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Thinking about Failure: Ways to Tell New Stories about Public Education
By Antero Garcia 12/05/2011 - 11:50am Comments
Maybe it's because progress reports at my high school were recently given to students, but lately I've been thinking about the role of failure in schools. The F-word, here and its corresponding letter grade support a high-stakes & high-...
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Should We Fear Children Accessing Facebook?
By 06/21/2012 - 1:50pm Comments
In recent months, there has been an intense media and policy vortex surrounding the questions of when and how children – especially those under 13 – should gain access to popular online sites like Facebook. The outcome of these cultural and...
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Wikirriculum: The Promises and Politics of an Open Source Curriculum
By Ben Williamson 01/12/2012 - 9:22am Comments
The idea of an “open source curriculum” has until now seemed entirely at odds with the political standardization and prescription of the curriculum. Are there any signs that curriculum will catch up with the decentered open source potential of...
Remixing the Wikirriculum
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What Schools are Really Blocking When They Block Social Media
By S. Craig Watkins 01/30/2012 - 7:00am Comments
The debates about schools and social media are a subject of great public and policy interests.  In reality, the debate has been shaped by one key fact: the almost universal decision by school administrators to block social media. ...
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Thinking about Failure: Ways to Tell New Stories about Public Education
By Antero Garcia 12/05/2011 - 11:50am Comments
Maybe it's because progress reports at my high school were recently given to students, but lately I've been thinking about the role of failure in schools. The F-word, here and its corresponding letter grade support a high-stakes & high-...
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Wikirriculum: The Promises and Politics of an Open Source Curriculum
By Ben Williamson 01/12/2012 - 9:22am Comments
The idea of an “open source curriculum” has until now seemed entirely at odds with the political standardization and prescription of the curriculum. Are there any signs that curriculum will catch up with the decentered open source potential of...
Remixing the Wikirriculum
S. Craig Watkins Profile Picture
What Schools are Really Blocking When They Block Social Media
By S. Craig Watkins 01/30/2012 - 7:00am Comments
The debates about schools and social media are a subject of great public and policy interests.  In reality, the debate has been shaped by one key fact: the almost universal decision by school administrators to block social media. ...
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No Child Left Behind: The Economic Motive of National Education Policy
By Cathy Davidson 11/09/2011 - 12:40pm Comments
I’ve often thought about how our national educational policy of No Child Left Behind, passed in 2002, reinforces and connects to the increasing income disparity in the United States.  Some of the economic implications of NCLB are obvious,...
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Thinking about Failure: Ways to Tell New Stories about Public Education
By Antero Garcia 12/05/2011 - 11:50am Comments
Maybe it's because progress reports at my high school were recently given to students, but lately I've been thinking about the role of failure in schools. The F-word, here and its corresponding letter grade support a high-stakes & high-...
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When Traditional Policy Goes Bad: Teen Social Use of Mobile Devices in High Schools
By Antero Garcia 01/03/2012 - 10:39am Comments
As I've been lately analyzing my data set related to in-school use of mobile devices at an urban school in South Central Los Angeles, I've been intrigued by some of the general tensions that exist in mobile media use in schools and the way...
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What Schools are Really Blocking When They Block Social Media
By S. Craig Watkins 01/30/2012 - 7:00am Comments
The debates about schools and social media are a subject of great public and policy interests.  In reality, the debate has been shaped by one key fact: the almost universal decision by school administrators to block social media. ...
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Thinking about Failure: Ways to Tell New Stories about Public Education
By Antero Garcia 12/05/2011 - 11:50am Comments
Maybe it's because progress reports at my high school were recently given to students, but lately I've been thinking about the role of failure in schools. The F-word, here and its corresponding letter grade support a high-stakes & high-...
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When Traditional Policy Goes Bad: Teen Social Use of Mobile Devices in High Schools
By Antero Garcia 01/03/2012 - 10:39am Comments
As I've been lately analyzing my data set related to in-school use of mobile devices at an urban school in South Central Los Angeles, I've been intrigued by some of the general tensions that exist in mobile media use in schools and the way...
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How COPPA Fails Parents, Educators, Youth
By danah boyd 06/10/2010 - 9:10am Comments
Ever wonder why youth have to be over 13 to create an account on Facebook or Gmail or Skype? It has nothing to do with safety.  In 1998, the U.S. Congress enacted the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) with the best of...
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What Schools are Really Blocking When They Block Social Media
By S. Craig Watkins 01/30/2012 - 7:00am Comments
The debates about schools and social media are a subject of great public and policy interests.  In reality, the debate has been shaped by one key fact: the almost universal decision by school administrators to block social media. ...
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Jason Schultz Profile Picture
Should We Fear Children Accessing Facebook?
By 06/21/2012 - 1:50pm Comments
In recent months, there has been an intense media and policy vortex surrounding the questions of when and how children – especially those under 13 – should gain access to popular online sites like Facebook. The outcome of these cultural and...
Should We Fear Children Accessing Facebook? Blog Image
Ben Williamson Profile Picture
Wikirriculum: The Promises and Politics of an Open Source Curriculum
By Ben Williamson 01/12/2012 - 9:22am Comments
The idea of an “open source curriculum” has until now seemed entirely at odds with the political standardization and prescription of the curriculum. Are there any signs that curriculum will catch up with the decentered open source potential of...
Remixing the Wikirriculum
Antero Garcia Profile Picture
Thinking about Failure: Ways to Tell New Stories about Public Education
By Antero Garcia 12/05/2011 - 11:50am Comments
Maybe it's because progress reports at my high school were recently given to students, but lately I've been thinking about the role of failure in schools. The F-word, here and its corresponding letter grade support a high-stakes & high-...
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danah boyd Profile Picture
How COPPA Fails Parents, Educators, Youth
By danah boyd 06/10/2010 - 9:10am Comments
Ever wonder why youth have to be over 13 to create an account on Facebook or Gmail or Skype? It has nothing to do with safety.  In 1998, the U.S. Congress enacted the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) with the best of...
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No Child Left Behind: The Economic Motive of National Education Policy
By Cathy Davidson 11/09/2011 - 12:40pm Comments
I’ve often thought about how our national educational policy of No Child Left Behind, passed in 2002, reinforces and connects to the increasing income disparity in the United States.  Some of the economic implications of NCLB are obvious,...
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