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Student ed tech entrepreneurs argue they know what classrooms need

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Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Leave this field empty if you're human: “They don’t really understand that I don’t want to use Instagram for the classroom,” Brandon said. He has gone on to create a platform called Be Anything to support project-based learning.

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Middle school’s moment: What the science tells us about improving the middle grades

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Scientists have long known that the human brain develops more rapidly between birth and the age of 3 than at any other time in life. Related: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning. Deutsche, the director of Youth-Nex: The UVA Center to Promote Effective Youth Development. The Adolescent Brain.