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    Goats and Soda
    The moment British actor and comedian Stephen Fry announced Ranjitsinh Disale as the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher prize.
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    Village Teacher Wins $1 Million Prize For World's Most 'Exceptional' Educator

    Feb 12, 2021
    Ranjitsinh Disale from India has been honored for finding ways to educate girls whose parents don't want them to come to school.
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    Science
    New research shows that dolphins can learn foraging behavior from other dolphins.
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    Dolphins Learn Foraging Tricks From Each Other, Not Just From Mom

    Jun 25, 2020
    Scientists have found that dolphins learn a neat trick to trap fish by watching their close associates do it. This means that dolphins aren't just motivated to learn from their mothers.
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    Education
    How do virtual assistants like Alexa affect children's learning experiences? Some experts say easy answers delivered by technology can hurt the development of problem-solving skills in kids.
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    Alexa Can Help Kids With Homework, But Don't Forget Problem-Solving Skills

    Jan 10, 2019
    How do virtual assistants like Alexa affect children's learning experiences? Some experts say easy answers delivered by technology can hurt the development of problem-solving skills in kids.
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    The Salt
    <em>Sylvia's Spinach</em> by Katherine Pryor
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    Children's Publishing House Takes Food Literacy Literally

    Feb 27, 2018
    Teaching kids how to eat healthfully and appreciate the cultural diversity of food begins with getting books about these themes into their hands, says Readers to Eaters' founding publisher.
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    Laptops And Phones In The Classroom: Yea, Nay Or A Third Way?

    Jan 24, 2018
    We asked teachers, professors, a psychiatrist and a technologist for their thoughts, and we heard a range of opinions on one of the most "weirdly divisive" issues in education.
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    When The Focus Is On The Student, Not The Class

    Oct 14, 2017
    One small school district in New Hampshire was performing at the bottom of the state when it came to standardized tests and graduation rates. Then, leaders totally changed the way teachers taught.
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    The Salt
    Not only are kids raising animals and learning the how-tos of vaccinations and record-keeping, 4-H'ers are also being taught how to add up the costs and weigh them against future profits.
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    For 4-H Kids, Saying Goodbye To An Animal Can Be The Hardest Lesson

    Aug 30, 2017
    After a year of training, feeding and caring for an animal, kids learn what it takes to raise livestock for food and then let it go. And while it can be tough, it's part of the business of farming.
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    13.7: Cosmos And Culture
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    Technology Can Be A Tool, A Teacher, A Trickster

    Jul 17, 2017
    Shaping technology to some form of learning could depart pretty radically from the more familiar aim of shaping technology to the way we are now, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo.
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    My Son Is In Special Education And I Want Him To Be Challenged

    Jul 11, 2017
    Seeing his potential, one mother wonders why her child isn't held to higher standards at school, despite his learning disability.
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    The Salt
    Bumblebees have 100,000 times fewer neurons than humans do, but they can learn new skills quickly when there's a sweet reward at the end.
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    Could A Bumblebee Learn To Play Fetch? Probably

    Feb 24, 2017
    Scientists found that bumblebees are nimble learners, especially when there's a sugary reward at the end. No wonder they're such good pollinators.
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    Jozef Jason, 7, reads a book to Ryan Griffin at the Fuller Cut in Ypsilanti, Mich., as part of the barbershop's literacy program.
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    Checking Back In On The Barber Who Encourages Kids To Read

    Oct 19, 2016
    Our story about the barbershop that takes $2 off haircuts for young readers went viral, so we went back to ask what happened next.
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    Shots - Health News
    Sure, keeping a teenager's thoughts corralled may seem like lion taming. But that impulsivity may help them learn, too.
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    Teens' Penchant For Risk-Taking May Help Them Learn Faster

    Oct 06, 2016
    The impulsivity and risk-taking that are common among teenagers may be a side effect of having a brain tuned to learn a lot of new stuff fast, researchers say. So it could be good in the long run.
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    Earlier studies have found that children who grow up in houses with a TV on many hours a day learn fewer words than children in households with less TV time.
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    Turning Down The Background Noise Could Help Toddlers Learn

    Jul 21, 2016
    Being surrounded by noisy conversations, radio or TV can make it harder for toddlers to learn new words, researchers say. Quieter conversations didn't affect the learning process.
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    All Tech Considered
    Guruduth Banavar, IBM's vice president of cognitive computing
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    Q&A: What Machines Can Learn From People And We Can Learn From Them

    Oct 18, 2015
    Should artificial intelligence mimic human behavior? The executive in charge of developing future generations of IBM's Watson tackles that and other questions about the limits and powers of AI.
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    Online Learning: How Effective Is It?

    Oct 16, 2015

    It used to be that if we wanted to learn something, we took a class in a classroom, in a building, and with a teacher in front of the room.

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    2 Teach For America Alums Say TFA Has Big Problems When It Comes To Race

    Oct 14, 2015
    Over at Jacobin magazine, two former corps members break down the politics behind TFA's decision making, and say they need change.
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    How Are Digital Media and Gaming Changing Our Kids

    Mar 20, 2012
    In this brave new world of iPads, gaming, and the Internet, kids have plenty of new ways to take in information.  But how is this changing how they learn?  And are video games more beneficial than we think?  Cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito talks about parenting strategies, in-school and out-of-school strategies, and how kids can maximize their learning with new technology.
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