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Relevant Thinking and Learner Success

A Principal's Reflections

In today's rapidly changing world, where new challenges and technologies emerge at an unprecedented pace, students need to be relevant thinkers to successfully navigate the complex social, economic, and environmental issues they will face. Techniques such as repetition, mnemonic devices, and direct instruction are effective.

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OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school

The Hechinger Report

Traditional higher education has reached an inflection point. Students are assuming historic levels of loan debt in pursuit, ironically, of economic mobility (a long-proven benefit of higher education). This is how we will be able to better foster prosperity and facilitate our nation’s promise of economic mobility.

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

Sapiens

Farmers planted grains to make traditional dishes such as starchy, mild fufu and thick, warm tuo zaafi , and households stored surplus tubers in their wattle-and-daub homes to nourish them throughout the year. In addition, colonial economics created food shortages in Banda and across West Africa.

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Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS Jobs

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The late David Graeber was an American professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. His best-known writings challenged views in liberal economics about the origins of money, attempting to reconceive the historical relationship between debt and social institutions.

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How Creative Technology Can Help Students Take on the Future

ED Surge

Johnsrud: Educators can stay informed about future workforce trends, including emerging jobs and highly sought-after skills. School leaders are increasingly turning to organizations like the World Economic Forum and analyzing data on the most in-demand skills for the next five years. How is AI changing teaching and learning strategies?

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OPINION: Parents should be not freaked out when their kids want to pursue an arts education

The Hechinger Report

Whether through formal, postsecondary degree attainment or informal, out-of-school time opportunities via summer camps and workshops, the foundational skills students build by studying a creative craft are portable and durable and can set them up for success in whatever field they ultimately pursue.

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OPINION: As a Black middle-school student, I was tracked into lower-level math classes that kept me back

The Hechinger Report

Through regular exchanges of humorous insults with fellow classmates on various topics — such as who was the least intelligent or most economically disadvantaged — I developed a well-curated arsenal of diss material. I felt empowered like never before, having the ability to make more accurate interpretations and informed decisions.