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The Genius Hour: How 60 minutes a week can electrify your job | Daniel Pink

The Genius Hour: How 60 minutes a week can electrify your job | Daniel Pink | Rethinking the Way We Educate Our Children | Scoop.it
Lots of people believe that a single individual can’t make a difference in an organization. Lots of people, it turns out, are wrong. Take the case

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Mary Perfitt-Nelson's curator insight, February 7, 6:24 AM

Only one hour?!?!?  I need more than that!!!   #genioushour chat Wed. at 9pm EST

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The hard bigotry of poverty: Why ignoring it will doom school reform

The hard bigotry of poverty: Why ignoring it will doom school reform | Rethinking the Way We Educate Our Children | Scoop.it
Closing the achievement gap between rich and poor, a teacher writes, will first require Americans to recognize a far more uncomfortable reality: The policies employed to purportedly address the struggles of low-income children have ushered in a new...

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Mary Perfitt-Nelson's curator insight, December 31, 2012 9:32 AM

Yes, poverty makes a huge difference in student achievement.  

 

Love the last sentence:  (Good schools) emerge from healthy, stable communities. That is, they emerge from a commitment to justice.

AnnC's curator insight, January 1, 10:12 PM

See through the rhetoric to the reality - we need empathy and justice!