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Education & Money
Money and education ideas to consider
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Do Learning Management Systems Limit Creativity?
Do Learning Management Systems (LMS) limit creativity? That’s a tough and opinion-based question to answer. However, to fully answer this question and understand what is at stake, we must first…
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Leadership, Learning, and Critical Reflection
Learning is essential to leadership (Brown & Posner, 2001). Catch-phrases such as “Leadership is Learning,” “The Best Leaders Are Constant Learners,” and “A Sign of Great Leadership is Continuous Learning”…
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Do Instructional Design Methods Result in Rigidity?
Do instructional design methods make teaching and learning too rigid? That is a challenging question to answer simply. Let me say that it depends on both the application and perspective.…
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Racism, Democracy, and the Failure of Education
I contend that the only way we can unify is to face some uncomfortable truths. We must look at ourselves in the mirror and see reality for what it is.…
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DeVos and the Charter School Initiative
Charter School or Public School? It may not be that easy of a decision. As someone who is not an “educator” in the traditional sense, I admit that my opinions…
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The Pursuit of Profit – Evil Or Not?
It was recently mentioned to me that “In today’s world, there is a growing segment of our society who view profits as wrong, as evil. Corporations, companies, and others who…
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Consider Campus Safety When Choosing a College
Campus safety should always be a consideration when choosing a college. This is because, much like the “real world,” some schools have more crime than others. In fact, studies have…
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A Leadership Lesson About Change in Higher Education
In her paper titled Change in Higher Education: Not Enough, or Too Much? Adrianna Kezar explores the many elements that both encourage and impede change regarding higher education as a…
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The Common Core Question – Things to Consider
Across educational settings, there has been a significant push to standardize. Local interests complain that such efforts rob decision-makers and educational institutions of making relevant and appropriate decisions for their…
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Student Loans: What Did We Think Would Happen?
You Took Out the Loan – Repay It! Is that really the best way to look at student loans? Let’s break down how this happened. After all, we cannot fix…
