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Genius Hour- Beyond a Class Period

Defined Learning

It’s not often that students find themselves unable to move, caught in a state of disbelief at something they’ve just discovered. It’s even rarer that they sprint across the classroom to share their discoveries with their teachers and classmates. These moments are the moments we remember as they capture complete and utter engagement.

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Empower Your Students: Tips to Teach Financial Literacy Like a Pro

Cool Cat Teacher

Teach students the things that matter during financial literacy month and beyond! CFPB's Searchable activities for grades K-12 including 275 free activities to teach the building blocks of financial capability across the curriculum, designed for use within a typical class period. Now, let's teach financial literacy this month!

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

Programmer of the Universe “OK, so let me tell you…” And so it would begin. A long and colorful story. An elaborate description of a wild idea. In the forty years I knew Ed Fredkin I heard countless wild ideas and colorful stories from him. He always radiated a certain adventurous joy—together with supreme, almost-childlike confidence.