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Education plays a minor role in reducing income inequality

Posted on June 11, 2019 by admin

Bring up the income inequality issue and what most point to as a remedy is an improvement in education. While education is important, the Atlantic article I reference here suggests improving education will not reduce income disparity. Simply put – … Continue reading →

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Browser premium levels don’t compensate content creators

Posted on June 11, 2019 by admin

You may have noted that Google intends to update the Chrome browser in a way that prevents ad blocking add ons. Google is largely ad driven so this business decision is understandable. Google and perhaps FireFox propose to offer premium … Continue reading →

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Layering with Reclipped

Posted on June 7, 2019 by admin

I haven’t provided a layering tutorial in some time. Tools for layering annotations on web pages and online video continue to appear [see my tutorials for other services]. This tutorial describes Reclipped which allows educators or learners to annotate online … Continue reading →

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Teacher salaries

Posted on June 4, 2019 by admin

NPR has just released an interesting article on teacher salaries. The article begins noting that this is the campaign season and focusing on Democratic candidates lists several campaign promises related to teacher salaries. Bernie Sanders proposes raising the starting salary … Continue reading →

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Two free audiobooks a week for teens for the summer

Posted on May 27, 2019 by admin

SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens 13+. SYNC will give away two complete audiobook downloads a week based on weekly themes.   In 2018, 26 titles were given away over 13 weeks.

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States highlight problem of fake news

Posted on May 20, 2019 by admin

Your state may or may not have a commitment to prepare students to learn in a world where fake news is published without apology and politicians even at the highest level endorse false narratives. As preparation for responsible citizenship, preparing … Continue reading →

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