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Blended Learning – The Wise Alternative to Longer School Days and Years
The beauty of blended learning is that it respects the teacher’s place in the educational equation. Students and teachers still need to be in a classroom for it to work.
Read More »Quality or Quantity – Do We Really Need More Instruction Time?
There are no easy answers in education, but the idea of adding more instructional time is like putting a Band-Aid on a gushing wound.
Read More »CRS wants McGovern-Dole Expanded to Fight World Hunger
CRS is calling on Congress to increase funding for the McGovern-Dole global school meals program
Read More »To Spank or Not to Spank
There is only one reason to raise your hand to a child: not knowing another way.
Read More »Interview: Dr. Al Forsyth on Helping and Learning with FreeRice
Dr. Al Forsyth says "I think the concept of FreeRice – learning and helping – is brilliant."
Read More »Book Review: Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts by David Weinberger
The Revisionaries: If You Can’t Win, Change the Rules
The documentary The Revisionaries shows the surprising extremes some people will go to to tip the future in their favor.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Won’t Back Down
Won't Back Down is a moving, inspiring film based on a true story about commitment and the value of education
Read More »What if? Thoughts on the Newtown, CT Massacre and Peace
What if we beat guns into plowshares?
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