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Latest Craze for Chinese Parents: Preschool Coding Classes

Wu Pei began teaching her 6-year-old son to code this year, thinking he’d enjoy learning a skill that might boost his future job prospects in an increasingly digitized world. Now, she runs classes in Nanjing, China, and is helping more than 100 parents introduce their children to coding.

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China’s Investment in Renewable Energy Surpasses Europe, U.S. Combined

Over the past five years, 40 percent of all newly added renewable energy power was generated by China.

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If children lose contact with nature they won't fight for it | George Monbiot

George Monbiot: With half of their time spent at screens, the next generation will be poorly equipped to defend the natural world from harm

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Apps That Rise to the Top: Tested and Approved By Teachers

Educators from around the country share their favorite educational apps.

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Worms in the kitchen: how food waste could be solved by the humble invertebrate

Worm assisted composting saves organic waste from incineration and helps create valuable planting soil

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The madness of drinking bottled water shipped halfway round the world

We can’t get enough of it, but the long-term environmental impacts of bottling and transporting water across countries are doing more damage than we realise

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60 Ways To Help Students Think For Themselves

60 Ways To Help Students Think For Themselves by Terry Heick Motivating and engaging students is the goal of most teachers--priming them to receive instruction,…

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4 Tips for Launching Minimum Viable Products Inside Big Companies

You have to act like a real startup.

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How the woman who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine saved millions of lives using ancient Chinese lore

She found an answer in a book from the year 340.

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10 Short Videos to Improve Document Accessibility

Yesterday Microsoft announced a 10-part video series focused on improving the accessibility of documents. Each video is two-five minutes long, highlighting specific tips for creating and editing do...

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How To Weave Growth Mindset Into School Culture

Teachers at Arroyo High School are seeing how years of integrating growth mindset messages into every class have changed student attitudes about learning.

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How to Turn Your School Into a Maker Haven

Bringing making into school classrooms is as simple as taking the first step, no matter how small.

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Sir Ken Robinson: Creativity Is In Everything, Especially Teaching

Creativity can seem like an abstract concept, but having a definition can give a learner the power to practice it on a regular basis.

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Low-Income Schools See Big Benefits in Teaching Mindfulness

Studies of mindfulness programs in schools have found that regular practice — even just a few minutes per day — improves student self-control and increases their classroom participation, respect for others, happiness, optimism, and self-acceptance levels.

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Six Quick Tips for Sudden STEM Teachers

As school begins this year, quite a few educators face a new and potentially daunting assignment: Teach STEM. Expert Anne Jolly is here with help – six essential tips that can help "sudden" STEM ed...

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'IT'S NOT WORTH IT': Ad exec's brutal rant before he died of cancer is absolutely chilling

"The whole thing was a bit of a con. A scam. An elaborate hoax."

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Do Hong Kong schools squeeze out have-a-go spirit? Why city lags behind China and America in entrepreneurship

The city has the best infrastructure and one of the most efficient governments in the world, so why does it lag behind China and America in entrepreneurship? Mary Hui investigates whether our classrooms are to blame.