Bill Gates kicked off the Big History Project’s educator beta program with a new page on his blog Gates Notes, noting the work of Bob Bain, associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Education, who designed the course for high schools.
His Twitter profile says simply “Radical Educator” and it’s accurate. Since receiving his doctorate in 1970, he’s run schools, founded schools, and been the subject of books and a movie. His methods are unorthodox and impressively effective.
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Higher education improves lives in almost every way we can measure: income, civic engagement, and even health. While higher education is increasingly a prerequisite for lucrative employment, not everyone who wants to go to college can—many are stopped by the barriers of cost, of information, or of adequate academic preparation. Do you want to make a difference in higher education?
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K-12 education is a complicated business, including the mastery of classroom practices and curriculum development, the use of technological innovations to enhance learning; and the effective assessment of foundational, developmental, and disciplinary issues. Classrooms, schools, and educational policy provide the building blocks for student success. Do you want to build a better education system?
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9:00 am | Room 2327 - Brownlee Room
3:00 pm | Room 2202 - Prechter Lab
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Whether you're interested in K-12 or in higher education; whether you want to teach or work in school administration; whether you want to implement policy or develop new education strategies, we have a program that will help you become one of the leaders and the best in education.
