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Hechinger Report contributing editor Jill Barshay took part in a podcast with Bloomberg radio last week, talking about technology and education and answering some burning questions.

Barshay teamed up with USA TODAY education reporter Greg Toppo to explain:

-Why are there still textbooks in 2012?
-Why are educational businesses salivating over the common core standards?
-How effective are video games at educating kids?

Listen to the interview (Barshay and Toppo interview starts ~13:40) at Bloomberg’s site.

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Interview: Jill Barshay on business and common core, video games in education, more

by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report
July 16, 2012

<h1>Interview: Jill Barshay on business and common core, video games in education, more</h1> <p class="byline">by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report <br />July 16, 2012</p> <p><em>Hechinger Report</em> contributing editor <a href="https://hechingerreport.org/content/author/jill-barshay/">Jill Barshay</a> took part in a podcast with Bloomberg radio last week, talking about technology and education and answering some burning questions.</p> <p>Barshay teamed up with <em>USA TODAY</em> education reporter Greg Toppo to explain:</p> <p>-Why are there still textbooks in 2012?<br /> -Why are educational businesses salivating over the common core standards?<br /> -How effective are video games at educating kids?</p> <p><a href="http://media.bloomberg.com/bb/avfile/Bloomberg_EDU/vK8COAAZZlps.mp3">Listen to the interview</a> (Barshay and Toppo interview starts ~13:40) at Bloomberg’s site.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://hechingerreport.org/interview-jill-barshay-on-business-and-common-core-video-games-in-education-more/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://hechingerreport.org&quot;&gt;The Hechinger Report&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/hechingerreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-favicon.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://hechingerreport.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=9003&amp;amp;ga4=G-03KPHXDF3H&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://hechingerreport.org/interview-jill-barshay-on-business-and-common-core-video-games-in-education-more/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hechingerreport.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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