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The Vietnam War (fl. 1964-1973) was fought by the US to prevent the communist overthrow of its banana republican government in Saigon, South Vietnam. Years of war led nowhere. The US pulled out in 1973. Saigon fell in 1975. By the numbers: body count: 1.6 to 4.0 million, about half of them civilians. bombs: 7… Via Community Village Sites 
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Help Pack for a Purpose make a difference around the world by using available space in your luggage to provide supplies to the communities you visit.
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Note destination or specific topic initiatives for Education, Health, Child Welfare, Animal Welfare, Socioeconomic Development
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Here are a few tips for bypassing students’ defensiveness and promoting open inquiry on controversial topics. Via Nik Peachey
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March 23, 2017 11:29 AM
Some really useful and interesting tips. Great for conversation classes.
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Maps of regions around the world
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University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer discusses the role of universities in this time of social upheaval.
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What you think you’ve learned may be wrong. A guide to figuring out the real lessons.
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Are our personal experiences overrated?
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Access to better schools nearby differs across the state
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February 27, 2013 8:40 PM
This education is a vast waste of the resources and potential of the young. It is boring beyond belief and useless–except to the powers and interests that depend on it. When A Ukranian student, a three-week arrival on these shores, writes the best-organized and most profound essay in English of the class, American education has something to answer for–especially to our youth.
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Connecting Educators Globally Infographic To deliver quality education for all worldwide, we need exponential growth in collaboration among educators, students, parents and communities. Only connected networks of schools, districts, regions, states, provinces and national educational systems can... http://elearninginfographics.com/connecting-educators-globally-infographic/
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"North Carolina teacher Katie Dulaney’s students wrote more than 600 impassioned letters on immigration, gun control, climate change, and civil rights. They posted their letters digitally and wrote back to other students who had responded to their letters. At the end of the challenge, Dulaney’s students were recognized by the editors at the New York Times for their extraordinary participation, intelligent comments, thoughtful questions, and the way they 'politely pushed back to ask others for more evidence, or to point out inconsistencies.' How did Dulaney cultivate the art of civil conversation in her classroom and in print? Here are five tips for getting students to grapple productively with hard issues." Via Mark E. Deschaine, PhD
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Stephen Marche, in this opinion piece about abuse on social media, writes: "The challenge of our moment is that the face has been at the root of justice and ethics for 2,000 years. The right to face an accuser is one of the very first principles of the law, described in the “confrontation clause” of the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, but reaching back through English common law to ancient Rome. In Roman courts no man could be sentenced to death without first seeing his accuser." Via Mary Reilley Clark
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight,
February 16, 2015 11:54 AM
An excellent article to share with high school students. Maybe the obsession with selfies has more to do with some atavistic need to see each other on social media, to compensate for the anonymity of much of what we do or say online. Well worth reading, and re-reading.
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February 16, 2015 11:55 AM
An excellent article to share with high school students. Maybe the obsession with selfies has more to do with some atavistic need to see each other on social media, to compensate for the anonymity of much of what we do or say online. Well worth reading, and re-reading.
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Explore how much the world has changed since you were born
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It is both difficult to narrate or script the grand story of the colossal failure of Vocational Education at the school level. The idea of vocational Via Stephania Savva, Ph.D, malek
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Ex-president, recently acquitted for role in protester deaths during 2011 uprising, returns to his Cairo home.
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Interesting contrasts involving American direct and indirect involvements in the removal of legitimate government leaders of Egypt (Mubarak), Libya (Gaddafi), Iraq (Hussein), Afghanistan (the Taliban regime), and even with current efforts against Syria (Assad). Do such involvements, along with the bugging of Germany's leadership (Merkel), nullify current attempts to investigate possible Russian influence in American politics?
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How to develop your teaching philosophy and answer the question "What is your teaching philosophy?" It's a reflection of your experience and education.
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Professor Daniel Willingham looks at multi-tasking and concludes that even though kids today may like to multi-task, there's no reason to think that they are different than previous generations; they don't *need* to multi-task to be engaged and, like everyone else, kids today can't do two things at once as well as they can do one. Via Mel Riddile
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A new generation of tech-enabled startups are beginning to reimagine how students finance their education. Higher ed’s transformation is fueling a..
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FutureEd, a new education policy think tank, has launched today, offering online news, analysis and research that’s independent, nonpartisan and “solution-oriented.”
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A new independent think tank from Georgetown University was launched 3.2.17.
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A run of poor sleep can have a dramatic effect on the internal workings of the human body, say UK researchers. Via Greg Downey
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February 27, 2013 8:08 PM
Apparently the effects are really most pronounced on inflamatory responses and the immune system. They're using the results, according to the article, to work on ways to 'do away with sleep.'
So researchers at the University of Surrey analysed the blood of 26 people after they had had plenty of sleep, up to 10 hours each night for a week, and compared the results with samples after a week of fewer than six hours a night.
More than 700 genes were altered by the shift. Each contains the instructions for building a protein, so those that became more active produced more proteins - changing the chemistry of the body.
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In Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Schools, John D. Marshall uses data to unmask racial inequities and demand policy changes and supports for students of color and those who are poor. He is recognized as a 2017 Leader To Learn From.
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For our history to be a source of encouragement we have to know our history. The story that we tell ourselves about our history and our time matters. Because our hopes and efforts for building a better future are inextricably linked to our perception of the past it is important to understand and communicate the global development up to now. A positive lookout on the efforts of ourselves and our fellow humans is a vital condition to the fruitfulness of our endeavors. Knowing that we have come a long way in improving living conditions and the notion that our work is worthwhile is to us all what self-respect is to individuals. It is a necessary condition for self-improvement. Via Jim Lerman
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March 3, 2017 7:05 PM
For those of you looking for specifics to support your arguments in editorials and also in (very soon now) your position papers, take a look at some of these charts which look at some important indicators global living conditions.
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Class discussion can be challenging when you have a large class and only a few students who seem prepared to speak. Too often we allow the reticent folks in the room to silently sit and watch while their classmates control the discussion.
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