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This summer, you can earn half a high school credit through a four-week, intensive Mandarin Chinese course at Friends Academy. Check out the details here.

(This is the first in a weekly blog entry. The next one will deal with 21st century learning skills.)     Dr. Thomas Kuhn, then a professor at Harvard University, coined the term paradigm shift in his 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn claimed that science did not exist on a continuum, but rather underwent a shift that changed a fundamental approach and a way of thinking about something. This change is perhaps best described as a volcanic eruption that alters a landscape, or reveals a feature never before seen, rather than the gradual change that occurs over time. The ......

Students from Adelante Academy will be enrolled in Obridge Academy effective Friday, August 22. Join us for a webinar to review the transition and provide orientation to Obridge Academy. http://adelanteacademy.com Frequently Asked Questions: How does this work?  You will be transitioned to the Obridge Academy school - our goal is to have very few changes. Same tuition, same courses. What will change? Obridge Academy uses Blackboard. This system will enhance the way you take classes and it will provide more opportunities for dialog with other students, teachers, and your class material. You will receive a diploma from Obridge Academy upon graduation. ......

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Confucius said the superior man puts all his energy into everything he does... On Wednesday, armed only with his favourite grey T-shirt and goofy smile, Mark Zuckerberg held court in one of China s most prestigious universities for half an hour. In Mandarin. So this son of a New York dentist gets a gold star or a red flower, as they are called in China for not only mastering the internet by the age of 30 but also somehow finding time to learn the world s most difficult language. “Hello everyone,” he said, to whoops of excitement from the audience (who, ......