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Why I'm Not Opting My Kids Out of State Testing - Education - GOOD
With the arrival of spring comes the focus of modern public education: standardized testing. Thanks to the growing popularity of the movement to opt children out of testing, increasing numbers of school and district offices are finding themselves fielding requests from parents eager to remove their children from the process. Despite my longstanding belief that standardized testing is probably the laziest way of measuring student achievement—and teacher quality—I’m not opting my own two sons out of them.
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The best way to learn about making social media work for your business or brand is to learn from those that succeeded to do so before you. That’s true of strategy and of monitoring your progress.
12 social media tools pros use - Holy Kaw!
Startups now have six ‘coworking’ places to call home | SmartPlanet
Lately, “coworking spaces” — shared office environments that provide desk and conference room space, Internet connections, social connections, and counseling for professionals, entrepreneurs and startups — have been the rage. In a rough-and-tumble economy with limited or tenuous job opportunities, entrepreneurship and startups are seen as the most viable (and often more interesting) career path. Coworking spaces cater to this new way of work, with temporary and long-term leasing arrangements, often within the funkiest city neighborhoods.
With MITx, free education for the masses | SmartPlanet
We've known for over 30 years that lecturing is the worst way to transmit information, and yet, the vast majority of even the 'best' schools still use it as a main method. It is about time that education got rolling online en mass, as campuses are stretched to get good teachers, and tuition/housing/books have skyrocketed, while quality of education has remained constant or dropped. The online model finnally permits you to have the best teachers at the lowest cost regardless of your location--increasingly the courses are free, with a fee for certification.
An inspiring trip to Haiti and publishing educational materials that matter: read about it in the newest letter from executive director Cecilia d'Oliveira.
Free Online Course Materials | MIT OpenCourseWare
7 signs of a dysfunctional company - CBS News
COMMENTARY I was just reading about how Barack Obama and George W. Bush are the most polarizing presidents of the past 50 years, meaning they had the largest gap in approval ratings between democrats and republicans.I'm sory but this is utterly rubbish. I don't understand how can this be more useful or practical then a tent, in those "emergency situations". This is another well intentioned design "concept" with few practical aspects besides serving as an emergency blanket.
Basic House fits in your pocket | SmartPlanet
Get notified when this poster is available for purchase » I stumbled upon this quote late one night while browsing some of my favorite blogs and it really stuck out to me because I related to it so well. I decided to make a poster for it in order to spread it around since I feel a lot of other people can relate to this too.
Ira Glass Quote | Sawyer Hollenshead - Personal Portfolio
Confessions of a Mega Church Pastor: How I Discovered the Hidden Treasures of the Catholic Church (9780984131839): Allen Hunt: Books
This is such a powerful book! It is a raw, honest and moving story that has deepened my faith and my love for the Church, and from a perspective I could never had imagined. I can t recommend it highly enough for anyone who wants to know what it really means to be Catholic.The authors cite the above quote as synthesizing the lessons of this remarkable book. In so doing, they make a compelling case for a reversal of the education and thinking processes of ever more separating the arts and sciences, the senses, and subdividing specialities. As the authors relate in a number of ways, a central problem of education today is that the students often can pass the tests but not apply what they learned to everyday life.
Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People (0046442127455): Robert S. Root-Bernstein, Michele M. Root-Bernstein: Books
Stanford prof defects to education disruptor side, launches global classroom | SmartPlanet
“Now that I have seen the true power of education, there is no turning back.One Degree
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