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The Lost Art of Listening

A Principal's Reflections

Communication is vital in accomplishing tasks and getting things done, passing on important information, acquiring information, developing a shared vision, reaching decisions through consensus, building relationships, and moving people to embrace change. However, the most effective communicators are those people who listen intently.

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Cultivating Authenticity in Learning

A Principal's Reflections

This global learning endeavor provides some of our students the opportunity to travel to Europe for at least 10 days and study the Holocaust in depth. For detailed information on the program please visit The New Milford Holocaust Project. In a society that is now globally connected through easy to use and cost effective web 2.0

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What Educators Need to Know about Generation Alpha

ED Surge

These children are unlike any generation before them, which may be said of all generations; however, it is indisputable that the children of Gen Alpha have access to more information and connectivity at an earlier age than any other generation, and we need to consider that as we educate them.

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Spatial Turn in Urban Anthropology

Anthropology for Beginners

Eric Wolf (1982) laid the theoretical groundwork in his landmark history of how the movement of capital and labor has transformed global relations since the 1400s, dispelling the myth that globalization is a recent phenomenon.

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Experience the World with the Latest Edition of Geography Alive!

TCI

Regions and People program is coming out with a new edition in 2024 that includes new features and elevates old favorites, such as the Mapping Labs and Global Connection activities. Enhanced Mapping Labs and Global Connections Favorite activities like Mapping Labs and Global Connections have been enhanced.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

A child rides a bike on the playground at Global Connections Learning Center in Jackson. When her daughter didn’t have a textbook to take home for certain classes, she could still access information online, McCoy said. Photo: Jackie Mader. JACKSON, Miss. That’s not the case for every family.

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