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Jan 10, 20189 min read
Arguing for Social Impact
This quote from Elie Wiesel’s 1986 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, displayed in the window of our local JCC, gave me pause this past Fall....
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Nov 21, 20176 min read
On Giving Tuesday, Rethink Social Impact and Responsibility
Giving Tuesday came early for some of us wrapped up in a partial evening of Q & A with Katie Hunt-Morr, Director of Community for Virgin...
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Nov 14, 20173 min read
Where's the Research?
Thursday evening brought a panel of EdTech heavyweights into the already heavily paneled halls of Teachers College, Columbia University:...
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Nov 7, 20175 min read
Crowdsourcing Our Angst
This is a message from the Berklee College of Music. There has been a shooting in the vicinity of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston...
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Oct 25, 20173 min read
Enhancing Our Humanity through AI
A recent NY EdTech Meetup kicked off with a clip from the film iRobot, with Will Smith bravely facing off against Artificial...
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Oct 24, 20178 min read
Giving Voice to Changing Paradigms
Paradigm shifts are occurring in many areas of society, from how we think about education to how we define gender, from models of...
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Oct 20, 20173 min read
I’d Like to Buy a Used 747, Please (or Lessons from Sir Richard)
Sir Richard Branson came to the Upper West Side last night and did not disappoint. In conversation with Adam Sorkin, New York Times...
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Oct 17, 20175 min read
School Anxiety: No Helicopter Parents Needed
Remember the Feber method, or as it is also known, “gradual extinction”? That’s the method of sleep conditioning for babies and toddlers...
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Oct 4, 20176 min read
Prioritizing Education in the Midst of an Apocalypse
It’s hard not to feel post-apocalyptic in the face of so much tumult. Harvey, Irma, and Maria have proven that Bill Nye is not the only...
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