This notion may seem difficult for an American to digest, but it’s true. Only a small number of independent schools exist in Finland, and even they are all publicly financed. None is allowed to charge tuition fees. There are no private universities, either. This means that practically every person in Finland attends public school, whether for pre-K or a Ph.D.
More @THE ATLANTIC: What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success
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Source: The Atlantic
Demonstrating: The EXTREME marshmallow cannon!
(Pro tip: Want to be invited to the White House? Be a 14 year old who clearly designed the best invention ever).
love that expression (on both of them)
That kid is completely unimpressed with his awesomeness and Obama is all “WOAH!!!!”
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Source: The Atlantic
12 Year Old Girl Discovers All U.S. Presidents Except One Related to One British King
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That’s one hell of a chart!
WOAH.
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Purdue University, in Indiana, developed its own backchannel system, Hot Seat, two years ago, at a cost of $84,000. It lets students post comments and questions, which can be read on laptops or smartphones or projected on a large screen. Sugato Chakravarty, who lectures about personal finance, pauses to answer those that have been “voted up” by his audience.
Before Hot Seat, “I could never get people to speak up,” Professor Chakravarty said. “Everybody’s intimidated.”
“It’s clear to me,” he added, “that absent this kind of social media interaction, there are things students think about that normally they’d never say.”
Students speak up in class, silently, via social media: NY Times (via thingsforteachers)
Awesome idea!
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Source: The New York Times
USA Regional Magnetic Geography Puzzle - Stained Plywood
Make continental American geography fun and beautiful with this one of a kind laser cut puzzle made from stained birch plywood.
Each region is stained differently to distinguish it from the others. The regions include:
Pacific Northwest Region: WA, OR, ID
Pacific Region: CA, NV, AZ
Rocky Mountain Region: MT, ND, SD, WY, UT, CO, NM
Southwest Region: TX, OK, AR, LA
Southeast RegionL MS, AL, GA, FL, SC, NC, TN, KY
Central Plains Region: KS, NE, IA, MO
Great Lakes Region: MN, WI,IL, IN, MI, OH
Mid-Atlantic Region: PA, WV, VA, MD, DL, NJ
Northeast Region: NY, VT, NH, CT, MA, ME
This is AMAZING.
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is it good or bad that we are better acquainted with books than we are most people? or does it even matter?
Aren’t they kind of the same thing? Books are all about people.
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Another internal-space flow diagram of idea interaction and encounter, this time with reading.
I’ve honestly never really thought that much about how I read but I guess that’s something lots of people DO think about.
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Aaaand that’s why I like discussing things in class because THAT’S HOW I REMEMBER STUFF.
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