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Out of Bloom: Lessons from a Nonprofit’s Demise

Associations Now

A nonprofit startup called inBloom, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was supposed to change the education landscape by embracing big data. But the organization, founded as the Shared Learning Collaborative in 2011 , ended up announcing its shutdown this week, after parents and educators raised privacy concerns.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.9.19

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Our annual family beach vacation is next week—the same time as the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo (#ASAE19). Here are the educational events scheduled for next week—plus social events going on at ASAE Annual in Columbus. Host: MemberClicks.

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Parsing Common Core: An Education Program Under Fire

Associations Now

.” The state-led education standards program formed with the help of two associations is facing criticism and charges of government overreach into the schools. With just a year to go until it is fully implemented, the Common Core State Standards Initiative for K-12 education has critics questioning the effort. The criticism.