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Three Career Paths for Educational Innovators—How to Get There and Where the Jobs Are

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Michael Matera, a 6th grade world history teacher in Milwaukee, used his expertise in gamification to write a top selling book, Explore Like a Pirate. We should all have our personal mission and belief system, I know what I want to do and I’m not going to be sheepish about that. I’m the gamification guy,' come talk to me.

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Reactions to a College Alternative: Debating the Merits of MissionU

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Increasingly, students are going to college with the belief that it's a pathway to a better job. But I would say that the failure of ideals doesn't mean that the ideal is bad or unworkable. And, many institutions don't see that as their core responsibility. I wanted to build something that really did, and serve that need.