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‘The good teachers are starting to leave’ – Washington Post (blog)


A teacher asks her state superintendent to give her and her colleagues more instructional time — or suffer an exodus of good teachers.

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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5 Highly Effective Teaching Practices


Check out these researched-based, best teaching practices and share with us the ways you already use them in your classroom.

Source: www.edutopia.org

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Teaching Empathy: Are We Teaching Content or Students?


Teaching empathy is about teaching students, not content — how they feel about the incoming knowledge will ultimately determine how useful it is to them.

Source: www.edutopia.org

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5 Google Chrome Apps for Social Studies Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning


“Below are some useful Chrome apps we have curated from Chrome web store for social studies teachers. The post comes as response to the multiple requests we have been receiving over the last couple of weeks …”

  • TimesMaps
  • Newsela
  • Ancient History Encyclopedia
  • DOGOnews
  • Today in History

Source: www.educatorstechnology.com

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Slaughter of Coptic Christians is attack on all believers, says Catholic leader – OneNewsNow


A Catholic leader and constitutional lawyer is calling on Christian believers to stand together in Christ after the beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians by Muslim terrorists.

Source: www.onenewsnow.com

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Archaeologists unearth lost fortress of Genghis Khan in western Mongolia – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun


Japanese and Mongolian archaeologists said Feb. 26 that they have discovered the remains of a 13th-century military outpost established for Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan (c. 1162-1227) in southwestern Mongolia.

Source: ajw.asahi.com

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Astana ‘Will Help’ U.S. Investigate Kazakh Suspected Of Aiding Islamic State


Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry has said that it will provide assistance to the United States to help investigate the case of a Kazakh national arrested on suspicion of assisting the Islamic State (IS…

Source: www.rferl.org

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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan natives show support for US – News 12 Bronx (registration)


The three men arrested Wednesday on terror charges lived in Brooklyn, but they are citizens

Source: bronx.news12.com

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MH370: ‘Putin ordered plane to be flown to Kazakhstan space port,’ conspiracy … – The Independent


Vladimir Putin ordered Russian special forces to hijack Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and fly it to a spaceport in Kazakhstan, an aviation expert who appeared on CNN has claimed.

Source: www.independent.co.uk

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