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Leading the Maker Movement

A Principal's Reflections

For a maker culture to succeed and thrive in a school, leadership matters. Change Digital Leadership Laura Fleming Maker Movement Makerspace Opinion' As manufacturing tools continue to become better, cheaper and more accessible, the Maker Movement is gaining momentum at an unprecedented rate. In simple terms, get out of the way.

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Applications open March 10th for Fall Multi Day Seminars!

Teaching American History

Native American Leadership, Identity, and Resistance at Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center in Mashantucket, CT. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester, NY. The West in History and Memory at National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK. Anthony & Reform at Susan B.

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The Importance of Building Connections

A Principal's Reflections

The nine educators who visited New Milford were part of the International Leadership Program of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the overseas trip to Germany, Czech Republic, and Poland. Leadership Public Relations Ideas Best Practices Opinion' Department of Education. Department of Education.

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Sally McLendon

Anthropology News

Her many publications covered topics ranging from Eastern Pomo linguistics and cultural history, to basketmaking, California Indian feather blankets and other art forms, as well as a biographical study of her mentor Mary Haas, and a number of studies of the fraught history of museum collecting of Native art in the US and Europe.

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Learning Comes to Life in Verizon Innovative Learning Labs

Digital Promise

Our lab is no museum—it is a makerspace, a design laboratory, a place to combine creativity and inspiration. But our lab is no museum—it is a makerspace, a design laboratory, a place to combine creativity and inspiration.”. Jonathan Lubas Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Coach, E Prep Cliffs.

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APSA Oral History Project: Contributions by Scholars of Color Interview Series

Political Science Now

Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan. He helped establish SOSAD chapters throughout the country and participated in the National Urban Peace and Justice Summit (the Gang Summit) in 1993 that brought together over 200 gang members from 22 different cities to attempt to implement a national truce.

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What is Learning Sciences and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Promise

Learning sciences research investigates the process of learning in realistic settings, which can include schools, museums, after-school programs, home environments, or anywhere people typically learn. Seeks improvement at scale by explicitly studying implementation and other challenges of scaling up as part of the scientific work.