Steven Francisco (@innoteach) profile picture

Problem solver for social justice. VP, Tech at #lee_national, and former founder of Innovation Teaching.

New York, NY
Joined January 2008
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Last week I gave a webinar to a network of Non-Profit Technology teams on "Strategy Before Software: Building Effective Technology for Civic Change". We discussed how to use a simple 3 Circles Tool to write your software vision, a…lnkd.in/e87vFK2D lnkd.in/eEezbKVd
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Cucurucucu paloma mia! I was just talking to a partner about the respect Harry Belafonte brought to other languages and cultures in how he approached singing in other languages. He sang with dignity and respect for all origins, ju…lnkd.in/epmgep7f lnkd.in/eN7fU3dS
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Xenon is a noble gas. Noble gasses have a full electron shell and therefore don't form bonds. So why does Xeon Tetraflouride (a Xenon molecule+ 4 Flouride molecules) exist? Because we live in a probabilistic universe, and different conditions create new p…lnkd.in/e9vysRai
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I gave Google's bard the "polymath workout" this evening for fun. It seems it can't quite make the connections of a polymath, but when given a connection it can rationalize it quite well. For example, I took a model from ecology -the MacArthur-Wilson eq…lnkd.in/eDCD6kU9
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THEME: FX's Atlanta Steven Francisco (@innoteach) discusses the struggles Black students face in PWI, demonstrated by Donald Glover's character Earn. mediacommons.org/imr/content…
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I've been looking for more opportunities to inject education policy into the discussions around contemporary art, media, and film -- then an old friend asked me to to join a group of talented writers to discuss FX Networks & Donald…lnkd.in/eAKkit8q lnkd.in/evzGexwF
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Seeking a curious, dynamic, problem solver with excellent management skills to lead my tech team's build squad. Great role for someone looking to step out of the corporate world and leave a lasting mark on Educational Equity in th…lnkd.in/ddzWUqK lnkd.in/d45_-Rt
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Building Artificial Intelligence models that counter structural bias, requires a commitment to de-biasing your processes long before tuning your models. You need organizational processes with equity before AI can amplify that value.
My team doesn't solve education's biggest problems, but we do build the technology to find and enable the people tha…lnkd.in/dX-wh9P
.@BroadCenter alums from @achievement1st @KIPP @UncommonSchools pen op-ed urging support for all public schools usatoday.com/story/opinion/2…
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Many decisions are emotional, reasons fill in justification after deal is closed. This is why fear is so effective a political tactic.
Lssn I learned running my own business for years: if ppl don't wnt to buy, they won't & will find reason why. Re: HRC's mistakes #pa2017
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So glad @LatinoDecisions is on this Identity Politics panel. #PA2017
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#pa2017 Church is a hard sell when you make the case for .... nevermind...@latinodecisions beat me to saying it.
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I think those origins change the discourse and inform when/where we should use them.
@kathyjcramer, fair point on intersect but consider that Race is a construct in service to econ & class is construct to desc econ. #pa2017
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This "battle of the nates" is pure gold. #pa2017
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