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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

ED Surge

Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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What lessons can we learn from past pandemics?

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Their research sheds light on the significant role that social inequalities play in determining the outcomes of a pandemic. In light of the social inequalities highlighted by COVID-19, this knowledge has never been more important. Taylor and Lisa use death records as their main source of quantitative data for their research.

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What’s Wrong With STEM Education: How to Address the Problems

STEM Education Guide

Quality of STEM Education in Schools. Many college professors mention that their students were not taught how to think, and the students memorized all through high school. Research has suggested that children lose interest in science by the time they are 12-13 years of age. In our article, is nursing STEM?

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Technology and Explanation in Modern Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

Today’s guest writer is Finja Kruse, a teacher experienced in different educational tools and engaged in creative writing activities in school. Make use of the Internet and have students check the news to improve their research skills. Make use of eBooks, so students don’t have to carry all the resources to school.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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By combining engineering and human rights disciplines, he is researching the links between access to transport and the inequalities facing Peruvians today. We might not always be aware of it, but efficient transport structures and services are vital for social inclusion. HOW DOES PUBLIC TRANSPORT AFFECT INEQUALITY?

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The importance of community for reducing social isolation

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Mexican women often follow their partners into the workforce to support the family income, but they also tend to have primary responsibility for children, family and the home, meaning that the time they have left to socialise and develop meaningful relationships with other women is scarce. What about a new country?

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The secret life of fonts

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Linguistic anthropologists study the nature of language and how humans use it in their everyday lives, but Keith is taking his research in an unusual direction. If fonts have a social, cultural and political force, who is facilitating and managing that force, and how are they doing it? WHAT IS KEITH’S RESEARCH REVEALING?