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Another reason females might be under-counted or underrepresented as "gamers." From the article: This is something I've heard plenty: Oh, these are just misguided kids. But according to the Entertainment Software Association, the average gamer is more than 30 years old, and 68 percent of gamers are over the age of 18. So to chalk all of this ugliness up to immature boys who just need to "grow up" does nothing but turn a blind eye to the very real problem-a problem that leads some young women to avoid voice communications, hide their gender in their profiles, or give up on online gaming altogether.

Not directly an article for Leadership for 21st Century Schools until considering the issues of open access. Publicly funded research was not readily accessible; access is opening to some degree.

Great article on school leadership from a 30 year veteran. 

Article addresses the question as to how to assess teachers who are not directly linked to standardized testing of students. A referenced study suggests that the majority of teachers will fall into the "not linked to state testing" category contrary to the attention that is being given to the evaluation standards set under Race to the Top requirements and other state legislation.

Great article that critiques the Khan Academy and flipped classroom worth a read.

Know what I love @ this article? Not 1 mention of test scores

Great article on leadership and communication 

Great article on the daily interactions of a principal 

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This is exciting. Read the entire pdf of the report attached to the article.

Excellent article o what schools should be doing 

This article shares a framework that integrates literacy, 21st century skills and ICT strategies, so that units of work can be prepared that take students from learning basic skills directly from teacher modelling, right through to collaborative application of these skills against real-world, authentic problems.

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