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Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz form Boka Restaurant Group on work-life balance and other tips for entrepreneurs. from Forbes Education

Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz share some of their hard won wisdom about hiring the right people and employee retention. from Forbes Education

Microsoft's Closing the STEM Gap report sheds light on more a more inclusive look into why so many girls and young women ignore or detach from STEM career pursuits. from Forbes Education

Not All Rebels Are Role Models Many young activists lack the poise and 4.1 GPAs of the Parkland teens. They still deserve our attention. March 31, 2018 at 04:19PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2pVcz2r

Coming Out As Transgender Strengthened This Teacher's Commitment To His Students A year into teaching high school, Mario Suarez knew it was time to come out as transgender at his school. His students embraced him and he dedicated his career to them all over again. Read more on NPR

New iPads For Classrooms; College Graduation Gaps; Teachers Lose Grants Plus positive trends in school-related crime, and teacher protests around the county, in our weekly education news roundup. Read more on NPR

How More Meetings Might Be The Secret To Fixing High School The BARR model, for "Building Assets, Reducing Risks," has serious evidence backing it up as a solution for real improvements in student success. Read more on NPR

Graduates of the 1972 graduating class of a once small Missouri high school remember the blonde, soft-spoken heroine who at the height of her fame traveled all the way from Hollywood just for them. from Forbes Education

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Irate Teachers Skip Class Across Kentucky To Protest Surprise Pension Overhaul What began as a bill about sewage services quickly became a significant change to state employee benefits Thursday. Now, it is one signature from becoming law — and classrooms are closing in protest. Read more on NPR

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A Visit To Topeka: Reflecting On Linda Brown's Legacy Linda Brown, the 9-year-old old whose name was enshrined in the landmark 1954 Supremem Court ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, died this past Sunday. She was 75. Read more on NPR

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Arizona Teachers Threatening To Strike If They Don't Get A Pay Raise A group of Arizona educators rallied at the state capitol on Wednesday, demanding a 20 percent pay raise. Republican Gov. Doug Ducey says that's a no-go. Noah Karvelis, an organizer and music teacher, tells NPR's Ailsa Chang about their next steps. Read more on NPR

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Turning Kids Into Readers, One Barbershop At A Time Alvin Irby is on a mission to get kids reading in the barbershop. Read more on NPR

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There was a Harry Potter reference in one of my math problems today. Math just got so much more enjoyable! Hats off to you, @khanacademy ! — Harley Rae (@theharleyrae) March 29, 2018

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Three cheers 🎉🎉🎉 for Ruy Malachias School in Riolandia, São Paulo! Their 4th grade class completed level 3 of #DesafioKhanAcademy , our new learning challenge for #KhanAcademyBrasil . Great work team! 💯👍👏 pic.twitter.com/4YJOY4vucE — Khan Academy (@khanacademy) March 29, 2018

Amidst calls to strip the president of honorary degrees at three universities, boards of trustees have dug in their heels. Though a Scottish university went the other way. from Forbes Education

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Report: Michigan State Spent $500,000 To Keep Tabs On Nassar Victims, Journalists The Lansing State Journal reports that emails show public relations firm Weber Shandwick charged more than $500,000 for monitoring the social media activity of Larry Nassar's victims and journalists. Read more on NPR

Miami-Dade wants to build apartments at schools for teachers Amid a wide gap between modest teacher salaries and Miami's high housing prices, the county has a new plan: build apartments on school property and let faculty live there. March 28, 2018 at 04:47PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2GBcMCp

A Look At The State Of School Integration 64 Years After Brown v. Board Of Education Linda Brown Thompson of Brown v. Board of Education died this week. In 1954, the decision was supposed to desegregate schools. Now, 64 years later, NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Georgetown University law professor Sheryll Cashin about the effects. Read more on NPR

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Why Teachers In High-Need Areas Are Now Saddled With Debt A new government study obtained by NPR finds that thousands of teachers have had their federal grants taken away and converted to loans, often for minor paperwork errors. Read more on NPR

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Thanks for flagging this! There seems to be a issue with our video thumbnails. We alerted YouTube yesterday and they are looking into it! Thanks again for letting us know. — Khan Academy (@khanacademy) March 28, 2018

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@DisneyPixar & @khanacademy want to teach you the secrets to good #storytelling – for free. Great resource for marketers 🚀 via @TechCrunch & @buffer https://t.co/JNcoMzWshb #WednesdayWisdom #Marketing — Laurie (@tweetinglaurie) March 28, 2018

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From 2013 to 2018, college debt has been the biggest concern among parents and students alike from Forbes Education

The drive to eliminate the humanities & other courses from colleges and universities is more than just financial; it's political. And it's been going on at an ever-increasing pace since the financial crisis of 2008. That's a dangerous sign of cultural decay. from Forbes Education

Khan Academy founder wins 2018 Visionary of the Year award: https://t.co/Wv8x7qgOlq via @sfchronicle Congratulations to our visionary leader @salkhanacademy ! 🏆🎉🙌 pic.twitter.com/j4BG2G78F7 — Khan Academy (@khanacademy) March 28, 2018

A recent study showed 20 hours of #SATPractice on @khanacademy was associated with an average 115-point increase from the #PSAT /NMSQT to the SAT. Get started and improve the skills you need for test day: https://t.co/9eb5OZTBEZ pic.twitter.com/C28gW1owUK — The SAT Program (@OfficialSAT) March 28, 2018

How you start your day impacts everything you do. Below are the 6 normalized habits that are ruining your day and they all start within the first 60 minutes from when you wake. Change these productivity destroying morning habits and it will drastically improve your days, months, and even years! from Forbes Education

Teaching And Learning At The Boundaries Of Two Cultures We all stand to lose from the gulf between the sciences and the humanities — and the classroom is the ideal place for conversations between these two cultures to unfold, says Prof. Marcelo Gleiser. Read more on NPR

News Brief: Kim Jong Un In China, Gerrymandering At The Supreme Court North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un reportedly visited China in his first trip abroad since taking power. Also, Marcia Coyle of National Law Journal previews a Supreme Court gerrymandering case. Read more on NPR

Dept. Of Education Fail: Teachers Lose Grants, Forced To Repay Thousands In Loans The TEACH grant helps future pay for college or a master's. But many say that when they started teaching, they were forced to pay it back. A study obtained by NPR suggests thousands are affected. Read more on NPR

Clarity of vision is common to all great women and men. They are individuals who, through the force of their creativity and imagination do the nearly mystical task of seeing that which is not yet apparent, of envisioning possibility where none seems to exist from Forbes Education

Coding...it’s not just for boys! These 3rd grade girls @CSDDavisES took the coding challenge on @khanacademy during recess. #21stcenturyskills #TeamCSD @CSDKhanAcademy @ccorey223 pic.twitter.com/j1mMbViPrL — Josh Gerloff (@MathwithJoshG) March 27, 2018

Hi there, thanks for flagging this issue! That @FortniteGame thumbnail is not from our video, and does not match the thumbnail we selected. We have alerted @YouTube 🚨🚨🚨 Thanks again for letting us know – we would never want to clickbait our users! — Khan Academy (@khanacademy) March 27, 2018

Hi there, thanks for flagging this issue! That @FortniteGame thumbnail is not from our video, and does not match the thumbnail we selected. We have alerted @YouTube 🚨🚨🚨 Thanks again for letting us know – we would never want to clickbait our users! — Khan Academy (@khanacademy) March 27, 2018

Hi there, thanks for flagging this issue! That @FortniteGame thumbnail is not from our video, and does not match the thumbnail we selected. We have alerted @YouTube 🚨🚨🚨 Thanks again for letting us know – we would never want to clickbait our users! — Khan Academy (@khanacademy) March 27, 2018