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35. Ibid, “Arizona State University: to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive Courses to Enable Student Success,” How We Work: Grants, July 12, 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1093446
Ibid, “Board of Trustees of Essex County College: to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive Courses to Enable Student Success,” How We Work: Grants, July 17, 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1093870
Ibid, “Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg College: to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive Courses to Enable Student Success,” How We Work: Grants, July 11, 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1093910
Ibid, “Design Innovation Factory: to Refine and Expand Catalyst Writing and Reading, an Adaptive Learning Game and Assessment Platform for Grades 4-8,” How We Work: Grants, July 1, 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1093100
Ibid, “EduInnovation: to Support the Learning Platform Bundle that Will Serve as a Resource to Educators and Administrative/District Personnel to Inform Decisions on Platform Implementation and Adaptive Learning Apps in Their Schools,” How We Work: Grants, May 8, 2015, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2015/05/OPP1131100
Ibid, “EnLearn: to Support the Development of an Adaptive Platform for Data-Driven Optimization of Digital Learning Environments,” How We Work: Grants, November 19, 2012, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/11/OPP1066939
Ibid, “EnLearn: to Support and Enable the Development of Adaptive Digital Courseware That
Can Contribute to a More Personalized Teaching and Learning Experience,” How We Work: Grants, July 13, 2015, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2015/07/OPP1132937
Ibid, “Excelsior College: to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive Courses
to Enable Student Success,” How We Work: Grants, July 3, 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1093876
Ibid, “Gainesville State College Foundation, Inc: to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive Courses to Enable Student Success,” How We Work: Grants, July 9, 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1093932
Ibid, “KIPP Bay Area Schools: to Expand the Use of Khan Academy’s Adaptive Software Platform for Self-Paced Individualized and Mastery-Based Learning,” How We Work: Grants, November 17, 2011, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2011/11/OPP1051527
Ibid, “Maricopa County Community College District: to Support the Creation of the Next
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Ibid, “New Visions for Public Schools Inc.: to Build an Adaptive Learning Platform for the Reading and the Writing Process, for Grades 3-8. The System Offers Students Many Types of Help, Meaningful Feedback, and Different Content Approaches to Achieve Differentiated Instruction,” How We Work: Grants, July 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1093158
Ibid, “North Carolina State University : to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive Courses to Enable Student Success,” How We Work: Grants, July 15, 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1093888
Ibid, “Northeastern University: to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive
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Ibid, “Research Foundation of State University of New York: to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive Courses to Enable Student Success,” How We Work: Grants, July 19, 2013,
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Ibid, “Savannah Technical College: to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive Courses to Enable Student Success,” How We Work: Grants, July 13, 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1093905
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Ibid, “University of California, Davis: to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive Courses to Enable Student Success,” How We Work: Grants, August 9, 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/08/OPP1093926
Ibid, “Worcester Polytechnic Institute: to Support the Creation of the Next Generation of Adaptive Courses to Enable Student Success,” How We Work: Grants, August 9, 2013, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/08/OPP1093937
36. Ibid, “Gates Foundation Announces Finalists for $20 Million in Digital Courseware Investments,” Press Room: Press Releases and Statements, September 30, 2014, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2014/09/Gates-Foundation-Announces-Finalists-for-$20-Million-in-Digital-Courseware-Investments
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Ibid, Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development (1945-1965): Third Volume of a Three Volume Series (Stanford University, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1973).
2 Ibid, America’s Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones,
Updated Reprint (Walterville, OR: Trine Day, 2002), 113-182.
3 Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, in discussion with this author (John Klyczek), November 16, 2018.
4 Antony C. Sutton, America’s Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull
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50 Ibid.
51 Ibid.
52 Ibid.
53 Ibid, 86.
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55 B. F. Skinner, The Technology of Teaching (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1968), viii.
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60 Ibid, 61.
Edward Lee Thorndike, Education: A First Book, (New York: Macmillan Company, 1914), 165.
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