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Engaging All Learners: Expanding High School Options for Success

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Still others are kinesthetic learners, who understand better through physical activity or hands-on experience. They provide a choice for parents and students dissatisfied with their assigned public schools. These policies aim to eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote equal opportunities for all students.

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What My Girls Camp Reveals About the Promise of Women in STEM and the Dangers of Online Hate

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This conversation was one of many that reminded our learners about the dangers that exist in physical and online spaces. Better yet, how are we promoting physical and online spaces that consider the complex and marginalized social identities our students hold? i in the last two years. i in the Teacher of the Year program.

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Will AI Chatbots Boost Efforts to Make Scholarly Articles Free?

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To everyone else, though, those and many other scholarly publications are locked, or can only be read by paying hefty per-article fees. The typical open access model makes scholarly articles free to the public by charging authors a processing fee to have their work published in the journal. Now it's life of the author plus 70 years.

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How Data Drives Strategies for Improved Student Outcomes

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However, today there's a growing realization of the importance of dedicating more time during the school day to social-emotional learning and physical activity and providing students with more autonomy in their learning. Qualitative data remains equally impactful in this regard.

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How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters

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Cathy Davidson: So let me first back up just a little bit and tell your listeners about a wonderful study that Scott Freeman conducted for the Publications of the National Academy of Science in 2014, which is a meta study of 225 separate studies of learning. But] it regulates or equalizes who's speaking in a classroom. So it's fun.

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Grades 7-10: Register by Mar. 5 for MIT SPARK (Mar. 16-17)

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The registration lottery is open now through 11:59PM on March 5 , and until that deadline all course preferences will be treated equally in the lottery. 3,2,1 Beyblade Physics! After that, any remaining seats will be open first-come/first-served. Students may choose from about 100 courses and must register on their own.

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Harnessing the power of music to improve mental health

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Interacting with music can have significant benefits for both your physical and mental health, meaning music can play an important role in your well-being. The benefits of music are spread across the spectrum of physical and mental health. Music is complex because it involves multiple senses.

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