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What would a final exam look like in a course organized around a complex problem that must be considered in the light of several disciplines? Students would be asked to write an extended take-home essay about "what it means to be an American."-- and they would know from the first day of class that this was the final exam question.
The second part of the final exam would require students to present and defend their papers in a public exhibition where parents would observe and ask questions. The
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― Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
― Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
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These are the ancestral lands of. . . .' The phrase carries both truth and trauma that can slip past uneducated ears. Indigenous homelands on the Coastal Plain are places of deep connection and remembrance, but they are also places where horrific colonial experiences befell our ancestors. The trauma of those experiences still flows through our communities today. The pain of racial oppression and cultural loss combines with the radical transformation of our homelands, and it haunts us from genera
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― On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice
― On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice
In addition to being a Toastmasters Club, we are also a book club. Each month we discuss a book …more
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From April 21, 2014 to May 15, 2014, ImprovEdge Founder and CEO and bestselling author, Karen Ho…more
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