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Tag Archives: SXSWedu

Joel Klein at SXSWedu

by Patrick Michels

Public School Crusaders Stake Out Rival Camps in Austin

Tue, Mar 4, 2014 |

Ahead of this year's SXSWedu festival, Diane Ravitch's new Network for Public Education held its first conference in Austin, setting up rival conferences for th...Read More

Reasoning Mind poster

by Patrick Michels

Reasoning Mind: How Big Oil and Texas Politicians Came to Love Math

Thu, Apr 25, 2013 |

The creators of the Reasoning Mind math software have found great success getting funding from the State of Texas. Along with a slick product, they just so happ...Read More

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