruling on the closely-watched Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal ... → Read More
How Transparent is School Data When Parents Can’t Find it or Understand it?
Parents could better advocate for their children if school data were easier to access and to understand. The data is particularly relevant for parents whose children attend low-performing schools, yet school “report cards” are often jargon-filled and hard to find. → Read More
How Transparent Is School Data When Parents Can’t Find or Understand It?
When Mosi Zuberi learned that his 18-year-old son, Kaja, might not graduate from McClymonds High School in Oakland, he anguished over his parenting ... → Read More
ISTE Wants to Be More Than Just a Conference. Learn How They Are Expanding.
With the two last directors of the federal Office of Education Technology, Richard Culatta and Joseph South, at the helms of the International Society ... → Read More
Can an AR and VR Pilot Program From Google Prepare Kids for Future Careers?
Virtual reality has been the driving force behind Google’s Expeditions app since it launched three years ago. And recently it’s added another layer of ... → Read More
You Know Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Now Meet Comedic Scientist Sophia Shrand.
There is an art to making science fun and entertaining. Bill Nye has done it, and so has Neil deGrasse Tyson. Maybe now it’s time for a woman? For this ... → Read More
Building Social Connections for LGBTQ Students with Data and Tech-Enhanced Curriculum
More than a year after a national debate on which bathrooms transgender students in North Carolina should be able to use, sexuality and gender have ... → Read More
With 38 Students Per Class, Teachers Undergo Social-Emotional Development For Themselves
This weekend, while some teachers kick their feet up to begin summer vacation, educators in Washoe, Nev. are rallying. They hope to build support for ... → Read More
How Can a Student Be ‘Proficient’ in One State But Not Another? Here Are the Graphs
When No Child Left Behind passed back in 2002, Congress enthusiastically proclaimed that 100 percent of American students would be proficient in ... → Read More
Believe and You Can Achieve? Researchers Find Limited Gains From Growth Mindset Interventions
Despite all the promise surrounding “growth mindsets”—the idea that encourages students to see intelligence as something that can be nurtured and ... → Read More
From EdCamps to Google, 11 Professional Development Offerings for Teachers This Summer
As testing comes to a close, the next big event for educators on the horizon is summer vacation. Yes, fill your schedule with cookouts and sunbathing, ... → Read More
‘Schools Can’t Police Providers.’ Education Leaders Call For Restoration of Net Neutrality Rules
Last December the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal net neutrality, a set of rules prohibiting broadband providers from ... → Read More
Forward Failures, Future of Work and What’s (Not) the Next Big Thing in Edtech
For the past few years, the annual NewSchools Venture Fund Summit has surfaced some of the resonant themes echoing in education reform: A few years ... → Read More
‘They Demonize Us.’ Randi Weingarten Talks Tensions With 'Innovators’ (and Betsy DeVos)
The eruption of teacher strikes in states all over the country caught national headlines, adding to the already heated debate about the questionable ... → Read More
Streaming Platforms Show Promise—And Risks—For Developing Literacy In Preschoolers
Some people will testify that they learned new languages fluently simply by sitting in front of a screen and streaming. One person on a Duolingo forum ... → Read More
Pearson Efficacy Study Highlights the Challenge of Letting Students Retest
Educators shifting to competency-based models often tout to the power of allowing students to master a topic by taking a test again and again until ... → Read More
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.Take Fulton County School District, in ... → Read More