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You can’t graduate from Starfleet Academy and go on to save the universe without a quality, personalized education under your phaser belt. You can only imagine the painstaking care that would have to be taken to hold the interest of both Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk as children learning about plate tectonics and igneous rock [...]
As school systems across the United States move, seemingly inexorably, toward high stakes assessment-oriented modes of instruction, many educators and parents want to provide children with learning opportunities that return to hands-on, inquiry based, and project based learning. Numerous programs and products have emerged to meet this desire. Arts-based after-school and summer programs are hosted [...]
Seventeen years ago, on June 1, 1996, some 300,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. for “Stand for Children Day.” Sponsored by the Children’s Defense Fund, the event was the largest demonstration in support of children in U.S. history. Among the record-breaking crowd was civil rights leader Rosa Parks, who challenged attendees [...]
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In Search of Common Sense: It’s Far Less Common Than It Once Was… by Tom King was originally posted on Tom King’s Blog of De-Fog. Having recently celebrated my golden anniversary as a teacher/educator in K-12 and higher-ed, I find myself more puzzled than ever. You’d think experience and training would reduce my puzzlement; but [...]
This past January, Google publicized in District Administration Magazine that nearly 500 school districts, including more than 2,000 campuses across 41 states have introduced Google Chromebooks into the classroom. I have heard a lot of chatter regarding when Compass Learning will be getting into the mobile device game. Well, the time has arrived! We are [...]
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