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AAG SmartBrief

Research and technology news for geographers

AAG SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Association of American Geographers

Foreign funds help drive Cuba's real estate market

5/15/2013

  • National Public Radio

There has been significant activity in Cuba's real estate market since private home sales were legalized on the island in 2011, but problems remain. The country lacks a practical mortgage system, real… Read More

STEM Career SmartBrief

STEM-specific news for career development professionals

STEM Career SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Association for Career and Technical Education

Mo. program provides students greater school, job opportunities

5/17/2013

  • KBIA-FM (Columbia, Mo.)

Missouri's Innovation Campuses program seeks to make it easier to transfer credits from high school to college and speed students' entry into the workforce. "Sometimes traditionally students haven't r… Read More

ACTFL SmartBrief

News about language education

ACTFL SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Mich. teacher leads virtual field trip using Google Glass

5/13/2013

  • MLive.com (Michigan) (free registration)

Google has released a video of Andrew Vanden Heuvel, an online physics teacher in Michigan, using Google Glass to take his students on a virtual field trip to a facility in Switzerland. Heuvel is one … Read More

NCLE SmartBrief

News for educators and literacy learning supporters

NCLE SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: National Center for Literacy Education

Ohio bill gives schools more staffing options for reading interventions

5/16/2013

  • Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), The

A bill approved by the Ohio House of Representatives would give schools more flexibility in hiring K-3 reading teachers by ending a requirement that only educators who have taught reading for the past… Read More

NCSS SmartBrief

News for social studies educators

NCSS SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: National Council for the Social Studies

Mass. high-school students conduct mock trial of real murder case

5/16/2013

  • Wicked Local

Social studies students from Weymouth High School in Massachusetts held a mock trial of the real-life Florida case of Casey Anthony, who was accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Weymouth Mayo… Read More

NCTM SmartBrief

News for mathematics educators

NCTM SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

How to help students believe they are "math people"

5/19/2013

  • Keene Sentinel (N.H.), The

There are many reasons for math anxiety, from fears passed on to students from their parents to lessons that fail to connect math to real life. Some also say the anxiety can begin in elementary school… Read More

Sigma Xi SmartBrief

News on scientific research and innovation

Sigma Xi SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Drinking coffee regularly is associated with reduced liver disease risk

5/20/2013

  • MedicalDaily.com

Coffee consumption was linked to a lower risk of developing an autoimmune liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis, Mayo Clinic researchers found. However, they found that regular coffee dr… Read More