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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

Copyright © 2015. For tweens and teens it can also include some time spent on social media. Activities such as sports, visual and performing arts, community service, journalism, and academic clubs can be sources for positive playtime for teenagers (Mahoney, Cairns, & Farmer, 2003;Mahoney, Larson, & Eccles, 2005).

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced in October of last year that he’d step down at the end of 2015. And Silicon Valley tech investors, as well as large education corporations like Pearson, are behind this. The Obama Administration (in Its Final Year) and Education. “The fix” is always privatization.