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Teacher Kim Woods works with 9th grader Takija Brewer in her U.S. History class at Muskegon Heights Public Academy High School. The entire staff of the Muskegon Heights school district was dismissed after emergency manager Donald Weatherspoon hired Mosaica Education to manage the district.
—Brian Widdis for Education Week

For-Profit Experiment Plays Out in Two Mich. Districts

Muskegon Heights and Highland Park are testing private companies' skill at running troubled public school systems. (May 1, 2013)

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08/01 10:10 am | Pearson Partners With Backer of Startup Education Companies | A major education company and publisher, Pearson, is set to partner with startup incubator 1776 in hopes to stimulate innovation in education.

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The growing use of open educational resources is leading publishers to blend free materials into their products and services. July 3, 2013 | Updated: July 10, 2013 – Education Week
One California district built a sophisticated online crowdsourcing platform open to all 4,000 employees and accessible via cellphones, tablets, and other digital devices. June 11, 2013 – Digital Directions
Computer programmers and software engineers are urging that students, even as early as elementary school, learn how to design and write source code for computers. June 11, 2013 – Digital Directions
Coursera, a Silicon Valley-based company, is joining with 10 universities and postsecondary systems to create new "massive open online courses." June 11, 2013 – Education Week
Recipients of federal innovation grants are largely living up to the What Works Clearinghouse research standards. June 4, 2013 – Education Week
Memphis teacher Casie Jones takes issue with a union leader's recent statement that even the best teachers can't make a difference in poor communities. May 29, 2013 – Teacher
Ability grouping may get a bad rap, but research shows that it can be an effective, low-cost intervention when used with flexibility, says the president of the National Association for Gifted Children. May 20, 2013 – Teacher
But defining what exactly a "personal learning environment," or PLE, is supposed to look like is proving to be challenging. May 20, 2013 – Education Week
The federal program is in danger of becoming as outdated and insufficient as a sputtering dial-up connection in a Wi-Fi world, many ed-tech leaders say. May 14, 2013 – Education Week
Meaningful educational change can only happen through effective and visionary leadership, write Ronald J. Bonnstetter and Bill J. Bonnstetter. May 13, 2013 – Education Week

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