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Transforming Schools Through Technology,  Teachers and Love
Dan Domenech with Dr. Mark Edwards

      

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AASA's executive director, Dan Domenech, chats with the Superintendent of the Year Mark Edwards. Mark explains why he believes we are on the cusp of doing the greatest work we've ever done in public education and how technology and empowered teachers are driving the transformation.

 

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Premier Episode 
Tales From the Flip Side of Project-Based Learning 
 Jon Bergmann and  Michael Gorman

 

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In his premier episode, flipped classroom pioneer, Jon Bergmann explains why real-world stories are the best way to learn about flipping the classroom. Jon then talks with Michael Gorman about marrying the project-based learning model with flipping.

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FY2014 Education Budget
Tax Tobacco to Fund Early Education, Duncan Ready to Fight
 U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Carmel Martin 

 

pic In this segment we cover a press conference with Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the proposed 2014 budget for education. Among the initiatives discussed is a tax on tobacco to fund universal preschool and a plan to protect students with loans from interest rate increases.
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Getting Connected: 
Twitter? Frankly I don't Give a Tweet
Holly Elissa Bruno with  George Couros, Steven Weber, Jo-Ann Spence, Nancy Blair

 

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Twitter has become a popular tool among many education leaders who say it's invaluable on many levels. Yet many education leaders are not connected to this vibrant community. In this segment our guests make the case for why you should give a twit about Twitter.

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Mission Hill Episode #2: 
Full Inclusion: Good Idea, But...   
Sam Chaltain with  Timothy P. Shriver 

 

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This is the second episode discussing the 10 part video series "A Year at Mission Hill" hosted by Sam Chaltain. In this segment we look at the real and practical challenges of including students with special needs into the general school population. Shriver argues that inclusion is not a one- size-fits-all notion and that all students don't have to be in the same classroom to feel or be included.

  

 

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Smart Money
Surviving and Thriving on a Teacher's Salary
 Rae Pica with Danny Kofke, Judy Lawrence, Joan Young, Susan Ochshorn

 

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There's something wrong when teachers are qualifying for food stamps, forced to work second jobs to make ends meet, and foregoing vacations. Surviving on a teachers salary is tough, but our guests say you can actually live well on what teachers earn. Find out how.

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