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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

EdNews Daily

And it’s not just in the classroom. He states, “If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a classroom. That F often transposed into poor work reports or lateral/downward movements in the company. billion annually.

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We won’t have any black Mark Zuckerbergs or Bill Gates till we do this

The Hechinger Report

Indeed, being a black college dropout negatively affects earnings by at least $10 per hour, according to research by the Economic Policy Institute. According to Fast Company magazine, “ Fewer than 1% of tech companies with black founders receive venture capital funding.”.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. They are often placed in separate classrooms within public schools and spend large numbers of hours on computers using technology that is not aligned with their specific needs.