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Creative Approaches for Developing Essay Writing Skills

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This involves a comprehensive grasp of grammar rules, sentence construction, paragraph organization, and the logical flow of ideas, as well as a keen awareness of the nuances of tone, voice, and audience.

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Top 5 Game Development Platforms for Young Coders

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Construct 3: A Platform for Aspiring Indie Game Developers Construct 3 is an excellent choice for slightly older kids ready for more advanced game design. With Construct 3, kids can experiment with game physics, visual effects, and even multiplayer options, opening up a world of possibilities.

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Microchip Companies Create Child Care Programs to Win Federal Funds

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The semiconductor industry is projecting a shortage of around 90,000 workers, and the construction industry is already having trouble filling over 400,000 positions. Around 4 percent of the construction workforce and 29 percent of the manufacturing workforce in the United States is made up of women.

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What is ‘Technical Math’?

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A lot of professions you might think wouldn’t call for much math actually require it as a core skill set for certain trades, including plumbers, electricians, welders, and construction workers. The same is true of construction workers, who must deal with equations, conversion of quantities, and taking measurements.

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Get into Construction: Open Doors

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Open Doors Week is brought to you by Build UK in partnership with The Careers & Enterprise Company, CITB & The Department for Work & Pensions.

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Why Ending Gender Segregation at Work Requires Affordable Child Care

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A participant in the Women in Construction program. Yet construction is an industry plagued by what experts call “ occupational segregation.” They account for only about 10 percent of construction workers, so they don’t have much access to entire categories of jobs that pay decent wages without requiring a college degree.

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Teachers Feel the Strain of Politics. Can Better Political Engagement Help?

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Fierce Scrutiny This all adds to teacher stress and attrition, according to “Political Polarization and Its Repercussions for Public School Teachers, ” a report by the Constructive Dialogue Institute, a nonprofit devoted to encouraging civic dialogue. It can be fierce.