Education Should Nurture Creativity
Enjoy this video. It's a thoughtful presentation with a good amount of humor. I do support Sir Robinson's ideas and I propose an economic argument for why it's important to nurture creativity in our schools.
Enjoy this video. It's a thoughtful presentation with a good amount of humor. I do support Sir Robinson's ideas and I propose an economic argument for why it's important to nurture creativity in our schools. Having lived and worked aboard, I discovered the importance of creativity in providing a competitive advantage over our rising international competitors (China and India), where their education systems tend to focus on rote-learning. Students deserve an education rooted in problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity/design.
What does Obama's Immigration Plan mean for our School Children?
According to Education Week, "President Obama unveiled plans for the most sweeping executive action on immigration in decades, easing the threat of deportation for the parents of millions of America's K-12 schoolchildren." This is a huge deal, and it's important - as a teacher - to grasp the basics of the plan, especially if you are teaching students that have undocumented parents (approx. 4 million)...
According to Education Week, "President Obama unveiled plans for the most sweeping executive action on immigration in decades, easing the threat of deportation for the parents of millions of America's K-12 schoolchildren." This is a huge deal, and it's important - as a teacher - to grasp the basics of the plan, especially if you are teaching students that have undocumented parents (approx. 4 million).
Here are two links (English + Spanish) describing the changes and steps immigrant families can take to prepare. Feel free to share.
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