Apr 08 2014 10 mins
In this episode we cover highlights of the 3/11/14 #edchat on charter schools and whether profits and children's education are compatible. Follow:@tomwhitby @Blairteach @wmchamberlain @bamradionetwork Mark Weston Ph.D. has worked at all levels of the educational system — classroom, school, congress, US Dept of education, technology companies, and universities. He's currently an Associate Dean at Georgia Tech. He is co-author, along with Alan Bain, of the "Learning Edge – What Technology can do to educate all children". His research involves using technology to mediate educational research and practice to dramatically increase the learning of all students and teacher's instructional quality. Nancy Blair is a school improvement consultant and cohost of Edchat. Tom Whitby is contributing Editor at SmartBrief, founder of #Edchat, Twitter-Using Educators, and NYSCATE Network.