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What Chocolate Can Teach Us About Curriculum

Dr. Barbara Kurshan | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Oer, Open Education Resources, Curriculum, Free, Open Source, Free Education, Online Education, Curriki, Media News
Dr. Barbara Kurshan

Dan Ariely: "Zero is not just another discount. Zero is a different place. The difference between two cents and one cent is small, but the difference between one cent and zero is huge!"

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Narrowing the Digital Divide

Margee Ensign | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: Distance Education, Poverty and Education, Narrowing the Digital Divide, Technologically-Enhanced Learning, Orphans, Learning Theory, Online Education, AIDS Orphans, What Works in Education, Kenya, Kisumu, World News
Margee Ensign

The world's educational resources increasingly are in the palm of our hand. The only question is whether we can envision and create a new educational world where all children have access to the world's knowledge.

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Teachers Wanted: Our Ailing Education System Needs Quality Teachers with Staying Power

Karen Symms Gallagher | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Online Education, Education, Teach for America, Obama Education Secretary, Education Reform, Politics News
Karen Symms Gallagher

A superb teacher can change a life for the better. A poor teacher, and worse, a series of poor teachers, can have a substantial negative impact on a child and that child's academic potential.

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Don't Stifle Florida's Education Innovation

Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Politics, Education, Florida, Online-Education, Education Policy, Politics News
Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn

Florida has been a leader in education innovation over the last decade, but one bill currently under review threatens to wipe much of that out with one misguided and foolhardy swipe.

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Promoting the Pornography of Creationism

Bill Allen | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Theory of Evolution, Intelligent Design, Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Textbook Adoption, Life on Earth, Biology, Texas, Steven Weinberg, Darwin, California, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Textbook Publishers, Textbooks, Creationism, Students, Institute for Creation Research, Online Education, Creation Science, Texas State Board of Education, Anti-Science, Evolution, Politics News
Bill Allen

I proposed in jest the idea of an online degree in "creationism." I never imagined that anyone could seriously put forward such an outlandish idea. Boy, was I ever wrong.

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