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Are You Helping Prepare Students for Jobs That Will Be Lost to Automation?
edweek.org - Catherine Gewertz
Teachers, do you ever wonder if you’re helping students get prepared for jobs that will have disappeared by the time they graduate? As the education …
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How Canada became an education superpower
bbc.co.uk - By Sean Coughlan
When there are debates about the world's top performing education systems, the names that usually get mentioned are the Asian powerhouses such as Singapore and South Korea or the Nordic know-alls, such as Finland or Norway. But with much less recognition, Canada has climbed into the top tier of …
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Rebooting Industrial Era Seating
edutopia.org - Eric Sheninger
My heart sank when I thought about how this space—a cemetery—resembled the classroom space I designed for my very first class of fourth graders. The …
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Sorry, kids: schools need more testing, not less
Vox - Ulrich Boser
In education circles, testing has become the villain of the day. Kids declare exams to be a waste of time while educators argue that the anxiety around tests produces a “toxic environment.” Families loathe exams, too, as I learned when doing some research on assessments, with parents often viewing …
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Why Grade Grubbing Valedictorians Never Get to Rule the World
The Daily Beast - Eric Barker
The skills it takes to make it in high school and college are not the same as the skills it takes to succeed post-graduation. In fact, C+ does just …
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Japan's mouthwatering school lunch program is a model for the rest of the world
Business Insider - Chris Weller
Japanese school lunches aren't synonymous with "mystery meat," but rather, shokuiku. It means "food and nutrition education," and it's a vital part of the Japanese child's early education. Beginning in elementary school, kids come to understand that what you put into your body matters a great deal in …

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