Category: Articles
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Content Strategy: 7 Tips to Make Your Blog Stickier
Shane Snow is co-founder of Contently.com, a marketplace for freelance journalists and brands-turned-publishers. Bounce rates are the bane of a blog’s existence. The higher the number, the less engaged the reader (and the more depressed the blogger). A sticky blog means more engaged users. It means more opportunities to turn…
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Does Your Company Have a Culture of Trust? – Dorie Clark – Harvard Business Review
Walking around Munich on a recent trip, I was impressed by the throngs of bicyclists whizzing by (move over, Amsterdam!). But what struck me even more was what the cyclists did when they dismounted. They left their bikes unlocked. In Boston — a relatively safe city — I’ve become paranoid…
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In Touch: New Things With Symbaloo
I have been using Symbaloo for about a year now. I really like it a lot. It is a visual way of sharing bookmarks with other people. The “pages” you create in Symbaloo are called a “webmix” When I first started using Symbaloo (the education version), they didn’t allow you…
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For Great Leadership, Clear Your Head – Joshua Ehrlich – Harvard Business Review
Getting stuff done is overrated. Knowing where you are going and how to get there — strategy — is everything. But many managers still spend too much time doing and not enough time thinking. Your first challenge is learning how to stop the action. But focusing and thinking about the…
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Freakonomics » Why We Desire But Reject Creative Ideas
According to a new paper by researchers from Cornell, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of North Carolina, creative ideas make people uncomfortable. via Freakonomics » Why We Desire But Reject Creative Ideas.
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