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Switch – How to change when things are hard

“Change is hard.” “People hate change.” Those were two of the most common quotes we heard when we began to study change. But it occurred to us that if people hate change, they have a funny way of showing it. Every iPhone sold serves as counter-evidence… check out the review in the Wall Street Journal…

Book Review: Switch – WSJ.com.

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Webquest: Nicaragua

Nicaragua Quest is a project-based learning experience designed to engage students in the politics, history, and culture of Nicaragua through role-playing, and discussion.

Nicaragua Quest.

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Educational AND Entertaining?

In WHERE DID IT COME FROM?, host Michael Guillen investigates the similarities between modern technology and early practices of ancient civilizations. Exploring topics like warfare, agriculture, and medicine, Guillen works with experts in each field…Read this review at Commonsensemedia.org.

Where Did It Come From? – Television Review.

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Math and the Brain: Why Things Just Don’t Add Up for Some Students

Discussion of how brain scans are being used to understand developmental dyscalculia.

Math and the Brain: Why Things Just Don’t Add Up for Some Students| The Committed Sardine.

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Rhee’s five big missteps

“Richard Whitmire’s deft and revealing book about former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee chronicles a difficult time in the history of the city’s schools, when good people fought hard against one another because of sharply contrasting views on how to help our children….” Read this review by Jay Mathews

Rhee’s five big missteps.

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