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21st Century Skills - The 21st-century skills presented here (see table) are compiled from many excellent works published in the 1990s, as well as contemporary literature, emerging research, and the voices of representatives from education, business, and industry. This work is intended to provide the public, business, industry, and education with a common understanding of�and language for�discussing the skills needed by students and workers in this emerging Digital Age.
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5 Steps to Education-Centered Communities - Everything Else Follows: 5 Steps to Education-Centered Communities. Any teacher can begin the process of making a school more community-centered, which is the first step in making communities more education-centered. Here are 5 steps to consider
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About McREL's Rural Initiative - The purpose of the McREL Rural Initiative is to increase the capacity of rural schools and communities to initiate and sustain systemic changes designed to facilitate high levels of achievement for all students.
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Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology - Academic Programs. Undergraduate. Graduate. Course Information. Clubs. Extension, Research and Outreach. ...
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Beyond Candle Factories: Higher Education In The Information Age - The chancellor of the University System of Maryland, Donald Langenberg, speaks cogently and insightfully to the challenges facing institutions of higher education as we enter the 21st century. The implications and opportunities apply doubly to the challenges facing rural colleges and universities.
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California Institute for Rural Studies - CIRS is working toward a rural California that is socially just, economically viable, and environmentally balanced, resulting in sustainable development. As a non-profit research organization, they're committed to sound empirical research tempered with human values that is directly relevant to progressive social change for long term public interests.
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Center for Great Plains Studies - University of Nebraska - Lincoln - The Center for Great Plains Studies is an interdisciplinary intercollegiate program administered in the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Its goal is to foster the study of human cultural development in the sparsely populated environment of the Great Plains.
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Communities of Learning-Summary - Based on principles of discovery and the relationships with life, The Communities of Learning views education through a different lens: freedom, communication, and politic-free. Thier site explains the process... check it out!
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Cultures Edge - Earthaven's educational organization, sponsors courses and internships in permaculture, earth care, natural building, the creative arts, holistic health, community building, eco-spirituality, consensus decision making and group process, ecovillage design, and other subjects essential to regenerating and sustaining human culture.
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Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology - We conduct research, policy analysis, training, and education in applied economics and rural sociology. These efforts are generally directed toward individual and community problems and related to agriculture and natural resource issues important to the citizens of Idaho.
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