For quite some time now, Election 2016 has taken a dark and lewd turn. Whether it be the aggressive sexualization of women or nasty political rhetoric, media coverage is eating it up and ignoring candidates stances on critical issues that voters need to hear. Education is especially quiet during this election cycle, amongst other issues, both in the media and even in classrooms. Where normally young students are rightfully exposed to civics, the debates are perhaps too inappropriate for young and impressionable minds.

In this interview, Neil Virani, an LAUSD Human Resources Division teacher adviser, discusses the District Intern Program and special education.

In this interview, Thomas Arnett shares his view on the need for more collaboration between EdTech developers and teachers.

You’ve done it. You’ve studied hard for four years and made your way to high school graduation. Your college has been chosen, the mini fridge and floor lamp are packed in the overstuffed car, and you’ve said goodbye to your home-town friends. But one thing is weighing on your mind – how do I afford this? The thing is – most can’t.

Matthew Peterson, Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Senior Scientist at MIND Research Institute, spoke about his involvement in the Institute and the overall state of mathematic learning in our nation. Peterson points to a number of alarming statistics that indicate how high school students are graduating with drastically inefficient math skills.

Soundtrap, a cloud-based music and audio recording platform, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Nordic VC firm Industrifonden led the round, with participation from an array of existing investors and other new backers, including Peter Sterky, former CFO and COO of Spotify. It brings total funding to $8.5 million.

In this episode, John Zirkle, Director, and Music Teacher for The Big Sky School District in Montana, shares his involvement in the Hatch Ostinato Project.

In this episode, Michele Eller, Director of Secondary Instruction and CTE at Eufaula City Schools, Alabama, discusses changes in the Alabama school district.

edCircuit: Just one week after the U.S. Department of Education banned ITT Technical Institute from admitting and enrolling new students; the for-profit giant officially announced that all school campuses would be shut down permanently. With 130 U.S. locations, the impact will be huge on their 45,000+ students. Closed school loan discharges are expected to reach nearly $500 million – only a fifth of which will be covered by ITT’s collateral. The remaining four-fifths will be the responsibility of the taxpayers.

Smartphones have finally reached their full potential as “smart” devices with learning at the forefront for young adults.

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Dr. Berger recently posed questions to Dr. Gustavo Lara González, ABE/GED Department Chair at Moreno Valley School District, about his journey from Mexico to the U.S. and his entrance into an educational system that not only earned him a Ph.D. but led him to become a leading Adult Learning advocate. Lara González shares a backdrop to his early student life in Mexico and how he blended his past learning into his teaching methods in the United States. Most of all, Lara González demonstrates how his hardened pursuit of a higher education and eventually teaching, led him to become a leading proponent of Adult Learning, avowing him to lessen the hurdles of his past for others.

September 07, 2016 08:00 ET Student Wellness Portal Launched to Address the Well-Being Crisis on Campus YOU Is a Personalized, Content-Driven, Online Platform Designed to Support Students 24/7 DENVER, CO–(Marketwired – Sep 7, 2016) – Grit Digital Health (Grit) has announced the official launch of its student well-being portal named YOU, which is available for colleges and universities across North America. Rising suicide rates, sexual assault and substance abuse on campuses, along with the overwhelming and unmet demand for counseling center services, signaled the need for the creation of YOU. The YOU portal centralizes, optimizes and expands university resources and connects students with personalized content curated and vetted by behavioral health experts to help them navigate life and campus. YOU was developed in partnership between Grit and Colorado State University (CSU). It was conceived by Joe Conrad, founder of Grit, creator of ManTherapy™ and a CSU alum, along with the …

John McLaughlin sits down to discuss recent news surrounding Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) and the unfortunate tendency to pigeonhole the field of autism. McLaughlin warns against limiting therapy methods in favor of a “check box” approach made popular by insurance companies looking to set pricing and organize treatment protocols.