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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

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A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop. The schools have open wireless internet, so each student has continual access to the Web. Teachers still steer the boat, but students have much more freedom and opportunity with the controls.

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10 Organizations Leading The Way This Mental Health Awareness Month

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In addition to their commitment to providing comprehensive mental health services to residents of Ocean County, OMHS also offers a unique educational offering in the form of Ocean Academy, a small therapeutic school that supports students who need mental health support in order to succeed academically.

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Why You Should Run Your Nonprofit Like a Business

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Or are they the familiar donuts from childhood? Sounds good, doesn’t it? So to figure that out, you’d start with a market study proving there are people living around and driving by the proposed donut shop who would want to buy donuts. Do you want your donuts to invoke nostalgia? Are you a high-end shop? Or a good value?

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[VIDEO] How to Overcome Fear, Intimidation and Imposter Syndrome to Raise More Money

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So I think we can be a little bit like fish in water when it comes to our limiting beliefs, right, especially those that we have about ourselves because these can be beliefs we pick up in childhood, for example, beliefs about money are really big ones that we pick up from our families very, very early. So how familiar do these ones sound?

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[VIDEO] How to Overcome Fear, Intimidation and Imposter Syndrome to Raise More Money

Bloomerang

So I think we can be a little bit like fish in water when it comes to our limiting beliefs, right, especially those that we have about ourselves because these can be beliefs we pick up in childhood, for example, beliefs about money are really big ones that we pick up from our families very, very early. So how familiar do these ones sound?

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Report Back from the Do Good Data Conference 2015

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Data Use in Collective Impact – Strive Partnership Strive Partnership spearheaded a cooperative program to examine collective impact on student success in the Cincinnati School District. They created a data warehouse that tracked not only student progress in school, but progress from cradle to career. What were your takeaways?

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14LCS Idea Accelerator Pitches - Onward!

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Virtual Parent/Family Education - Richard Wollenberger This tool will provide video chat help for parents with children aged P-5/6; Trained parent educators will provide research-based support for specific early childhood issues via video chat. Stones Worldview Tango - Richard Cirille Empowering learning for students world wide.

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