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Op-ed: Mass. has tools to lead in online learning — but doesn't
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By Julie Young
For two years running, Bloomberg's State Innovation Index has hailed Massachusetts as the country's most innovative state economy. Looking at such metrics as R&D; concentration of science, technology, engineering, and math employment; and numbers of science degrees, it's no wonder that the commonwealth placed first.
But it's not just postsecondary education that makes Massachusetts a leader in innovation. Its K-12 public schools also boast some of the most dynamic and thoughtful approaches to brick-and-mortar education, providing a model for the rest of the country.
Despite these successes, Massachusetts struggles to keep pace with innovative online educational offerings that have helped students thrive throughout the nation. The commonwealth is home to digital learning experts Paul Peterson, Clayton Christensen, Michael Horn and John Flores, yet it has been unable to establish a strong virtual-learning ecosystem. Read the rest of this op-ed in The Lowell Sun, the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise, The New Bedford Standard Times, WGBH News, the MetroWest Daily News, and The Providence Journal.
Julie Young is deputy vice president of Education Outreach and Student Services at Arizona State University and CEO of ASU Prep Digital High School. She was the founding president and CEO of Florida Virtual School.
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ASU's Julie Young, Virtual Schooling Pioneer, on Digital Learning during COVID-19
This week on "The Learning Curve," co-host Cara Candal talks with Julie Young, ASU Vice President of Education Outreach and Student Services, and Managing Director of ASU Prep Academy and ASU Prep Digital. They discuss the implications of COVID-19's disruption of American K-12 education and the future of digital learning.
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Aurora Institute's Susan Patrick on Digital Learning Lessons from COVID-19
This week on "The Learning Curve," co-hosts Gerard Robinson and Cara Candal talk with Susan Patrick, the President and CEO of Aurora Institute and co-founder of CompetencyWorks. Susan shares observations about the long-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for American K-12 education, and the prospects for expanding digital learning.
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Blended Learning Expert Heather Staker on Student-Centered Lessons During COVID-19
This week on "The Learning Curve," Gerard and Cara talk with Heather Staker, founder and president of Ready to Blend. They discuss her work with the late Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn on disruptive innovation and schooling, as well as her book, Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools, and her recent publication, Developing a student-centered workforce through micro-credentials.
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Heritage Foundation's Jonathan Butcher on Edu Federalism, School Choice, Learning Pods
This week on "The Learning Curve," Gerard and Cara talk with Jonathan Butcher, the Will Skillman Fellow in Education at The Heritage Foundation. They discuss the growing popularity of learning pods, an education innovation propelled by K-12 public education's failure to meet the COVID-19 moment. With as many as three million children enrolled in learning pods, 35 percent of parents participating in them, and another 18 percent interested in joining one, Butcher shares findings from his report on the role of pods in expanding parent-driven educational choice options.
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Harvard PEPG's Prof. Paul Peterson on Charter Schools, Digital Learning, & Ed Next Polling
This week on "The Learning Curve," Cara and Gerard are joined by Paul Peterson, the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University.
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Kelly Smith, Prenda CEO, on Microschooling & the Future of K-12 Learning
This week on "The Learning Curve," Cara and Gerard are joined by Kelly Smith, founder and CEO of Prenda, a company that helps create flexible learning environments known as microschools. Often described as the "reinvention of the one-room school house," microschools combine homeschooling, online education, smaller class sizes, mixed age-level groupings, flipped classrooms, and personalized learning.
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Christensen Institute's Julia Freeland Fisher on K-12 Disruptive Innovation, Professional Networks, & Social Mobility
This week on "The Learning Curve," Cara and Gerard are joined by Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute.
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Rosie Ellison: Midlothian film studio will 'quickly create more employment opportunities'
ROSIE ELLISON, FILM EDINBURGH. Pic: John Savage Photography
Published: 20:54 Updated: 21:52 Wednesday 09 January 2019
Edinburgh is pregnant with a film studio child and is planning for a second. It has been a huge effort to get to this point with years of trying, but we expect our first bundle of joy to be born this year in Leith.
We will gasp with joy at the first child, get all the kit and caboodle (in this case, build up our facilities and crew). When we've adjusted, we'll be ready for number two, planned for Midlothian.
Moving away from the analogy, it is easy for us to see why Edinburgh is a natural fit for film studios.
READ MORE: Plans revealed for 'world-class' film and TV studio in Midlothian
In the words of Joe Russo, director of Avengers: Infinity War, "Within an hour you can be at the coast, at the lochs, at the mountains. It's a really diverse topography and with the right infrastructure, some sound stages, you could attract some really big movies".
Do we want big movies? The answer surely is 'yes.' In 2017 the economic impact of UK studio-based feature films and TV dramas reached £2bn, with 400 crew on each production and sustainable support businesses built around each studio. Further, 78 cent of tourists want to visit places they have seen on the screen. Edinburgh is currently home to 300 production crew and 200 facilities companies covering the gamut of production: drama, factual, commercials and promos.
The film studios will quickly create more employment opportunities and make it more feasible for film and TV industry professionals to choose Edinburgh as their home and place of business.
Can we sustain more than one studio complex? Of course. Belfast and Cardiff have four film studio complexes a piece. London has many more. Such is the demand for studio space that new studio developments are underway in Oxford, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, London and the existing studios at Shepperton and Pinewood are being expanded.
It's time Edinburgh got in on the act. It's time to get our toys lined up.
Rosie Ellison is head of Film Edinburgh
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#SMASHTESSFAM FEATURE - ALLIE AND SAM
A dream come true for dreamwear!
Behind the Brand Fashion Lifestyle Our #smashtessfam
Posted 14 Feb, 2021
by Hollie Holden
Meet Allie and Sam – Wives, Content Creators and our newest #smashtessfam
Valentine's Day may look a little different this year, but that doesn't mean you can't still celebrate love! Whether it's with your partner, family, kids, friends, or you're practicing self-love, we hope you can feel the love and sentiment of the day.
This Valentine's Day, we reached out to Allie and Sam to share their love story and some date night tips with our #smashtessfam. We couldn't think of a better couple to celebrate Valentine's Day with us! They have always been huge supporters of Smash + Tess and such an amazing couple to have in our community. We hope you love them as much as we do!
Can you share a bit of your love story with our #smashtessfam?
We met on Tinder in 2014 (yes, a Tinder success!) and got married in September 2019!
What does your ultimate Valentine's Day look like?
Dressing up, eating yummy food, and playing board games. Usually, we'd go for dinner, but this year I think we will stay at home with the pets and celebrate safely!
What are some suggestions for couples staying in this Valentine's Day?
Make a restaurant at home! We do this all the time - it's so fun! One person cooks, the other can set the table. We usually get dressed up and even write out a pretend menu! It's so fun and feels a bit more special than an everyday dinner at home.
You are looking at IVF to grow your family. How has that experience been?
It's been a long journey so far! We're finally in our protocol now, but it's taken us about a year, and 3 failed IUI's to get here. I'm just counting down the days until it's over and we have our little babe to snuggle! It's an emotionally up and down journey!
A lot of your content used to be travel related. How have you had to pivot with a global pandemic?
It's been tough! We used to travel about 1 week per month, and now it's almost a year since we've been on a plane! Honestly, I've struggled a bit with thinking of things to write in captions, but it's been a good challenge for us!
Who inspires you?
Allie: My family! They're just the best and I'm so thankful for them.
Sam: Emma Watson. I love what she stands for and how she uses her platform for good.
To figure out what you're passionate about and turn that into something you can do all the time! My mom told me I could make a career out of anything I love doing if I just thought outside the box and worked hard. And, here we are! I get to combine everything I love - photography, writing, travel, and most of all, working at home - and that's my job! It's wild to me to think that!
What is your fave way to rock your Romper?
I love throwing a jean jacket and boots on with mine - perfect outfit to lounge or go out!! Sam loves hers on its own!
What does your ultimate Sunday look like?
A walk at the park, cleaning (yes, cleaning haha), a good book, maybe a games night, and lots of coffee!
What is your go-to pump-up song?
Allie: Get Low (HAHA)
Sam: Seven Rings
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I had Andy Buscemi on the podcast this week and I can't tell you how much great advice is loaded in this weeks episode! We talked about how he sets and adjusts his pricing for his weddings, his views on advertising and marketing and tells us about some of the questions you should be asking yourself when starting your own business. A big thank you to Andy for joining us!


Cranbrook Institute of Science is hosting a FREE day (general admission only) to their Innovation Exploration on Friday, November 23 and Saturday, November 24 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.!
The Institute's holiday-themed planetarium will also be available for shows. Two special holiday shows featured will be "Let It Snow" and "Mystery of the Christmas Star". You can view the planetarium's schedule here for show times and prices.
Using innovation and creativity, kids of all ages can explore the wonders of science and the fulfillment of discovery through hands-on activities and experiments. Each day they'll have the opportunity to overcome an engineering obstacle, program a robot to navigate complex courses, experience a simulated environment through virtual reality, design a bridge that spans a determined distance, clears a certain height, and holds a specific weight, and more.


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Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump (Rehearing)
Electronic / Internet-based Communication
No. 18‐1691‐cv
Appellate Court
Civil Law, Constitutional Law
Content-Based Restriction, Censorship
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied rehearing a 2019 ruling of the Appellate Court in Knight First Amendment Institute v. Donald J. Trump which confirmed that President Trump's practice of blocking critics from his Twitter account violated the First Amendment. The Plaintiffs had sued President Donald Trump for blocking individual Plaintiffs from accessing @realDonaldTrump account on the ground of an unconstitutional restriction on their right to access statements reflective of Trump's views and decisions in his official capacity as President. The Court found that the use of the account by Trump and his communications staff and its interactive features to function as an 'official vehicle of governance'. Noting that the case was a 'straightforward application of state action and public forum doctrines, congruent with Supreme Court precedent', the Court concluded that the use of twitter account by the President amounted to 'state action' and the selective exclusion of critics on account of their displeasing comments (viewpoint discrimination) was an 'egregious form of content discrimination'.
The Appellant, The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University ('Knight Institute') is a section 501(c)(3) organization based in New York that works to defend and strengthen the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, and public education. Plaintiffs included individuals from across the country who had expressed their opinions as replies to tweets posted by Donald Trump on the renowned micro-blogging website 'Twitter', critiquing the President and his policies.
The Defendant, Donald Trump, operated twitter handle @realDonaldTrump which was established in March 2009 and used by him to tweet about a variety of topics, including popular culture and politics. Since becoming the President, President Trump used the account as a channel for communicating and interacting with the public about his administration as well as, occasionally, to communicate about other issues not directly related to official government business. Since the inauguration of the President, the @realDonaldTrump account was also being operated with the assistance of Defendant Daniel Scavino, the White House Social Media Director and Assistant to the President.
In May and June 2017, the individual Plaintiffs had tweeted a message critical of the President in a reply to a tweet from @realDonaldTrump account. Each individual Plaintiff had his/her account blocked shortly thereafter. As a result of the President's blocking of the Individual Plaintiffs from @realDonaldTrump, they were unable to view the President's tweets, directly reply to these tweets or use the @realDonaldTrump webpage to view the comment threads associated with the President's tweets while they were logged in to their verified accounts. In July 2017, the Knight Institute and the individual Plaintiffs filed a suit against aforementioned acts seeking declaratory relief and an injunction naming the President, Scavino, the then White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer (succeeded by Sarah Huckabee Sanders) and White House Communications Director Hope Hicks.
The District Court of New York granted a partial summary judgment in favour of the appellants in May 2018 against the defendants Trump and Scavino, dismissing the claims of the other two defendants for a lack of authority to operate @realDonaldTrump account. The court arrived at that holding by analyzing the account under the public-forum doctrine and determining that the blocking of the Plaintiffs was an impermissible restriction on access to a public forum. Accordingly, Judge Naomi Buchwald granted Plaintiffs' cross-motion for summary judgment in part, declining however to issue an injunction.
Pursuant to the ruling of the District Court, the accounts of the individual Plaintiffs were unblocked. President Trump appealed against the judgment of the District Court, arguing primarily that an action to block individual Plaintiffs was exercised in his private and personal capacity. Rejecting the President's claim on account of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the Appellant Court concluded that the 'interactive space' in the account acted as a public forum and the exclusion from that space of the Plaintiffs was an unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination [p. 2].
Subsequent to the decision of the Appellate Court on July 9, 2019, a poll was requested by an active Judge to rehear the case en banc. By a majority of 7-2, the rehearing of the case was denied by the Court by a decision dated March 23, 2020.
Judge Barrington Parker delivered the statement concerning denial of a reconsideration of the decision of the Appellate Court. The principle issue before the Court was to determine whether the primary argument of the dissent to rehear the case on account of the ruling of the Appellate Court being erroneous was valid or not.
According to the Federal Role of Civil Procedure (R.35), a majority of the active circuit judges decide to reconsider a case en banc when a case concerns a matter of exceptional public importance or the panel's decision appears to conflict with a prior decision of the court. An en banc hearing is ordered when two conditions are satisfied, (i) en banc consideration is necessary to secure or maintain uniformity of the court's decisions and (ii) the proceeding involves a question of exceptional importance [p. 19].
To recap, by a 3-0 majority, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Second Circuit had held that, first, the action of blocking the individual plaintiffs constituted 'state action' and secondly, the thread of replies of each tweet of the President ('interactive spaces' of the account) was a public forum.
Judge Michael H. Park (joined by Judge Sullivan) wrote the dissent. Refuting the judgment of the Appellate Court, the claim of the dissent was based on the ground that the use of the handle @realDonaldTrump was not equivalent of a state action as the account did not constitute a public forum, having been a personal account. It was argued by the dissent that while blocking accounts on Twitter, the President did not exercise any 'right or privilege created by the State' [p. 6]. Consequently, the ambit of First Amendment was restrictive and did not guarantee a right to post on social media accounts of other people, including public officials.
It was also claimed by the dissent that the decision of the Appellate Court was contrary to settled principles of state action and public forum doctrines. By extending the scope of the First Amendment, the decision encompassed personal social media activity of government officials and was therefore worthy of a review by the Court. The arguments of the dissent could be summarized as follows:
Twitter being privately owned and controlled, a public official's use of it was not tantamount to state authority, especially in the absence of the 'right of privilege' [p. 22] requirement of state action. (The Court drew an analogy of Trump's position to that of incumbents running for reelections who express a mix of personal and official views through their social media accounts, noting that the Appellate Court's ruling would have an effect of foreclosing incumbents from selecting who can participate in campaign rallies, online groups, or personal events).
The Appellate Court blurred the distinction between personal pursuits and official duties of public officials falling into a logical fallacy that 'some official use of a Twitter account turns all use, or even all tweets, into state action'[p. 24].
The Court's assessment of characterization of accounts 'interactive spaces' was flawed on two counts – first, in disaggregating the President's twitter feed into initial tweets (recognized as government speech) and his supervision of interactive features of the account (excluded from government speech) and second, by concluding that the President's use of Twitter's features in a similar manner before assuming office converted the account, intentionally, into a 'public forum'. The government 'cannot create a forum by inaction alone' [p. 31].
Rebutting the claims of the dissent that the decision had substantial negative implications resulting in public officials' diminished ability to defend themselves from hate and harassment online, Judge Parker noted that the case was a 'straightforward application of state action and public forum doctrines, congruent with Supreme Court precedent' [p. 4].
First, the majority sought to address dissent's state action claim. It held that the way the President uses his account in his official capacity takes precedence over the nature of his account in determining First Amendment violations. The majority took refuge in the Supreme Court's decision in Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. to determine that a particular conduct is state action 'fairly attributable to the state' when the claim of constitutional violation is against a party whose official character lends the weight of the state to his decisions [p. 7]. Since the President qualifies under the Lugar test, his use of Twitter amounts to state claim.
With respect to the argument of the dissent that the distinction between personal pursuits and official duties was blurred, the majority noted the 'substantial and pervasive government control' over the account, with the President and his staff using the same official channel of communications quite frequently. This was further evidenced by preservation of the President's tweets as official record under the Presidential Records Act and involvement of White House staff in drafting/posting of tweets – all giving a strong presumption in favour of state claim.
On the use of Twitter as a public forum, the majority quoted Packingham v North Carolina, noting how 'social media users engage in a wide array of protected First Amendment activity on topics as diverse as human thought' [p. 9]. It disregarded the disaggregation argument (point iii above) with a seemingly straightforward analogy – much like at public spaces where the statements made by public officials is government speech but public comments are allowed at a gathering, a discussion on a tweet is, as well, an 'interactive space' protected under the Constitution.
Next, the Court explained that a public official's action to exclude critics selectively on account of their displeasing comments (viewpoint discrimination) is an 'egregious form of content discrimination' and presumed to be unconstitutional [p. 12] In that sense, there was no 'mechanical' application of the public forum doctrine, as Twitter possessed the qualifications for extension of the doctrine on account of its openness to the general public and neutrality of views (the majority distinguished Twitter from television broadcasters in Forbes case which was cited by the dissent to argue against application of public forum doctrine).
Finally, arguing against the 'personal' nature of Trump's twitter account, the majority cited the Appellate Court's factual finding on repeated use of the account and its interactive features as an 'official vehicle of governance'. More importantly, the Court noted that in cases where the account were to be categorized as a non-public forum, it would still not be permitted to exclude individuals expressing disfavored viewpoints. The majority pointed towards the diverse bundle of features that Twitter offers as a justification for the distinction highlighted by the Appellate Court (between the tweet and its interactive space). This distinction was held to be an integral part of the Twitter experience and the use of it, in view of the Court, had become the 'most important official channel of communication' of the President [p. 18].
First Amendment principles apply when a government official opens a space to the public and invites citizens to share their thoughts with the official and other interested citizens because he creates a public forum for speech. In the 2019 decision of the Appellate court, it noted that "the best response to disfavored speech on matters of public concern is more speech, not less." By denying the rehearing en banc, the Court in this case reaffirmed that the right to receive information is reciprocal to the right of free speech. It also strongly restated the dangers of trifling with First Amendment rights on social media platforms which provide interactive spaces, and the harm in excluding persons from an otherwise open dialogue merely because they expressed views disfavored by the official.
U.S., Knight First Amendment Institute v. Donald J. Trump, 18-1691-cv (2019)
U.S., Knight First Amendment Inst. at Columbia Univ. v. Trump, 302 F. Supp. 3d 541 (S.D.N.Y. 2018)
U.S., Flagg v. Yonkers Sav. and Loan Ass'n, FA, 396 F.3d 178 (2d Cir. 2005).
U.S., Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., 457 U.S. 922 (1982).
U.S., United States v. Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters, AFL‐CIO, 941 F.2d 1292 (2d Cir. 1991).
U.S., Colombo v. O'Connell, 310 F.3d 115 (2d Cir. 2002).
U.S., Pitchell v. Callan, 13 F.3d 545 (2d Cir. 1994).
U.S., Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, 555 U.S. 460 (2009)
U.S., Ark. Ed. Television Comm'n v. Forbes, 523 U.S. 666 (1998).
U.S., Perry v. McDonald, 280 F.3d 159 (2d Cir. 2001).
U.S., Denver Area Ed. Telecomm. Consortium, Inc. v. FCC, 518 U.S. 727 (1996)
U.S., Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc., 576 U. S. ____ (2015)
U.S., Hikind v. Ocasio‐Cortez, No. 1:19‐cv‐03956 (E.D.N.Y. filed July 9, 2019).
U.S., Campbell v. Reisch, 2019 WL 3856591 (W.D. Mo. 2019).
U.S., Packingham v. North Carolina, 137 S. Ct. 1730 (2017)
U.S., Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of Univ. of Va., 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
U.S., Perry Educ. Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n, 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
U.S., Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad, 420 U.S. 546 (1976)
U.S., Minn. Voters All. v. Mansky, 138 S. Ct. 1876, 1885 (2018)
U.S., Hague v. Comm. for Indus. Org., 307 U.S. 496 (1939)


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In 2018, 070 crew member, Shake, was included on Kanye West's highly anticipated EP, Ye. She delivered a scene-stealing performance with her incredibly infectious break-down towards the end of the song and earned her 070 crew some much-deserved notoriety. Next up to bat for the family is Treee Safari, a daringly interesting vocalist who drops off her intriguing new single, "Brain Dead".
Carrying a more calculated and Hip-Hop centric flow than Shake's comparably alternative style, Treee Safari proves herself as, at the very least, a melodic savant. Utilizing a simple, but incredibly infectious cadence to drive home her varying melodies, Safari never once feels out of place. Instead, she sounds ready for whatever is ahead, which should be more notoriety.
Press play on, "Brain Dead" below and keep up with the 070 crew.


Moneybagg Yo talks Working with J. Cole, Kevin Gates, Memphis Beef & More!
Moneybagg Yo dropped by the studio to talk with Bootleg Kev and DJ Hed about his latest project '2 Heartless'. The project features YG, Kevin Gates, Jeremih, Future, Kodak Black and the Dreamville founder J. Cole.
Naturally, since Cole is rarely featured on anyone's projects, the guys spoke to Yo about working with J. Cole, his relationship with Kevin Gates, and ducking any beef in his hometown Memphis. Check out the interview below!


RENTAL solution providers Hewden are investing around £1 million in a range of new Miller attachments. The deal, which was finalized at this week's Plantworx show, will see more than 180 new breakers added to Hewden's attachment portfolio for use with their range of excavators (up to 22 tonnes) and telehandlers (5m to 17m) from 1 July 2015.
Hewden are also introducing an innovative new hanger system, allowing customers to interchange attachments even if they operate a mixture of JCB and Caterpillar machines.
To ensure the highest level of on-site safety, Hewden say their engineers will pre-fit all attachments using the safest quick-hitches on the market. The machine will then be transported and unloaded on site, ready to go to work.
'We have worked closely with the Miller team to provide Hewden customers with not only the safest breakers on the market, but a range that adds real value to the on-site solution they provide,' said Adrian Murphy, chief executive officer of Hewden.
'Combine that with the truly unique hangers, designed exclusively for Hewden, which allow the mounting of Miller breakers to both our Cat and JCB machines and we have a very exciting proposition,' he added.
Hewden say the breakers are also the first on the market to include both an automated lubrication system across the entire range and a tracker fitted to each machine to locate it if misplaced on site, or stolen.
'Innovation is at the heart of what we do and an integral part of how we add value to the customer experience. Both the automated lubrication system and the trackers are designed to minimize downtime and reduce cost, meaning our customers can get on with what they do best,' concluded Mr Murphy.