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How to Build Lifelong Learners

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Lifelong learning is a better way. It is a daily cerebral adventure, fully as engaging as Star Wars , as challenging as The Matrix , and as gratifying as The Life of Pi. Knowledge work — includes professional development and on-the-job training. Why is this important? A surprising thing happens.

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What to Know About Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary

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The commissioner’s own experiences have made him acutely aware of the achievement gap in education, as well as the reality that students in this country are not all given the same opportunities to succeed, Robles-Rivas said. It’s definitely a wonderful opportunity for Latino youth to see him as a role model.” It’s encouragement.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. College of Computing Professor Ashok Goel and his team used the 40,000 some odd questions that students had asked in previous versions of the course to build out Jill’s knowledge-base.

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