Education and the 21st-century Marketplace Jun 30, 2021

Along with traditional core subjects such as math and science, new skills are emerging to form important 21st-century skills necessary to succeed in the modern-day marketplace. These skills include in...

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Inspiring Communities to Create a Positive Environmental Impact Jun 16, 2021

Hi folks! Iā€™m Spiffy, your interplanetary journalist reporting from Planet Earth, back with a new guest. Sanae Ziadi is the founder of BalaWaste and a 2020 Millennium Fellow, committed to making a...

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Creativity in the 21st Century Jun 02, 2021

by Charlotte Tiltman

In school, the emphasis of importance has traditionally been placed on ā€˜coreā€™ subjects, with learning sometimes restricted to preparing for an exam where the student

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How learning about psychology can help you become a better parent May 26, 2021

By Reena Janeen (originally published on SheHeroes).

Itā€™s a common trope that parents are mostly figuring out how to do the job on the fly. And to some extent itā€™s perfectly accurate. Par

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2020 Youth Projects: Climate Change (Plastic Pollution) May 18, 2021

Presented by MMCC Team for 2020 IDEAS by Youth Symposium.

In Climate Change module students learn about global climate and environmental problems, including the plastic trash crisis, pollution an

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Making Financial Education Accessible to Teens May 12, 2021

Mohammed Faisal: Making Financial Education Accessible to Teens

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Hello! My name is Spiffy, an Interplanetary Journalist reporting from Planet Earth. Iā€™ve been speaking with innovators from arou...

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How to Empower Your Children to Be More Inclusive Apr 28, 2021

By Jennifer Landis at Mindfulness Mama.

Although inclusivity should always be a part of the collective conversation, itā€™s been picking up as a hot topic in recent months. And along with t

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Emotional Intelligence and Workplace Stress in the Afterschool Field Apr 21, 2021

Sonia Toledo DYCD Keynote speech (April 2021).

Iā€™veĀ been working in youth developmentĀ for a very long time.Ā I startedĀ atĀ SYEPĀ back in the early 1990ā€™s, worked my way up to executive posi

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Creating a Thriving Community for Youth Like Her Apr 13, 2021

IDEAS Empowered by YouthĀ® is a DigitalĀ K-12 PBLĀ designed to reduce inequality in education in inner-city communities by helping youth overcome the pandemicĀ learning loss. IDEAS modules empower you

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21st-Century PBL for Youth: Finding Passion and Purpose Apr 07, 2021

Rev. Melissa interviewed Dr. Sonia Toledo, Founder & CEO of Dignity of ChildrenĀ® (March 21st, 2021).

Watch full interview here

Rev.Ā Melissa:Ā I love your description of IDEAS, particularly that it he...

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Building Emergency Shelters for a Better Future May 28, 2019

Welcome back, everyone!Ā  Iā€™m Spiffy, the interplanetary journalist reporting from Planet Earth with an eye on entrepreneurs making a difference on climate change. Today Iā€™m thrilled to be talking to M...

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Project-Based Learning and 21st Century Skills May 28, 2019

Now, perhaps more than ever, educators and parents are struggling to keep young people engaged in learning. Whether we like it or not, remote education is becoming a part of our reality, a

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