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Why some school districts are spending big on schools tailor-made for 4-year-olds

Fast Company Tech

The classrooms have child-size boats and construction vehicles children can play on, and ceilings painted to resemble outer space. Creators of the Reggio Emilia approach to early learning, an educational philosophy that emphasizes child-led learning, even refer to the environment as the third teacher in a classroom.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you want to make it a hybrid event, simply have a group of folks come to an in-person dinner on location while having meals delivered to a few others watch the virtual version over a live stream. Anything people might want to learn, from hands-on activities such as painting to more classroom-type settings such as Spanish lessons.

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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

.orgSource

Although this explanation sounds more like it belongs in the classroom than the office, my takeaway is the focus on uniquely human skills. Promote Collaboration Creative people understand the power of group thinking. Offer recognition and tangible rewards to individuals and groups that work together successfully.

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Meta-funded program teaches tweens about online exploitation

Mashable Tech

The content offers videos, scripted lesson plans, and interactive classroom activities. The scams were highly coordinated and relied partly on thousands of since-removed Facebook assets, like accounts, pages, and groups, that sold scripts and guides for how to scam people using collections of photos to populate fake accounts.

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The kids are not alright. Here’s how philanthropy can help  

Candid

And two-thirds of all students attended schools where at least 20% of students were chronically absent , often resulting in slower progress for whole classrooms. To help kids make up for lost classroom time, funders can work with nonprofits to enhance the tutoring programs at least 16 states have launched.

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Fulbright Award Winner Closes Data Skills Gap for Students and Teachers

Tableau

Seeing the benefits of Tableau first hand, she incorporated it into a data analytics workshop she was preparing for a group of liberal arts students. When I present at these workshops, it never fails that people are interested and want to leverage what I’m doing in their own classrooms,” she said. “I I am always happy to share.”

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Lessons in sustainability: What colleges can teach workplaces

Fast Company Tech

Im sure you remember evenings when you were studying or working alone in a classroom or office, only to have the lights suddenly shut offforcing you to do a little dance to turn them back on. Our buildings today dont understand what users need or intend. The situation is similar with HVAC systems.

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