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How the NSA’s post-9/11 hiring might address the teacher shortage

eSchool News

Although I did my best to study in advance, I learned via an email that I had passed the reading part of their tests, but had not passed the listening component. I would later learn that the man put in charge of recruiting new Arabic linguists created this program precisely because of people like me. I was devastated.

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The Science Behind Spatial-Temporal Math

MIND Research Institute

A new white paper published by MIND Research Institute, “ Spatial-Temporal Math: Underlying Scientific Concepts and Mechanisms ,” explores the concept of spatial-temporal learning, and describes the design concepts and mechanisms behind MIND’s award-winning ST Math program. Spatial-Temporal Game-based Learning. Summary of Efficacy.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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Despite popularity with parents and teachers, review of research finds small benefits to small classes

The Hechinger Report

There’s a general consensus among education researchers that smaller classes are more effective. (In When I have written about unrelated educational reforms, researchers often compare them to the effectiveness of class size reductions to give me a sense of their relative impact. In math, it found no benefits at all.

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Inspired by front-line health care workers, record numbers apply to medical schools

The Hechinger Report

So far in my lifetime, at least, and for as long as I’ve been in medical education, that’s the only comparison that I could make.”. Related: More people with bachelor’s degrees go back to school to learn skilled trades. Sign up for our higher education newsletter. This is a perfect time of no distractions,” she says.

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

Let’s imagine that this is the moment a parent challenges you in a meeting or the moment you learn that a colleague was diagnosed with a serious illness. For students, maybe this is the moment you make a mistake in class, do something awkward in front of your friends, or learn that you were left out of a social gathering.

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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. Under the fiscal 2017 budget, approved by lawmakers in April, allocations for the state’s public schools will still be about $172 million below what is considered full funding, according to figures from the state Department of Education.