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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

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Holding the Door Open for Young Latinos Cindy Noriega is a third-year mathematics and computer science teacher in the Los Angeles area. She makes a concerted effort to encourage Latino students at her high school to take computer science classes. But one of the first obstacles she has to help them overcome is their own self-doubt. “I

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Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

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When a student is a contributor,” he adds, “it turbo-charges their ability to employ the other competencies and their content knowledge.” She fires up students’ communication skills (along with their engagement) by having them interview an astrophysicist about the science of superheroes. Building School 2.0:

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