Obama wants to overhaul education system from 'cradle to career' - CNN
President Obama began to flesh out the details of one of his signature campaign promises Tuesday, outlining his plan for a major overhaul of the country's education system "from the cradle up through a career."
..."The solution to low test scores is not lower standards; it's tougher, clearer standards," he argued. At the same time, however, he urged states to develop standards "that don't simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test but whether they possess 21st century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking, entrepreneurship and creativity."
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Read the Full Article Obama urges education reform USA Today - Obama called for "world class standards" in math and science, as well as "21st Century skills" such as "problem-solving and
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Obama Supports Merit Pay For Teachers, Charter School Expansion Trading Markets (press release) -
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Are you a critical thinker?
Quality thought is vital. So why don’t schools foster it?
Christian Science Monitor - Boston, MA.
"How can we hope to thoughtfully address the economic issues, conflicts, world poverty, and many other pressing concerns that trouble our planet, if we don't take the way we think seriously?"
Linda Elder is the president of the Foundation for Critical Thinking, an education nonprofit organization concerned with fostering fair-minded critical thinking...Read More
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Program focuses on African American music, history from a hip-hop ...
Minnesota Spokesman Recorder
“It’s also for people who want to get a jumpstart in college,” Wright continues, “getting that basic understanding,
critical-thinking skills, and getting ...
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Independent Press
The mastery of those technologies must be coupled with
critical thinking and ethical considerations, Mr. Walsh said. Emphasis is placed on: how to use the ...
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{"id":2726,"title":"'Media literacy' expands learning through technology in Summit schools","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Independent Press</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">The mastery of those technologies must be coupled with <strong>critical thinking</strong> and ethical considerations, Mr. Walsh said. Emphasis is placed on: how to use the ... <a href=\"http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2009/03/media_literacy_expands_learnin.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a><strong><br /> </strong></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Hillary Clinton’s Drug-War Insanities
MWC News
Critical thinking and challenging the system at a fundamental level bring Ritalan injections. So, you end up with a nation of sheep-like adults with ...
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Advocating critical thought
Imprint
But this, in my mind, only further distances students from the use of their own
critical thinking skills, strengthening instead their dependency on his ...
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{"id":2728,"title":"Advocating critical thought","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Imprint</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">But this, in my mind, only further distances students from the use of their own <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills, strengthening instead their dependency on his ... <a href=\"http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=3494&amp;Itemid=58&amp;issuedate=2009-03-20\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Students need real civics lessons: educator
Ottawa Citizen
While North American schools talk about good citizenship, they have done little to kindle
critical thinking, he says. “The kinds of goals and practices ...
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Educator's ideas rate discussion
Guelph Mercury
It also tended to ignore specifically attending to developing a learner's self-concept, their
critical thinking skills and their social skills --things that ...
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US Must Learn From International Peers, Report Says
Education Week News (subscription)
But the new policy brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education said PISA's emphasis on measuring
critical-thinking skills are "just the sort of skills ...
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Teaching Children To Be Environmentally Conscious
North American Press Syndicate
... America's largest high school environmental education competitions-a program designed to enhance students' problem solving and
critical thinking skills. ...
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RESISTANCE!, AUSTRALIA Rudd’s education revolution… not
Green Left Weekly
... Left Weekly: “The changes mean a further shift towards higher education as degree factories, focused on graduate outcomes rather than
critical thinking. ...
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Bad Homework is a Symptom of a Bad School
NewsBlaze
They are certainly not developing
critical thinking skills. Another incorrect supposition that has permeated schools in this country is that "more is better ...
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{"id":2734,"title":"Bad Homework is a Symptom of a Bad School","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">NewsBlaze</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">They are certainly not developing <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills. Another incorrect supposition that has permeated schools in this country is that \"more is better ... <a href=\"http://newsblaze.com/story/20090320114952fics.nb/topstory.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
The Humanities Have No Purpose
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
The value of an education in humanities for
critical thinking and writing-skills and of course the value of the degree itself as a comparative credential ...
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Voice of America
Two authors offer differing approaches to meeting the challenge of creating an educational system that encourages imagination and
critical thinking. ...
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{"id":2736,"title":"Education Reform Subject of Two New Books","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Voice of America</span> <span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Two authors offer differing approaches to meeting the challenge of creating an educational system that encourages imagination and <strong>critical thinking</strong>. ... <a href=\"http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2009-03-18-voa50.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
We Have Seen The Enemy…
CounterCurrents.org
Critical thinking is frowned upon in our schools and in our boardrooms. Thinking “outside the box” has become a metaphor for saying the same thing in a ...
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Critical thinking has become the latest educational buzzword, but ...
Cyprus Mail
DESPITE the overwhelming consensus about the importance of
critical thinking in educational programmes and curricula, learning in most cases still remains a ...
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Get outside and learn
Boston Globe
Research backs up their Network's effort: Studies shows that students involved in environmental education demonstrated improved
critical thinking, ...
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{"id":2739,"title":"Get outside and learn","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Boston Globe</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Research backs up their Network's effort: Studies shows that students involved in environmental education demonstrated improved <strong>critical thinking</strong>, ... <a href=\"http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2009/03/get_outside_and_learn_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
PR Newswire (press release)
We want to create an education system that develops the part of the brain that gives you self-confidence, the capacity for compassion,
critical thinking and ...
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Keene State Speaker to Discuss the International Food Crisis
Keene State College
The program furthers the College's mission of building relationships that emphasize creative and
critical thinking and a passion for learning, ...
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{"id":2741,"title":"Keene State Speaker to Discuss the International Food Crisis","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Keene State College</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">The program furthers the College's mission of building relationships that emphasize creative and <strong>critical thinking</strong> and a passion for learning, ... <a href=\"http://www.keene.edu/newsevents/default.cfm?Type=NewsDetail&amp;News_ID=2139\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
What Was I Thinking?
Inside Higher Ed
Perhaps the biggest insights I have had revolve around how to improve our students’
critical thinking skills. Many people, within our institution and ...
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Arts not just for arts' sake
Campus Review
“But don’t believe the hype about employers valuing the
critical thinking and other skills that an arts degree imparts. It may be true in Britain, ...
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{"id":2743,"title":"Arts not just for arts' sake","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Campus Review</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">&ldquo;But don&rsquo;t believe the hype about employers valuing the <strong>critical thinking</strong> and other skills that an arts degree imparts. It may be true in Britain, ... <a href=\"http://www.campusreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Faculty+Focus&amp;ss=Arts%2C+Social+Science%2C+Humanities+%26+Education&amp;idArticle=6711\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Critical thought is necessary
MetroWest Daily News
I generally find that people who lack
critical thinking skills are stubborn and unwilling to assimilate data that does not fit their picture of the world. ...
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The trouble with customized public schools
Macleans.ca
“I really believe this school is about developing
critical thinking skills, because I think that’s the most fundamental skill we all need in terms of being ...
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An Academic Tragedy
FrontPage magazine.com
The clear goal of such courses is not to educate their students in the methods of
critical thinking but to instill ideologies that are hostile to American ...
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Bias & Critical Thinking
Black Voice News
One approach is to access life-shaping words inside the tangled web of this vicious cycle by means of
Critical Thinking. Just as these scales (plus and ...
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Learning and development: Creativity and critical thinking
Children & Young People Now
The commitment to Creativity and
Critical Thinking (4.3) explores the importance of play and its link with thinking. 'When children have opportunities to ...
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{"id":2748,"title":"Learning and development: Creativity and critical thinking","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Children &amp; Young People Now</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">The commitment to Creativity and <strong>Critical Thinking</strong> (4.3) explores the importance of play and its link with thinking. 'When children have opportunities to ... <a href=\"http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/889140/Learning-development-Creativity-critical-thinking/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
To Educate or not, that is the questions: Is excellence a choice?
NJ.com
I cannot expect that the government or the best private or public schools will do the job alone to build character, develop
critical thinking skills, ...
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Heretics and Humility
Arutz Sheva
If public schools aim to foster
critical thinking, it is hard to imagine how ridiculing, much less banning, different points of view serves that goal. ...
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{"id":2750,"title":"Heretics and Humility","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Arutz Sheva</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">If public schools aim to foster <strong>critical thinking</strong>, it is hard to imagine how ridiculing, much less banning, different points of view serves that goal. ... <a href=\"http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8633\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Indiana New Tech High Schools Become Model for National Expansion
Muncie Free Press
Students’ grades are then based on a multi-faceted combination of content, oral and written communication, teamwork,
critical thinking, and work ethic. ...
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{"id":2751,"title":"Indiana New Tech High Schools Become Model for National Expansion","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Muncie Free Press</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Students&rsquo; grades are then based on a multi-faceted combination of content, oral and written communication, teamwork, <strong>critical thinking</strong>, and work ethic. ... <a href=\"http://www.munciefreepress.com/node/20048\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
New Curriculum Becomes A SpringBoard For Teacher Criticism
MSNBC
The program uses engaging, fun activities to improve
critical thinking skills and promises to prepare more students for Advanced Placement and college-level ...
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{"id":2752,"title":"New Curriculum Becomes A SpringBoard For Teacher Criticism","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">MSNBC</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">The program uses engaging, fun activities to improve <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills and promises to prepare more students for Advanced Placement and college-level ... <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29545419/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
A 'Mission-Driven' Core
Inside Higher Ed
Critical thinking becomes real and important. Writing becomes something that you don’t just do for your professor but something you do for a wider audience ...
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{"id":2753,"title":"A 'Mission-Driven' Core","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Inside Higher Ed</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\"><strong>Critical thinking</strong> becomes real and important. Writing becomes something that you don&rsquo;t just do for your professor but something you do for a wider audience ... <a href=\"http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/03/06/cabrini\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Economy will not affect enrollment in humanities courses
UM Maneater
"They are integral to the process of teaching
critical thinking, and they stretch peoples' abilities to see the world in new ways," he said. ...
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{"id":2754,"title":"Economy will not affect enrollment in humanities courses","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">UM Maneater</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">\"They are integral to the process of teaching <strong>critical thinking</strong>, and they stretch peoples' abilities to see the world in new ways,\" he said. ... <a href=\"http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2009/3/5/economy-will-not-affect-enrollment-humanities-cour/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
In tough times, think outside the box
Guelph Mercury
Managers should avoid curbing
critical thinking, Campbell said. And they should encourage calculated risks and the breaking of new ground. ...
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{"id":2755,"title":"In tough times, think outside the box","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Guelph Mercury</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Managers should avoid curbing <strong>critical thinking</strong>, Campbell said. And they should encourage calculated risks and the breaking of new ground. ... <a href=\"http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/447835\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<strong><br /> </strong><br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Educators have different opinions about third, eighth grade ...
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Manchin proposed the bill to make sure that all students that are moving on to fourth grade and to high school have the necessary
critical thinking skills. ...
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{"id":2756,"title":"Educators have different opinions about third, eighth grade ...","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">West Virginia Public Broadcasting</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Manchin proposed the bill to make sure that all students that are moving on to fourth grade and to high school have the necessary <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills. ... <a href=\"http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=8470\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
It's time for survival mode
Frederick News Post (subscription)
But, when money’s flowing as freely as it was a few short years ago, greed and selfishness tend to quickly replace logic and
critical thinking. ...
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{"id":2757,"title":"It's time for survival mode","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Frederick News Post (subscription)</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">But, when money&rsquo;s flowing as freely as it was a few short years ago, greed and selfishness tend to quickly replace logic and <strong>critical thinking</strong>. ... <a href=\"http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/opinion/display_columnist.htm?StoryID=87197\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
NAACP versus free speech
WND.com
... Meyers explains, "help equip students with the
critical thinking skills and information they need in order to challenge common stereotypes and myths ...
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{"id":2758,"title":"NAACP versus free speech","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">WND.com</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\"><strong>...</strong> Meyers explains, \"help equip students with the <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills and information they need in order to challenge common stereotypes and myths ... <a href=\"http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=90677\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<strong><br /> </strong></a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Better Teachers, Not Tinier Classes, Should Be Goal
Washington Post
... of dazzling theatrics can substitute for learning how to analyze, write effective essays, and increase a student's overall
critical thinking skills. ...
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{"id":2759,"title":"Better Teachers, Not Tinier Classes, Should Be Goal","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Washington Post</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\"><strong>...</strong> of dazzling theatrics can substitute for learning how to analyze, write effective essays, and increase a student's overall <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills. ... <a href=\"http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2009/03/for_monday.html\" target=\"_top\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Much ado about fairness
Manila Standard Today
It should become part of
critical thinking skills to constantly ask what may have motivated a journalist to print what he did, or a commentator, ...
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{"id":2760,"title":"Much ado about fairness","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Manila Standard Today</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">It should become part of <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills to constantly ask what may have motivated a journalist to print what he did, or a commentator, ... <a href=\"http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=ranhilioAquino_mar2_2009\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Effects of technology in learning
Manila Bulletin
"Studies show that reading develops imagination, induction, reflection and
critical thinking, as well as vocabulary" Greenfield said. ...
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{"id":2761,"title":"Effects of technology in learning","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Manila Bulletin</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">\"Studies show that reading develops imagination, induction, reflection and <strong>critical thinking</strong>, as well as vocabulary\" Greenfield said. ... <a href=\"http://www.mb.com.ph/node/197427\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a><strong><br /> </strong></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
21 century skills, Or education without educators
Examiner.com
People who promote
critical thinking and problem solving should have at least learned some basic history of educational thought and educational reform, ...
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{"id":2762,"title":"21 century skills, Or education without educators","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Examiner.com</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">People who promote <strong>critical thinking</strong> and problem solving should have at least learned some basic history of educational thought and educational reform, ... <a href=\"http://www.examiner.com/x-661-Education-Reform-Examiner~y2009m2d28-21-century-skills-Or-education-without-educators\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
How to Raise Student Achievement, Leverage Existing Resources
PR Web (press release)
Learners develop their
critical thinking skills and ability to craft expository and descriptive texts. Teachers have more time to help those who need ...
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{"id":2763,"title":"How to Raise Student Achievement, Leverage Existing Resources","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">PR Web (press release)</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Learners develop their <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills and ability to craft expository and descriptive texts. Teachers have more time to help those who need ... <a href=\"http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2194984.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}