The goal is to take that knowledge back to the classroom—but not just in lecture form. Instead, with continual support from businesses, teachers can implement projects and activities that provide hands-on understanding.The whole idea is improving student outcomes. Students see how their academics are going to be used in their future careers.
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Client Ford Motor Company Fund wants to tell authentic stories that matter, stories that get to the heart of the issue from people who impact our communities. Ford Fund is achieving this goal on FordBetterWorld.org and with the help of people like Tonya Matthews, who allowed me to help her refine her story.
Read moreEven before it became a highly charged political topic, immigration and cultural integration were emerging as critical classroom issues for elementary and secondary schools across the U.S. For school administrators in places including Dearborn, Mich., increasing numbers of Muslim students means adapting annual calendars to accommodate students not tied to traditional Christian holidays.
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Who knew asking Mark Coker, founder of eBook giant Smashwords, a question at a book conference would lead to him writing his personal story for one of my clients? I enjoyed helping Mr. Coker refine his long, though fascinating, story.
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Online retailers, social media and the Internet of Things — manufactured things that are connected to the Internet (like the Nest thermostat) — are generating extraordinary amounts of data. Plus, with computers and cloud computing cheaper and faster, companies can perform high-powered number crunching on data to personalize products or predict future trends.
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