Funders: Zuckerberg Wants To Educate K-8 Kids--On Facebook
Seemingly little noted by most of the reformy types attendance at the NSVF summit last week, Mark Zuckerberg revealed some startling thinking behind his interest in school reform and a controversial plan for Facebook going forward. Outside of education, the remarks caught folks' attention and -- in combination with hearings back in Washington -- generated a flurry of coverage and concern (PCMag, Fortune Tech, International Business Times, Atlantic Wire, Huffington Post). What's it all about? Asked what got him interested enough to give $100M to Newark, Zuckerberg noted that part
Video: Even "The Simpsons" School Has A Rubber Room
This episode of the Simpsons featuring an un-dismissable teacher named Edna Crabapple and a NYC-style "rubber room" is almost as good as the one a few years ago in which administrators reclassified Bart as special education in order to raise school test scores.
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