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ATC21S: Collaborative Problem Solving
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Global Education Inc.: New Policy Networks and the Neoliberal Imaginary
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Virtual Roundtable: Does STEM Education Create Critical Thinkers and Next-Generation Innovators?
May 20 - Jun 22, 2012
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Largest Student Protest this Year in Chile Turns Violent
May 17, 2012Tens of thousands of Chilean students have taken to the streets of Santiago to demand free education in the country’s latest in a series of strikes, this one evolving into the biggest protest so far this…
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Canadians Want Frozen or Lowered Tuition Fees
May 17, 2012Nearly 80% of Canadians believe that tuition fees should be frozen at current levels or lowered, according to a new poll conducted by Harris-Decima for the Canadian Federation of Students. “The cost of post-secondary education is…
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Chileans Suffer while Waiting for Education Reform
May 16, 2012Despite more than a year of mass protests that raised hopes across Chile for education reform, few students have seen any real benefits. Politicians and students have hardened their positions, but the system is still rife…
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by Konrad | May 16, 2012
Learning from the Energy of Our Differences
Several years ago, I was invited to work with a school in Georgia to help the administration address very serious problems relating to student motivation and engagement, teacher burnout, and what they described to me as…
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by Ted | May 14, 2012
Moving a Mountain: STEM Education, from Concept to Reality
STEM Education continues to emerge as one of the most critical components needed to prepare the next generation of workers for the future. Identifying the fundamental skills that STEM interventions impart, where they should occur, and…
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by Michelle | May 2, 2012
Learning to Unlearn
As an age-old joke goes, it is difficult to know what fish talk about, but you can be sure it is not water. – Peter Senge Senge’s reflections about goldfish are…
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by Laura | Apr 25, 2012
The Universal Language of Story
We are the stories we are told. Each of us alone and all of us together are the living embodiment of all the stories we have heard and all the stories we have told each other….
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ATC21S: Collaborative Problem Solving
May 17, 2012
This eight-minute video gives a brief overview of the Assessment & Teaching of 21st-Century Skills (ATC21S) project, followed by a detailed description of the skills involved in collaborative problem solving (CPS). It then delivers a comprehensive explanation…
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Global Education Inc.: New Policy Networks and the Neoliberal Imaginary
May 17, 2012
Using the approach of “policy sociology” and the methods of social network analysis, Global Education Inc. by Stephen J. Ball explores the policy activities of edu-businesses, neoliberal advocacy networks, and policy entrepreneurs, as well as of social enterprises…
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Future Learning: Catherine Lucey
May 16, 2012
In this GOOD Future Learning video, Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean of Education at the University of Calfornia, San Francisco, School of Medicine, shows how integrating technology aids the faculty in training the next generation of compassionate,…
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Digital Teaching Platforms: Customizing Classroom Learning for Each Student
May 16, 2012
The Digital Teaching Platform (DTP) brings the power of interactive technology to teaching and learning in classrooms. In this authoritative book edited by Chris Dede and John Richards, top researchers in the field of learning science…
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Searching for the Reality of Virtual Schools
May 16, 2012
In this report, the Center for Public Education describes various ways digital learning is offered to students, from individual online courses to full-time virtual schools. In addition, the report examines current state and district policies that…
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A New Dawn for STEM Education
May 15, 2012
Writing for the Huffington Post, U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (Oakland, California) thoughtfully discusses the need for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to prepare today’s students for highly skilled career positions. Lee notes that private-public…
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Noam Chomsky: The Purpose of Education
May 15, 2012
In this Learning Without Frontiers video, noted linguist, philosopher, and historian Noam Chomsky discusses the purpose of education, the impact of technology, whether education should be perceived as a cost or as an investment, and the value…
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ATC21S: An Overview of CPS Tasks
May 14, 2012
This video provides an overview of the Assessment & Teaching of 21st-Century Skills (ATC21S) collaborative problem solving (CPS) tasks, showing them in use at a participating school in Australia. It previews the ways in which ATC21S…
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