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For years, research has shown that socioeconomic status is associated with differences in school readiness, cognitive development and achievement. Staff must have a common belief that, “We can succeed in spite of all other factors when we work together.” First, it is essential to create a sense of collective staff efficacy.

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The 29-year-old lives in Beijing, where she leads a team at an education company that develops English curriculum for kindergartens and schools across China. On one hand, I really want to respect cognitive development, and on the other hand, I also dream to be a proud mom,” Hu says. “I

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Coming to terms with our own myopia as educators can be uncomfortable, but as we are educators first and not just purveyors of content, most of us welcome the chance to become more effective in the classroom. If so, this belief seems to compound at the time of a student’s entrance to college. Could it be that they were…bored?

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Coming to terms with our own myopia as educators can be uncomfortable, but as we are educators first and not just purveyors of content, most of us welcome the chance to become more effective in the classroom. If so, this belief seems to compound at the time of a student’s entrance to college. Could it be that they were…bored?

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My mentor and collaborator, Seymour Papert, was a brilliant mathematician, a distinguished computer scientist, an innovative learning theorist, a humanitarian and a visionary for technology-based education change to empower every children. While a visionary, he is also very much a realist. Constructionism. Playful Learning and Hard Fun.

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