How to mine Sochi Olympics for teaching and learning

staff and wire services reports
February 7, 2014

This is an updated version of a piece that Jeffrey S. Hacker, a teacher at Beall Elementary School in Rockville, wrote years ago for The Washington Post about the possibilities that the Olympic Games provide for teaching…

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