There are some amazing young people with amazing young minds attending schools all over the country and for some reason, they are just plain bad at being students.

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Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll talk to a veteran educator about what it takes to develop the skills that help a student learn how to learn.

Then we’ll meet a refugee family who live in central New York, who are going to school and building a family in a town that makes them feel welcome.

We’ll also spend an Academic Minute with politicians and the media because no one ever talks about that. (more…)