Common Core Drives Interest in Open Education Resources

Education Week - Katie Ash "Spurred by the adoption of [...]

October 20th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Education, Internet, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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‘Statistical illiteracy’ leaves citizens at risk of being duped by politicians and businessmen, warns British Academy

The Telegraph - John Bingham "A crippling fear of numbers [...]

October 20th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Twitter and Facebook ‘harming children’s development’

The Telegraph - Graeme Paton "A generation of children risks [...]

October 20th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Behavior, Brain, Child Development, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Great Britain (UK), Internet, Learning, News, Social Media, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Pressed to bridge the skills gap, colleges and corporations try to get along

The Hechinger Report - Jon Marcus " Business officials complain [...]

October 19th, 2012|Categories: Business, Critical Thinking, Skills Gap|Tags: Education, School|

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Kenya: New Bill to Streamline School Curricula

AllAfrica.com - Lydia N. Nzomo "...the Kenya Institute of Curriculum [...]

October 19th, 2012|Categories: Africa, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Kenya, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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What Does Science Tell Us About Teaching Kids to Think?

The Atlantic - Daniel Willingham "...a heavy emphasis on writing [...]

October 17th, 2012|Categories: Critical Thinking, Curriculum, Reading, Research, Writing|Tags: Education, School|

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Deeper Learning

Education Week - Anthony Jackson "21st century skills. Deeper learning. [...]

October 17th, 2012|Categories: Critical Thinking, Education, Learning, Research, Skills, World Knowledge|Tags: Education, School|

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Investing in the future of our youth

China Daily - Qian Tang "Twenty years ago there were [...]

October 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Meet GoldieBlox: the toy designed to get girls interested in engineering

The Guardian - Oliver Wainwright "GoldieBlox is the invention of [...]

October 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, Engineering, England, Gender, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Childhood stimulation key to brain development, study finds

The Guardian - Alok Jha "An early childhood surrounded by [...]

October 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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