Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

Panelists started by drawing attention to Austin Community College, where students are advised to budget at least $1,200—about a third of tuition costs—for textbooks. While OER was presented as one way to ease course material costs, other challenges remain, starting with understanding and awareness of what the term means.

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Priceless Ponderings

APRIL 14, 2025

Some parents prefer structured, textbook-based lessons, while others lean toward unit studies or hands-on learning. Second graders learn how to read maps and globes, identify landforms, and understand how geography affects daily life. Government & Citizenship What makes a good citizen ?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2018

Listen to the podcast or read highlights from the conversation below (which have been edited and condensed for clarity). It became clear to me that those in public sector, in state and local government, in higher ed, and in K-12 had potentially a very different role. There was no such thing as qualified people.

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