Jonathan Harber, who also teaches edtech entrepreneurship at NYU, is the founder of EdTech Week, an annual gathering of entrepreneurs and innovators who are working to transform education.
There is one key exception. When a president endorses a policy that is traditionally more popular with members of the other party, partisan polarization on that issue tends to lessen slightly. Also, public opinion as a whole tends to shift in the direction of the president's position.
Effective communication doesn't need to be overly complex. It can be as simple as this: Be deliberate in the structure, purpose and engagement of your communication efforts.
The 183,000-student Gwinnett County district says the state Department of Education's refusal to approve the course means its students would be cheated out of credit for the difficulty of the work.
Erin Mote is the CEO and founder of InnovateEDU, where she leads the nonprofit's technology product development and works on data interoperability and its urban education fellowship.
Karim Abouelnaga is the CEO and cofounder of PRACTICE, which creates school leadership programs for students in urban schools in efforts to close opportunity gaps.