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May 22, 2015
Common Core: Everyone for lower standards, raise your hands
There’s a political debate that’s heated up across our nation and right in our own state about the Common Core State Standards, a set of learning benchmarks that Ohio adopted […]
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April 17, 2015
We have to stop meeting like this!
Guest Post By: Beth Winter If the mere mention of having a meeting results in a collective groan, it’s a clear message that your meetings are not as productive as […]
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March 09, 2015
Re-evaluating our progress
This article originally appeared in Smart Business Magazine. Click here to access the original article. It’s natural, on occasion, to pause and take stock of where we are, where we’ve […]
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March 02, 2015
Guest Post: Growth and opportunity in Akron
By: Chris Thompson When the Fund for Our Economic Future says it’s committed to Growth & Opportunity what does that mean for greater Akron? If we’re successful in our quest, […]
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March 02, 2015
Alchemy: Storytelling that touches the soul
Members of the first core group at Alchemy: Marlon Oden, Imani Scruggs, Charlie Williams, Brandyn Costa. Shawn Taylor, Marquise Fowler Brandyn Costa arrived fully prepared with a written reflection […]
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February 25, 2015
Akron2Akron: Become a tourist in your own city
I have this simple philosophy where I believe that it’s sort of silly to not love where you live, so ‘Stuck in Ohio‘ bumper stickers have always confused me. No city is […]
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February 09, 2015
Guest Post: Why Succession Planning Matters
By: Brian Broadbent Lately Northeast Ohio has celebrated a number of nonprofit executive retirements. However, many nonprofit boards ignore planning for executive transitions until absolutely necessary. Why is it overlooked? […]
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December 29, 2014
Communicating a genuine belief in your employees
The rat race. I’ve heard the phrase a hundred times, but never understood how it came to mean our tiresome work life. Turns out it is an analogy to lab […]
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November 24, 2014
Arts in Akron: Add Your Voice to the Chorus
Sometimes you can just feel it. You can’t always describe it or measure it or explain it. But you feel it and that is enough. We are feeling it right […]
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September 04, 2014
Comments from an Education Advocate: Blended Learning
By: Kirstin Toth Senior Vice President, GAR Foundation What are the shared common themes in the terms “personalized learning, blended learning, flipped classroom, instructional differentiation, and problem based learning or […]
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