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10 tips for teaching critical thinking + information literacy

The Cornerstone for Teachers

” Use mobile devices — not just computers — when having kids analyze information. This is important because when looking for credibility markers, sources, or publishing dates, different steps are required on a mobile device than it does on a laptop or a desktop. Does this have credibility to it?” What is school for?”

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Democratic wish list includes billions to help students finish their degrees

The Hechinger Report

The investment would not only help more people earn degrees but will aid the economy because more people “will be able to fill the needs of the knowledge-based workforce,” said Tom Harnisch, vice president for government relations at the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. Still, the fund is a long shot.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this decade — from ITT to coding bootcamps, from Trump University to the Draper University of Heroes — we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works now. “And I’d never gotten my Ph.D. So I thought maybe this is the way it works.”. “I

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