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7+ Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

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The good news is: Half of the nation’s schools require a financial literacy course. The bad new is: Only half require a financial literacy course. I’ve noticed news stories about schools adding financial literacy to the High School course load (yay!). Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school.

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15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

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The good news is: Half of the nation’s schools require a financial literacy course. The bad new is: Only half require a financial literacy course. If your school doesn’t teach a course about personal economics, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. Age group: Upper elementary.

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April is Financial Literacy Month–Try these Resources

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The good news is: Half of the nation’s schools require a financial literacy course. The site includes Common Core Math Standards addressed with play. It also includes a teacher’s guide, a series of lesson plans, and the Common Core standards addressed. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school.

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How to Prepare for the SAT

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Founded in 2002 by graduates of the Yale School of Management, Veritas Prep offers live classroom prep courses, interactive online courses, on-demand classes, and private SAT tutoring sessions. Albert’s test prep courses offer 40,000+ rigorous, subject-aligned questions written in the style of the AP, SAT, and ACT exams.

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Want to Code on an IPad? Here are 3 Great Apps

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sequencing–knowing what happens when; mentioned in Common Core standards for grades 1 through 5. No surprise the United Kingdom took the bold step of adding coding to the core school curriculum. As they improve, they level up, adding if-then analysis to their decision matrix, and the course gets more complicated.

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5 Ideas for Writing with Technology

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I try to focus in on the standards of the writing curriculum I’m using — augmented with Common Core or whatever other standards I’m using — and focus on those, rather than sitting there with a paper and pencil and doing it that way. Vicki: And of course, if Ernest Hemingway can do it, we can do it too, right?

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The Free and Online 2014 School Leadership Summit Starts Wednesday! (Full Session List)

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Blended Learning Cohorts for Powerful and Sustainable Professional Development - Chad Fairey, Head of School The Easy and Hard Problems in the Transformational Use of Digital Media in Schools - James Bosco, Professor Emeritus What are the traits of an effective Elementary Physical Education program in today''s world - Francis J.