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Study Shows Creative Thinkers May Be More Likely to Cheat

Many of today’s students will leave high school without the critical and creative thinking skills needed to solve college-level problems and make wise real-world decisions. In order for American students to be strong innovators, leaders, and observers, many schools have adopted a critical and creative thinking program. However, according to a new study, for all the positive effects creative thinking can have on students, it can also apply to their ethics and the rate at which students cheat.
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How to Embrace Two-Way Conversations in Your School-Parent Program

In a review of 29 studies of school-parent programs, family participation in education was twice as predictive of students academic success as family socioeconomic status. Some of the more intensive programs had effects that were 10 times greater than other factors.

(http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Final_Parent_Involvement_Fact_Sheet_14732_7.pdf)

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StudyBlue App Helps Students Squeeze in More Study Time

Here comes finals week, and many students are organizing their notes, forming study groups, and cramming in last minute study sessions. If the mountains of flashcards and call of Facebook is getting to be too much, students may find their saving grace in the web and mobile app StudyBlue.

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School Board Member Takes Standardized Test and Gets a D

Marion Brady, veteran teacher, administrator, curriculum designer, and author, recently shared an email correspondence he had with his friend, a member on the Board of Education in Florida and holder of two bachelor’s degrees, a master’s, and 15 credit hours toward a doctorate.

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Small Ways to Make a Big Difference This Holiday Season

Yesterday was International Volunteer Day, a holiday created by the United Nations to tell the worldÂ â€œmillions of volunteers are changing lives for the better every day and with better recognition and support much more can be done.â€

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Ten Ways You Can Embrace Interactive Learning in the Classroom

What can professional development mean for your school? Successful teachers, successful students, and a successful learning environment.
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STEM Plus Art Equals STEAM

The acronym STEM — standing for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — is in many twenty-first century educators’ vocabulary. However, even as awareness increases of American students needing more grounding in STEM skills to succeed in the technological world-of-work, implementation methods are still in an experimental phase.

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College and Career Readiness Starts in Middle School

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

You probably remember being asked and/or asking a child a similar question. Emerging college-and-career readiness programs are still asking students the same question but demanding more follow through and from younger pupils.

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