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  • In Touch: How do you teach problem solving strategies?

    How do you solve problems? What strategies do you use? After doing a search in Thinkfinity, I found some interesting online games in CalculationNation created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics for developing and practicing problem solving strategies: SlamBall and Fraction Fued. via In Touch: How do you teach problem solving strategies?. Read more

  • The EDifier – Center for Public Education

    Comparing the performance of the U.S. education system to other countries is anything but straightforward. Take for example math. How well does the U.S. perform in math compared to other countries? You probably heard something along the lines of: U.S. students scored below the international average in math and ranked 25th out of 34 industrialized… Read more

  • Fighting the War on Poverty with Early Childhood Education

    This week, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—the largest federal program designed to improve education, particularly for disadvantaged students—is up for revision in the Senate. This review gives Congress a unique opportunity to improve our education system and to make significant strides against the record numbers of children in poverty by expanding federally funded early… Read more

  • Five Must-Reads for Tackling Complex Problems – Ted Cadsby – Harvard Business Review

    What is a must-read book? For me, it’s a book that explores, in a compelling way, a must-know idea — one that altered my perspective long after I had forgotten the book’s narrative and details. The following five books are a small sample from a longer list of must-reads, but they have two things in… Read more

  • Computing power: A deeper law than Moore’s? | The Economist

    The energy efficiency of computing is doubling every 18 months IN 1965 Gordon Moore, a co-founder of Intel, first observed that integrated circuits, better known as silicon chips, seemed to conform to a predictable law: since their invention in 1958, the density of components in each chip had doubled each year, and this trend was,… Read more

  • 5 Lessons for Parenting in the Digital Age

    Soren Gordhamer is the organizer of the Wisdom 2.0 Conferences. Along with its annual event, it is also holding a Wisdom 2.0 Youth Conference for parents and others focused on supporting young people in the digital age. You can follow him at @SorenG on Twitter. “Dad, can I use your phone to play games?” asked… Read more