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Student Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement
ascd.org - by Judith L. Irvin, Julie Meltzer and Melinda S. Dukes
Why is this component important? Becoming skilled readers, writers, speakers, listeners, and thinkers requires ample opportunity for practice, …
Education Technology
How to Create Captioned Flipped Video Lessons
practicaledtech.com
A few weeks ago Google introduced a new Google Slides feature that automatically captions your presentations while you speak. Unfortunately, the …
Education
Being in nature is good for learning, here's how to get kids off screens and outside
theconversation.com - Tonia Gray
Contrary to the belief we Aussies are a nature-loving outdoor nation, research suggests we’re spending less and less time outdoors. This worrying …
Educational Technology Serves Equity When Used with Purpose
edsurge.com - Heath Morrison
In my time as a classroom teacher, principal and superintendent, I became professionally and emotionally vested in leading and supporting a vision …
20 First-Day-of-School Traditions Your Students Will Love
weareteachers.com - Jill Staake on August 20, 2018
We asked our Facebook followers to share their first-day-of-school traditions and activities. Here are our favorites along with a few more we’ve …
Social Work
Students are being prepared for jobs that no longer exist. Here's how that could change.
NBC News
Culture Matters Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series entitled Map to the Middle Class, which is being jointly published by NBCNews.com and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent
Cognitive Skills and Math
edcircuit.com
by Betsy Hill In the first article in this series, we provided an overview of cognitive skills, the mental processes our brains use to take in, …
Why the 'children first' mentality is making teachers quit
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: Kristina Rizga writes about the wisdom of Mission High School in San Francisco giving its teachers time to plan for and reflect on student achievement. She noticed, "As teacher morale and
The Most Powerful Lesson I’ve Ever Learned In Business
medium.com - Mike McCue
How to lead by first principles when everything is at stake One morning in the depths of the 2001/2002 recession, a decision was looming large at a …
Google Spent Years Studying Effective Bosses. Now They Teach New Managers These 6 Things
Inc Magazine - By Michael Schneider
The transition from individual contributor to manager is not an easy one. In many cases, the skills that got you the promotion will not be the same ones that make you effective as a manager. Luckily, have
The brave new world of 21st century learning
The Globe and Mail
School's out. At last, kids and parents can relax. No more worries about crowded classrooms and teachers' strikes – at least until September. But parents should be very anxious indeed, especially if their
Create a Calm Classroom - Download Focus Posters
morethansound.net
More Than Sound has developed a variety of resources to help educators create a calm classroom. Download FREE classroom posters with easy-to-follow …
Long-form Journalism
The death of reading is threatening the soul
The Washington Post
By Philip Yancey I am going through a personal crisis. I used to love reading. I am writing this blog in my office, surrounded by 27 tall bookcases laden with 5,000 books. Over the years I have read them,
How to Have Difficult Conversations When You Don’t Like Conflict
Harvard Business Review - Joel Garfinkle
Avoiding or delaying a difficult conversation can hurt your relationships and create other negative outcomes. It may not feel natural at first, especially if you dread discord, but you can learn to dive
The Complete Story of the Millennial Generation
Inc Magazine - By Ryan Jenkins
Maturity is the ability to see and act on the behalf of others. Immaturity is not seeing things from someone else's point of view. It's natural for Millennials to exude immaturity in the workplace because
Learning Disabilities
ascd.org - Rick Allen
Many applaud the involvement of students with learning disabilities in high-stakes testing as the logical outgrowth of the inclusion movement that …
University of Michigan
How the cloud has changed education and training
TNW - Ben Dickson
A few years ago, the cloud was a promise to reduce costs of IT and improve flexibility and scaling by providing on-demand computing, storage and services to every organization. Today, the cloud is a ubiquity
Scientists Find an Undeniably Effective Technique for Mastering New Skills
Inc Magazine - By Betsy Mikel
How to teach an old dog new tricks. We tend to convince ourselves we're really bad at learning new things. We think our tired, old brains can't possibly absorb all the new information required to master
4 Simple Things Every Team Wants From Their Leader
Inc Magazine - By Gordon Tredgold
While it can be difficult to become a great leader and to achieve great things, practicing great leadership is actually quite easy. There is a tendency to overcomplicate or overthink what leadership is,
Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War
The New York Times - By CHARLES DUHIGG
To understand the anxiety inside American Express — which has announced its second consecutive year of declining revenue — you need to know about a story that made its way through the company’s headquarters
Economics Shouldn’t Be an Elective
The Wall Street Journal. - Benjamin Auslin
High-school students need to understand supply, demand and money management. If President Trump is serious about improving the economy, maybe he should start by giving the next generation a bit of Econ
150+ Educational Websites For Lifelong Learners
medium.com - Janet Alexandersson
This list keeps being updated with more online educational resources: Take a look at EVERLEARNERS.COM If you are anything like me, you have discovered …
Grandparents
Our Grandparents Learned Personal Finance in School. Why Can’t Our Children?
The Wall Street Journal - Ted Beck
By Ted Beck Ted Beck The Wall Street Journal Biography Ted Beck is president and CEO of the National Endowment for Financial Education, a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability
This epic slide deck lays out the future of tech and media in 2017
Business Insider - Nathan McAlone
He predicted that subscription revenue will drive internet and media, accounting for over half of growth. "Pay to download" models, on the other hand, are disappearing. Wolf also crowned eSports, or competitive
Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?
Harvard Business Review - Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
How much do CEOs actually matter? Throughout the Western world, and increasingly elsewhere, individual performance is glorified over and above collective team efforts. This is particularly true when it
7 Skills That Are Hard To Learn But Pay Off Forever
Forbes - Travis Bradberry
The act of learning is every bit as important as what you learn. Believing that you can improve yourself and do things in the future that are beyond your current possibilities is exciting and fulfilling.
The Need to Validate Vocational Interests
The Atlantic - Ashley Lamb-Sinclair
Assuming college is always the best option turns career-minded students away from true learning. At a recent conference, I listened to a university president boast about a program she had developed in
This One Simple Technique Will Stoke Your Creativity Every Day
Fast Company - By Gwen Moran
Mindfulness isn’t only a meditation technique, it’s a way to observe the minutiae of daily life to unlock creativity. One key to innovation is creativity–and organizations spend a great deal of time looking
Reshaping the team you inherit
imd.org
Most newly appointed leaders have limited familiarity with their teams at the outset and can’t swap in new people to help grow or transform the …
6 Phrases You'll Always Hear From Confident Leaders
Inc Magazine - By Paolina Milana
This story first appeared on The Muse, a Web destination with exciting job opportunities and expert career advice. Whether you've just started training your first hire or you've been managing scores of

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Student Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement

How to Create Captioned Flipped Video Lessons

Being in nature is good for learning, here's how to get kids off screens and outside

Educational Technology Serves Equity When Used with Purpose

20 First-Day-of-School Traditions Your Students Will Love

Students are being prepared for jobs that no longer exist. Here's how that could change.

Cognitive Skills and Math

Why the 'children first' mentality is making teachers quit

The Most Powerful Lesson I’ve Ever Learned In Business

Google Spent Years Studying Effective Bosses. Now They Teach New Managers These 6 Things

The brave new world of 21st century learning

Create a Calm Classroom - Download Focus Posters

The death of reading is threatening the soul

How to Have Difficult Conversations When You Don’t Like Conflict

The Complete Story of the Millennial Generation

Learning Disabilities

How the cloud has changed education and training

Scientists Find an Undeniably Effective Technique for Mastering New Skills

4 Simple Things Every Team Wants From Their Leader

Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War

Economics Shouldn’t Be an Elective

150+ Educational Websites For Lifelong Learners

Our Grandparents Learned Personal Finance in School. Why Can’t Our Children?

This epic slide deck lays out the future of tech and media in 2017

Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?

7 Skills That Are Hard To Learn But Pay Off Forever

The Need to Validate Vocational Interests

This One Simple Technique Will Stoke Your Creativity Every Day

Reshaping the team you inherit

6 Phrases You'll Always Hear From Confident Leaders