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Photojournalist Group Focuses on New Headquarters

Associations Now

The National Press Photographers Association announced last month that it will relocate its headquarters from North Carolina to Georgia. The move puts the group at the center of academia, with offices on the campus of the University of Georgia. Petersburg Times , to fund its education programs. Poynter owns the newspaper.).

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.1.20

Reid All About it

If you’re in North Carolina, I hope you’ll support the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. You can help these kids out—as well as all the people, young and old, who have been laid off or lost their business—by supporting your local food bank. Find yours on the Feeding America website.

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Conferences Are Providing Inferior Education Through Lectures

Velvet Chainsaw

MIT physics classes dumped the traditional lecture in 2009 in favor of active, hands-on, exploratory learning methods. Other universities followed including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, North Carolina State University, the University of Maryland, the University of Colorado at Boulder and Harvard.

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Q&A with The Discovery Educator Network Community: Connecting and Empowering Educators Across the Globe [Case Study]

Higher Logic

I joined the DEN community in 2009, the same year I took over as tech director. and Canada, and we have a member who has traveled to six of them from his home base in North Carolina, all on his own dime. I’ve been the DEN Online Community Manager for about two years, but I’ve spent 30+ years in public education.

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Bowling Alone: Pin Groups Face Sponsorship Struggles at the Lanes

Associations Now

“When the economy took a downturn in 2009, that’s when a lot of sponsorship from outside the industry ended,” the group’s John Losito told CBS News. It hasn’t attracted enough of the younger people who tend to appeal to advertisers.

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Parsing Common Core: An Education Program Under Fire

Associations Now

In 2009, the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers announced the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI), a voluntary state-led program focusing on language arts and mathematics education. More details below: What it is.

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Valentine’s Day: 14 Reasons to Love Associations

Associations Now

the North Carolina Technology Association traveled throughout the state meeting with members and hosting roundtables with industry partners and leaders to discuss technology issues and illustrate how the industry is helping North Carolina’s economy. They connect us. They like to meet, and meetings help the economy.