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By Mariano Castillo, CNN Birmingham, Alabama (CNN) - The class of 1963 crowded in a rectangle on the dance floor, the memories of high school fresh on their minds as the band played in a sea of pink and blue hues. Aretha Franklin. Etta James. The...
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BIG THINK
National Geographic, some years ago: a melancholy piece about the emptying of the Dakotan prairie, illustrated with pictures of pension-age waitresses in doomed diners in dying towns, and of the wind playing with dolls in windowless farmhouses,...
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ESCHOOL NEWS
Technologies that enable more personalized learning are poised at the forefront of learning trends, according to this year's Horizon Report K-12, an annual report that forecasts learning technologies that will have a large impact on learning in...
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BIG THINK
The universe is quantum. Physicists have known that for decades. Yet the economy remains as Newtonian today as when Sir Isaac Newton was the Master of the Royal Mint at the beginning of the 18th century. The time has come for a new and improved...
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INSIDE HIGHER ED
Blog: GradHackerEva Lantsoght is a PhD Candidate in Structural Engineering at Delft University of Technology and blogs about academia and concrete research on PhD Talk. You can follow her on twitter at @evalantsoght.
The internet contains a...
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INSIDE HIGHER ED
Blog: University of VenusEarlier I wrote about my dilemma about applying for Doctoral programs, and you’ve all been waiting with bated breath to hear how it all turned out. I eventually applied to three Ph.D. programs in Women’s...
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INSIDE HIGHER ED
Blog: GlobalHigherEdThe last several days of higher ed media coverage have been rich with discussions about the tangle of global networks being formed. A case in point is this announcement, by Imperial College London and Zhejiang...
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EDUCATION STORMFRONT
Are you ever totally consumed by something? Young people these days seem to be totally involved in social media, video games and other forms of entertainment. I’m sure every teacher wishes their students would be even 1/10th as interested in...
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CONNECTED PRINCIPALS
Some describe four ”Cs” of essential skills for this 21st century – traits such as: Critical thinking, Collaboration, Communication, and Creativity. Some list five or six ”Cs.” Five: Creativity,...
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DIALOGUE ONLINE
Celebrating the life of Renilde Montessori, who passed away this past Friday, September 14th, 2012. Renilde was the youngest grandchild of Maria Montessori. Read more...
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