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• Artists, musicians, teachers among the young victims of Oakland warehouse fire that killed at least 36
• Kenya promises crackdown as teachers push for ban on UK-backed private schools
• Science Course, Lab Options Vary in Online Bachelor's Programs
• 3 Tips for Teachers to Help Teens Distinguish Fact From Fiction

Artists, musicians, teachers among the young victims of Oakland warehouse fire that killed at least 36 Posted: 05 Dec 2016 01:47 PM PST Young artists, musicians and educators were among the victims of the deadly warehouse fire that broke out in Oakland over the weekend, killing several dozen attendees of a party in an art space. According to Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy Tya Modste, 36 bodies had been recovered as of Sunday from the dilapidated, two-story Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship. The San Francisco Chronicle has reported that the teenage victim was Draven McGill, a junior at Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts and the son of a deputy for the Alameda County sheriff's office.

Kenya promises crackdown as teachers push for ban on UK-backed private schools Posted: 05 Dec 2016 11:42 AM PST By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kenya promised on Monday to crack down on schools operating illegally after teachers called for a ban on a chain of low-cost private schools backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Bridge International Academies (BIA), which is also supported by British aid money, offers cheap nursery and primary education to poor families. Uganda's high court ordered the closure of 63 BIA schools last month for operating without a license, using unregistered teachers and having poor sanitation - a ruling the company is appealing.

Science Course, Lab Options Vary in Online Bachelor's Programs Posted: 05 Dec 2016 06:15 AM PST Peggy Wall, an online bachelor's student in the for-profit American Public University System, had a fetal pig delivered to her doorstep last year, along with a dead frog and a grasshopper, among other animals. While the natural sciences have been slower than many other disciplines to embrace online learning, experts say, that's starting to change at some colleges and universities, particularly for nonscience majors. Many experts suggest that premedical students avoid them, for example, because some programs won't accept them as prerequisites.

3 Tips for Teachers to Help Teens Distinguish Fact From Fiction Posted: 05 Dec 2016 05:00 AM PST "I'm constantly got kids coming to me, 'Did you know?' insert whatever conspiracy theory," says Dave Stuart Jr., who teaches world history at Cedar Springs High School in Michigan. The Common Core standards focus strongly on skills that should prepare students to detect fake news -- the standards emphasize the need for students to write and read arguments using and looking for strong reasoning and evidence, says Dana Maloney, an English teacher at Tenafly High School in New Jersey. Teach teens to question the source: Two key skills for students to have are to be able to question a source and to corroborate what is being presented with other sources when vetting credibility, Stuart says.

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