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Mark Zuckerberg and Wife Are Opening a School

The founder of Facebook and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are opening a school with a unique twist: it will offer health services to its students from the moment they are born until their graduation.

The school, which will offer education

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College students can become better persons when they spend 5 years in college versus the traditional 4 years.

It’s your senior year in college and all the excitement of graduation and accomplishment has consumed you, as it should. Until suddenly you realize it’s been five years. Five years since you got your acceptance letter to attend your graduating …

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Why teenage inventor Ahmed Mohamed was arrested after bringing a home-built clock to school

An incident that happened at a Texas high school a few weeks ago has struck a nerve

across the country, and it has even prompted President Obama to speak his mind on

Twitter and recognize Ahmed Mohamed as an inventor …

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Tennessee to Approve Free Community College for All High School Grads

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has a signature proposal for this year. His program would cover a complete full ride at two year colleges for any student who graduates from high school. The plan is a cornerstone to his “Drive to …

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Condensed Online Coursework: A Necessary Route to Graduation or Educational Evil?

So for the first part of this course, I’ve had to get used to the crammed and fast-paced nature that goes along with a summer course. Being that it is my first time participating in said estival coursework, I feel …

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Transition to Online Learning in Grade Schools

So as college students we all know the wonderful benefits of online classes. My question is when do we start teaching online classes in high school, or even Jr high? Should we have some kind of orientation class in grade …

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Online Exam Taking – When sharing becomes cheating, thank you Google

In today’s digital age, when files are sent at the click of a button, pictures of tests are texted around the room in seconds and screen shots of text books are readily available. Where is the line between sharing information …

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Digital Children of the Future

The generation is getting closer to where all children will be raised in a home where their parents are completely in tune with the digital world. The transition was not as fast as some may say but I do believe …

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Computers… The Real Enemy

Forget the fact that computers were supposed to make everything easier for us. Computers have gone a step further making people, the ones who thought they needed computers, obsolete. In an economy that is finally on the verge of growth …

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Sailing into a “Vaster Wasteland” of information

When you turn on the TV, what do you watch? Is it news, is it gossip, is it just the weather? Like many people today, you likely find yourself with over a thousand channels but never anything ‘good’ on to …

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