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3 Ways to Unlock the Wisdom of Colleagues

With packed schedules, piles of grading, and the endless pressure to prep for tomorrow, it’s no wonder many teachers spend little time outside their …

Shared Leadership

Dear Faculty and Staff,<p>Welcome back! For our upcoming inservice day together, please<p>See you at 8 a.m. on August 31 in the school cafeteria. Breakfast …

Vista Unified School District’s Transition to Digital Learning

Vista Unified School District serves a diverse population of students, including more than 3,000 in special education programs and more than 6,000 …

Personalizing the Learning Experience: Leveraging Openly Licensed Educational Resources

I distinctly remember walking into my first classroom as a new teacher to find an assortment of desks, items to be used in learning centers, and a …

Will the XQ “Super Schools” Live Up to Their Name? A new philanthropy’s competition to reinvent high school

Russlynn Ali (left) and Laurene Powell Jobs recognize the inaugural class of Super Schools, September 2016<p>Halfway through September 2016—roughly a …

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3 Essential Visual Design Concepts - E-Learning Heroes

If you’re like a lot of course designers, you probably have a stronger background in education or writing than you do in graphic design. And if …

Harnessing Benefits, Reining in Downsides of Virtual Schools

Last week, I offered thoughts on the Fordham Institute’s research paper on e-schools in Ohio titled, “Enrollment and Achievement in Ohio’s Virtual …

We Have to Improve the School Improvement Process

It’s September. School is back in session in many places. And yet, state test results from <i>last spring</i> are still trickling out. Colorado’s came out …

Do We Give Students Too Much Choice?

Commentary<p>There is an increased focus on student choice in K-12 education today. This focus has created more student-centered classrooms that use …

Harvard offers lessons to big city mayors

<b>How do you train to be a mayor?</b><p>Running a city is a big job. It can mean responsibility for thousands of staff and services for millions of people.<p>But what qualifications prepare you for taking those big decisions?<p>Major corporations spend millions each year on making sure their top staff have access …

The men America has left behind

They don't have college degrees. They have few job prospects. They feel left behind.<p>Nearly one-quarter of white men with only a high school diplomaaren't working. Many of these men, age 25 to 64, aren't just unemployed ... they aren't even looking for a job, according to federal data.<p>Their …

Five Ways to Ensure Real Learning Happens in Maker-Enhanced Projects

While not new, project-based learning has become a popular method to try and move beyond surface-level learning. Many teachers are trying to figure …

A virtual tour of blended-learning schools, so others can see how it’s done

When teachers want to try something new in the classroom, it helps if they can see what it looks like in action.<p>They could ask another teacher down …

10 things not enough kids know before going to college - Vox

I'm a university professor, with teaching experience at University of Chicago, Columbia, and Yale. These are the 10 things I've suggested to pretty much all the students who've ever walked through my door for office hours. I don't think the advice applies just to the elite colleges. I went to a …

Why asking for advice makes people think you’re smarter

We’ve all been there. That moment at work when you have no idea what you’re meant to be doing, but are too scared to ask. No one wants to look …

This Is What Employees Believe Makes a Great Leader

If you want your employees to like you, start by giving them more and giving yourself less.<p>Today, Glassdoor has released findings from a study designed to pinpoint <i>What Makes a Great CEO</i>? The researchers examined how employees evaluate various aspects of their workplaces and compared their …

6 Tips for Getting Started with Google Classroom (and a FREE Mini Course)

Pinterest<p>Ready to Join Google Classroom?<p>Join the Google Classroom revolution! It will completely change the way you deliver assignments, communicate …

14 Educators You Should Follow on Flipboard

<i>Educators have the power to change lives. More than mere teachers, the most influential instructors go beyond copying lesson plans and assigning homework; they inspire, guide, connect and support their pupils on multiple levels, developing innovative ways to enhance student learning and optimize</i> …

Nintendo shares are up 120% (!!!) thanks to Pokemon Go

Can anything stop the great Nintendo rally of 2016?<p>Nintendo shares had another banner day on Tuesday, surging more than 14% in Tokyo amid widespread mania over the company's sensational Pokemon Go game.<p>The stock's performance following the release of the augmented reality game is staggering: Shares …

We’ll Be at Learning2Europe. Will You?

Digital content, mobile devices and connected schools are reshaping the way students and teachers approach education. What is the future of learning? Which technology trends will impact education? How should we think about the way we organize classrooms and curricula? How can teachers keep all the …

Wake County may steer students to careers that need more workers

Wake County may do more to encourage high school students to pursue careers in law enforcement, teaching and other fields that will need additional …

All you need to know about blockchain, explained simply

Many people know it as the technology behind Bitcoin, but blockchain’s potential uses extend far beyond digital currencies.<p>Its admirers include Bill …

College grads are getting nearly all the jobs

Got a college degree? Then it's much more likely that you could land a job in the economic recovery.<p>Of the 11.6 million jobs created after the Great Recession, 8.4 million went to those with at least a bachelor's degree, according to a new report from the Center on Education and the Workforce at …

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(Photo Credit: Pictures of Money)<p>不管你的產品、服務或者 app 再怎麼好，還是要有目標客戶使用才是正道。可一旦東西定型之後，賣出去應該很簡單吧？未必。當你準備把產品推向市場時有無數因素需要考慮，像處在什麼產業，賣的是 網路 的產品還是物理硬體，用來吸引客戶的管道等等 …

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Supreme Court Weighs Case on Politics and Patronage in Local Government

In a case that could as easily have come from public education, the justices consider whether a police detective's First Amendment rights were …

七十六年后，哪些哈佛人经历了成功人生？

<b>本文首发于作者游识猷的微博，除非获得作者同意，不得商业转载（再次给出作者联系方式：新浪微博@游识猷）</b>故事从 1938年开始。那一年，时任哈佛大学卫生系主任的阿列 ·博克（Arlie Bock ）教授觉得，整个研究界都在关心 “人为什么会生病/失败 /潦倒” ，怎么没有人研究下“人怎样才能健康 /成功/ 幸福 ”？ 博克提出了一项雄心勃勃的研究计划，打算追踪一批人从青少年到人生终结，关注他们的高低转折，记录他们的状态境遇，点滴不漏，即时记录，最终将他们的一生转化为一个答案 ——什么样的人，最可能成为人生赢家。人生赢家的标准十分苛刻。主持这项研究的整整 32年的心理学者乔治·瓦利恩特（ Georg …