Language skills can seal the deal for business students

North Jersey - Antoinette Rainone "Interested in conducting business around [...]

September 30th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Business, Career, Career & Technical Training, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, College Degree, College/University, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Global Economy, Global Workforce, Globalized World, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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White House to bolster STEM education, close skills gap

CIO - Kenneth Corbin "On paper, the Obama administration has [...]

September 29th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Career, Career & Technical Training, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Diversity, Education, Learning, News, Obama, School, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How STEM Skills Are the Next Great Equalizer

Fortune - Tim Bajarin "I grew up in the age [...]

September 27th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Career, Career & Technical Training, Career Pathways, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Engineering, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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5 reasons girls don’t pursue technology-related careers

E-School News - Laura Devaney "Exposing girls to technology early, [...]

September 26th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Career, Career & Technical Training, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Girls, Learning, News, STEM, Teacher, Technology, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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5 languages that are hard to master, but will pay off forever

Business Insider - Amie Cain "Just because learning languages can [...]

September 22nd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Beijing, Bilingual, Career, Career & Technical Training, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Preparing Students for the Computational Future

Ed Surge - Stephen Wolfram "Pick any field “X,” from [...]

September 13th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Career, Career & Technical Training, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Employers warn of widening skills shortage

BBC - Sean Coughlan "An increasing number of UK employers [...]

July 19th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Career, Career & Technical Training, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Vocational Training Works Pays Off More for Boys Than for Girls

Education News - Kristin Decarr "New research out of Cornell [...]

July 6th, 2016|Categories: Boys, Career & Technical Training, Gender, Girls, Jobs, Vocational|Tags: Education, School|

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Reasons For Learning Foreign Languages

The Sequitur - Staff Writer "Studying and learning foreign languages [...]

June 21st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Career, Career & Technical Training, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The highest-paying jobs that don’t require a graduate degree

The Mercury News - Nick Selbe "For some people, four [...]

June 19th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Career, Career & Technical Training, Career Pathways, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College Tuition, College-prep, College/University, Graduate degree|Tags: Education, schools|

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