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Meryl Streep called out Donald Trump at the Golden Globes. He responded by calling her ... - 0 views

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    ""It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter. Someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back. It kind of broke my heart when I saw it. I still can't get it out of my head because it wasn't in a movie. It was real life." Streep was referring to Trump's remarks during the campaign, when he appeared to mock New York Times reporter Serge F. Kovaleski, who has arthrogryposis, which visibly limits the functioning of his joints. "And this instinct to humiliate, when it's modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody's life, because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing," the actress said."
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Senate Democrats have the power to stop Trump. All they have to do is use it. - The Was... - 0 views

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    "Senate Democrats have a powerful tool at their disposal, if they choose to use it, for resisting a president who has no mandate and cannot claim to embody the popular will. That tool lies in the simple but fitting act of withholding consent. An organized effort to do so on the Senate floor can bring the body to its knees and block or severely slow down the agenda of a president who does not represent the majority of Americans."
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The power of a glass of water: Why simple acts of thoughtfulness matter today | LinkedIn - 0 views

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    "Those moments are opportunities to act in a thoughtful way: to be attentive to others, considerate, unselfish, and provide comfort or aid."
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The Power of Mindfulness: Reshape Your Brain for Calm and Compassion - Neuroplasticity ... - 0 views

  • studies show that learning new skills such as how to juggle or speak a foreign language can cause the brain to grow in new ways.
  • brain transformation isn't only affected by what we do—it can also come about due to how  we think and feel
  • With meditation, your brain is effectively being rewired:
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The Unique Power of Afterschool Learning | Edudemic - 0 views

  • Afterschool programs are an important and impactful
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The 4 Properties of Powerful Teachers - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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The enduring power of print for learning in a digital world - 0 views

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    "Students overwhelming preferred to read digitally."
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Inspire Pro - Create Art, Paint, Draw & Sketch on the App Store - 0 views

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    "Available exclusively on the App Store, meticulously designed to be beautifully powerful and painstakingly engineered for the 64-bit CPU and multi-core GPU of iPad - Inspire Pro delivers an incredibly fast and realistic painting, drawing and sketching experience that you can take with you wherever you go and use whenever inspiration strikes."
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The Power of Silence: Why You Need Less Noise for Work and Your Health - 0 views

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    "Silence Gives the Brain a Break"
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Why Technology Alone Won't Fix Schools - The Atlantic - 0 views

  • Amplification seems like an obvious idea—all it says is that technology is a tool that augments human power
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Powerful free resource to support learning your times tables - 0 views

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    Site reinforces math content
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Bugscope: Home - 0 views

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    Allow your students the opportunity to work with a high powered microscopw.
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Pete's Power Point Station - A Collection of FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format fo... - 0 views

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    A site geared to the elementary crowd!
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The most powerful multiplication games ever created. - 0 views

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    Math Learning games.
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