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Sunday, December 22, 2013

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North Carolina scholars protest move against activist professor
Hundreds of  scholars from 24 colleges and universities have sent a letter to North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) and State Budget Director Art Pope asking them to repudiate what the academics claim is an effort by a Pope-funded organization to retaliate against a professor who was critical of the McCrory administration. NC Policy Watch, a […]    


Where education technology will — and won’t — take us by 2024
What’s the future of education technology? Venturing an educated guess is Larry Cuban, a high school social studies teacher for 14 years and a district superintendent (seven years in Arlington, VA), is professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, where he has taught for more than 20 years. His latest book is “Inside the Black Box […]    


All Week @ The Answer Sheet 12-21-13
The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer Sheet‘Duck Dynasty’s’ Phil Robertson: A former teacher with a master’s degree“Duck Dynasty’s” Phil Robertson, now  famously suspended from his family’s popular cable reality television show for making shockingly offensive remarks about blacks and gays in a GQ interview, once taught in Louisiana schools, has a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a mast