Teachers and social media: trekking on treacherous terrain

The Mercury News - Doug Oakley, Teresa Harrington and Sharon [...]

September 8th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Computer, Current Events, Education, Internet, Learning, News, Online, Social Media, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Pupils must follow ‘five-a-day’ rule to boost mental health

The Telegraph - Graeme Paton "The headmaster of Highgate School [...]

September 6th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Brain, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Computer, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Mental Health, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Georgia Governor Wants Computer Programming for High School Grads

Education News - Kristin Decarr "Georgia Governor Nathan Deal is [...]

September 4th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Coding, Computer, Computer Science, Technology, Workforce|Tags: Education, School|

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Third-graders must know how to type, drop-n-drag to succeed on Smarter Balanced test

Oregon Live - Betsy Hammond "It turns out that to [...]

August 31st, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Computer, Current Events, Education, Elementary School, Learning, News, Oregon, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Kids And Screen Time: What Does The Research Say?

NPR - JUANA SUMMERS "Kids are spending more time than [...]

August 29th, 2014|Categories: Child Development, Childhood Education, Computer, Emotional Literacy, Screen Media, Social & Emotional Learning (SEL), Technology, Television|Tags: Education, School|

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Laptop Note-Taking: External Brain-Booster or Memory Drain?

Education Week - Sarah D. Sparks "As more and more [...]

August 28th, 2014|Categories: Computer, Handwriting, Learning, Screen Media, Students, Technology|Tags: Education, School|

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5 Things You Need To Know About The Future Of Math

Forbes - Jordan Shapiro "Believe it or not, math is [...]

July 25th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Computer, Education, Math, Mathematics, Reform, STEM|Tags: Education, School|

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Too Much Technology Is Bad for the Brain

The Huffington Post - Steve Nelson "Many so-called educational reformers [...]

July 14th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Computer, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Technology, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Google’s Helping Young Girls, But How Can We Get Women in College To Code?

Forbes - Yunita Ong "In June, Google pledged $50 million [...]

July 2nd, 2014|Categories: Coding, College/University, Computer, Computer Science, Girls|Tags: Education, School|

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The Ambitious Plan to Teach 100,000 Poor Kids to Code

Time - Denver Nicks "Out of that spark was born [...]

June 22nd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Coding, Computer, Computer Science, Current Events, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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