In doing this, language plays a critical role as the major channel for information exchange. "Success" in the classroom requires a student to master this abstract code. As Bernstein (1969:152) noted, the language of the classroom is more similar to the language used by middle class families ...
“Ghostlight” centers on Dan (Kupferer), a melancholic middle-aged construction worker, who is grieving a family tragedy. Cut off from his devoted wife, Sharon (Tara Mallen), and talented but troubled daughter, Daisy (Katherine Mallen Kupferer), Dan finds comfort a local theater production of...
A Field Guide to the Middle-Class U.S. Family Red Meat Tied to Increased Mortality Risk Don’t Call It Pampering: Massage Wants to Be Medicine Bret Michaels Challenges the Public to a Fitness Contest 100-year-old teacher: ‘the Lord will tell me when to stop’ ...
[Middle English ernen, runnen, from Old English rinnan, eornan, earnan, and from Old Norse rinna; see rei- in Indo-European roots.] Our Living Language Traditional terms for "a small, fast-flowing stream" vary throughout the eastern United States especially and are enshrined in many place...
How it works: Self-directed projects on a flexible schedule. The Lion King Experience: At Home. Free; age 8–15. Originally designed for classrooms and adapted for home use, this immersive theater program teaches kids performance art through The Lion King. Each lesson plan (there are 11 ...
At Gloucester’s O’Maley middle school campus, DPW is making good progress on a courtyard improvement phase they’ve long planned. Three raised planter wells were removed and three lower planting beds with 16 new trees are coming. “Lots and lots of concrete panels are being replaced.” ...
There have been efforts to find a middle ground between the playful freedom inherent to Norwegian kindergartens and a more structured setting. In Oslo, Rydland leads Språksterk, an initiative run by the University of Oslo, kindergartens in five Oslo districts and officials with the city of Osl...
In the middle of the 17th century, the modern era broke onto the scene, and with it a new educational ideal. People increasingly saw themselves as a product of their own abilities and thoughts. Owing to insights from the natural sciences, new discoveries and inventions, it was the flow of...
or in-depth types of teaching programs in local communities as well. One of the cool things that we’ve done in the past - especially at these hackathons - is utilize some of the AI for Good programs and use them as a way to teach a student (high schoolers, middle schoolers, co...
It is unclear whether this process begins at the middle and radiates outwards, or starts at an edge, traverses the middle, and arrives at the other side. The mechanisms required for these two processes would necessarily be fundamentally different. Either way, a number of fascinating questions ...