Information on infusing leadership and life skills in K-12 education.
Hadi Partovi, the founder of Code.org, just announced the Hour of Code: a movement to recruit 10 million students of all ages to try computer science for one hour. Your school can be part of history by participating in the largest initiative of its kind, ever. The Hour of Code is an introduction to computer
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TRUTH Research from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that good teachers are worth their weight in gold. The research draws from a substantial data-set from a large unnamed urban American school district covering 20 years of results and more than 2.5 million pupils. Key findings include: The quality of teachers varies much more
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The competition didn’t know the students from Sun Valley High School were so awesome. Sun Valley is a new school that has a challenging instructional environment in an area where one would not expect to find adequate support. 94 percent of the students are Hispanic, 87 percent qualify for free and reduced price meals, and
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Teachers who are looking for a project idea should consider using Robots in the classroom. Robotics is one of the fasting growing industries and most advanced technology being used in education, research and many industries. For example, the new all-electric Tesla automobiles are being made primarily by robots in Fremont California. Robots are used now by
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