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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

Students have fun guessing and are usually surprised by the company – in the past I have used FTX (the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange), WeWork (the now bankrupt co-working space company), and Apple (one of the most highly valued companies in history).

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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

Students have fun guessing and are usually surprised by the company – in the past I have used FTX (the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange), WeWork (the now bankrupt co-working space company), and Apple (one of the most highly valued companies in history).

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Teaching Courses that Provoke Student Anxiety

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Those of us concerned about student anxiety in our courses have history on our side. The pressure to solve problems, answer multiple-choice question, and write essays on an exam scares them. Two recent articles (see the references) explore the anxiety associated with social science statistics courses.

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Why Do So Few Black Men Become Teachers?

Edsurge

Like when we have states that say they're trying to recruit diverse educators, but [are] also telling them, “Erase yourself and your history as you're filling out that application.” What do the certification exams look like? So it's less about classroom management. How much money do you have to spend on supplies?

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Teaching Courses that Provoke Student Anxiety

Faculty Focus

Those of us concerned about student anxiety in our courses have history on our side. The pressure to solve problems, answer multiple-choice question, and write essays on an exam scares them. Two recent articles (see the references) explore the anxiety associated with social science statistics courses.

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School’s Out for the Latest Y Combinator Batch, and Here’s What Its Edtech Graduates Are Up to

Edsurge

Investors and founders packed into the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Here’s what that one classroom-facing company is offering, and what the other six edtech startups hope to accomplish off the school campus. for startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Summer 2018 Demo Day. According to cofounder Ba?ar

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Can middle schoolers handle college? This San Jose school is finding out

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Unlike AP classes, which include expensive exams and are limited to certain subjects and high-performing students, these community college classes cover a range of topics and are open to all students. That celebration of culture is a direct response to a history of adversity, Lamas said.