In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss what high stakes tests are required by each state, how to go from building cities in games to building cities in real life and our guest this week is educator and author of the amazing book “The New Childhood” Jordan Shapiro.

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Guest: Jordan ShapiroTwitter: https://twitter.com/jordoshWebsite: https://www.jordanshapiro.org/Buy the Book!: https://amzn.to/2XPdxOb (buying the book with this link provides a very small amount of income for OnEducation)

Notes:What Tests are Required by State: https://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/what-tests-does-each-state-require.htmlStudent Improves Tech Tech - and Gets a Job!: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-03-04-a-student-improved-a-classroom-tech-solution-so-the-company-hired-himFrom Video Game to Day Job: https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-simcity-inspired-urban-planners-20190305-story.htmlStandardized Testing on Last Week Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6lyURyVz7k

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