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Facebook Doesn't Need Your Money; Invest in Africa Instead
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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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A Geodesic Dome Promises Fish from the Sky
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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From Tweet to Street: Anti-Poverty Campaign Takes Supporters' Messages to Camp David
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Pet Diaries: The Joint-Custody Dog Who Taught Me to Move On
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GOOD Maker Challenge: How Would You Use Storytelling to Improve your Community?
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How Cherokee Is Real Cherokee? Mixed-Race People Discuss Elizabeth Warren
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In a Majority-Minority Nation, Numbers Aren't Everything
today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork

Teacher Natalie Munroe blogged about her students—and got suspended for it. Is calling kids "rat-like" and "lazy whiners" protected by free speech?
Yes or no? We've teamed up with the folks over at Waiting for Superman to sponsor a debate: Should student test scores be used to evaluate...
Yesterday, NPR profiled a rural school in Halifax County, North Carolina (thanks for the fact check, commenter Matt Liles), that according to its...

Time and again, I've seen the fixation on grades get in the way just when my students are learning how to use their minds.

A new study suggests that Facebook "directly influences social learning and can positively influence academic learning." Who knew?
In the rarified world of academia, the mantra is "publish or perish." Young professors need to get their work out to the extended community of...

Know an amazing teacher for grades 7 through 12? Nominate him or her to win a $10K classroom grant.
Morning Roundup: From NPR: Is Teacher Tenure Still Necessary? Tenure is under attack. The century-old system of protecting experienced teachers...