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  • Operation HOPE and the Gallup-HOPE Index Cited in U.S. Senate Resolution for Financial Literacy Month, 2013


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         Operation HOPE, the organization that helped to pioneer financial literacy as U.S. federal policy in January, 2008, as then President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order inspired by our on-the-ground work, is proud to once again have its work cited amongst U.S. policy makers. The U.S. ...
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  • A Teacher-Leader Testimonial on our work from Operation HOPE South Africa


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          Good Afternoon Mr John Bryant  I do hope that I find you well. I would like to thank you for sparing your time and effort to come and address my learners at Sandtonview Combined School, on Monday the 22rd of April 2013. Your presentation was so inspiring to me as the Educator/Teacher ...
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  • Subjective Probabilities, Ratings, Handicappers, and Open Access Online Scientific Literature


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    In a previous post I proposed an iterative process that can be used sequentially add information to the rating of research proposals, providing quantitative results. This post extends that method to show how information on the source of the proposal and the source of the review can be used to improve the results. It ...
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  • ACRL 2013 Conference Notes: On Creating a Culture of Assessment


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    ACRL Panel Session Topic: Creating a Culture of Assessment: Determinants of Success Date: Friday, April 12, 2013, 8:30am Since I did the preconference on assessment earlier, I figured this would be a nice addition to my learning experience. Plus, the preconference presenters did recommend it. On defining a ...
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  • 05-10-13 Scholarships for Food, Fiber & More AgriCULTURE in the Classroom Summer Institute…UPDATE


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    There has been a great response by teachers to both the Durango and Castle Rock Food, Fiber & More AgriCULTURE in the Classroom Summer Institute. CFA provides a scholarship to cover the $250 cost for each teacher to attend an institute. The scholarship includes two continuing education credits from Colorado State ...
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  • India could not have economic growth without quality universal education


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    We speak to Madhav Chavan, CEO of Indian NGO Pratham, about moving policy from school attendance to quality of education, and the impact of a communist upbringing Firstly, tell us what Pratham does? Our charity was set up in 1994 and has been working as a tripartite partnership between the government, the ...
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  • If You Get a Law Degree, Will You Be Able to Pay for it Later?


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    The Job Outlook for Law Students By most all accounts the job market for lawyers is not at its most robust. The word “dismal” has been tossed about in the media and across the law school/student blogosphere. “Bleak” is another of the popular adjectives used to describe the outlook for traditional attorney ...
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  • How To Create A Custom Search Engine For Your Students


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    While many teachers embrace the chaos of digital research (it is the “real world,” after all), for others setting students loose on Google is a recipe for a research project chock-full of Yahoo! Answers and... The post How To Create A Custom Search Engine For Your Students appeared first on TeachThought . ...
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  • Facts about Illiteracy


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    Literate nation is a blessing. Where there is no literacy, there is more room for crimes and different unsocial behaviors. All over the world, there have been events arranged to create awareness about education but with all these futile efforts, the issue of illiteracy has some interesting facts and statistics. ...
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  • A Digital Warrior at Home in Two Worlds


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    Digital Ogichida is a timely, fictional, coming-of-age story. Kevin Davis is twenty-something, smart and strong – and he wants to blend into contemporary Canadian society and enjoy everything it has to offer. Circumstances, however, dictate otherwise. Skilled at navigating the virtual world, Kevin finds himself at ...
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  • All fingers and thumbs


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    Ive just been writing another paper about toddlers and touchscreens, and it returns to the same themes about gesture that I explored before. Essentially, looking at the video data we have, you see how hand gestures and pointing are woven into adult-child conversations and that they also appear to extend quite ...
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  • Meeting Peter James at the ChipLitFest


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    When browsing the ChipLitFest programme I came across a Author who I just had to see. Peter James fast became my favourite author just a few pages into the first book of his I picked up. I say picked up but really I mean downloaded on to my kindle, My love of books restarted as the baby was born & I needed ...
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  • My friends, my son, Patricia McCormick, Jan Shaeffer, my brother, Philadelphia: the day that was


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    Yesterday: Work on a new client project—a wonderful new client project. I needed to be very still, and think. And then the kind surprise of the Armchair BEA nomination , which had me laughing over the preposterous oddness of it, and so grateful for the support of friends. And then a run to the train station beneath ...
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  • Emotional Intimacy


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    Robert Augustus Masters is an Integral psychotherapist, relationship expert, and spiritual teacher whose work blends the psychological and physical with the spiritual, emphasizing embodiment, emotional literacy, and the development of relational maturity. Here, Robert and Tami discuss emotional literacy and how it is ...
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  • Who Wrote The Benghazi Cover-up Story of The Anti-Islamic YouTube Video for Rice, Clinton, and Obama? Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication–Propagandist Speech Writer? — Videos


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    President Barack Obama jokes with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication, aboard Air Force One Cover-up A cover-up is an attempt, whether successful or not, to conceal evidence of wrongdoing, error, incompetence or other embarrassing information. In a passive cover-up ...
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  • A Good Interview. Photography + Entrepreneurialism [ Tearing Down Walls - A Podcast with Jenni Hogan]


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    I had the distinct pleasure of being a guest on Jenni Hogan’s “Next Big Thing” podcast a couple weeks ago to talk a bit about my life path(s), pivot points and the way that creativeLIVE is systematically re-shaping access to the best education. For those who don’t know Jenni, she’s a super smart, sharp ...
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  • Creating Visually Literate Students


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    When using images in class, many teachers put an image on the board and start asking students questions about it. Time to study and reflect on the image before the conversation begins is often less than adequate for students to fully understand and examine the image. But even if they were given plenty of time, would ...
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  • 10 Brilliant Examples Of Sketch Notes: Notetaking For The 21st Century


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    Sketch notes–or graphic notes, or whatever other term you like–are one of the single most important developments in note-taking history. Hold on, give me a second to explain. Exactly why they matter has something to... The post 10 Brilliant Examples Of Sketch Notes: Notetaking For The 21st Century appeared ...
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  • Energy and Equality


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    By Suzanne Baker Last week two leaders in business and politics spoke out about an issue that I care very much about: gender equality . Gender equality Buffett Warren Buffet eloquently wrote about how, from a business perspective, women are an incredibly valuable yet underutilized resource. Chief ...
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  • WordGirls Word of the Month: Challenge


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    I like WordGirls Word of the Month for May: Challenge, because I think its good for kids (boys and girls) to tackle things that they find challenging. Challenging is actually one of my three-year-olds first big words. She was doing well with puzzles, so I bought her a couple that I told her were "more challenging". ...
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