"It is a lesson to many countries to open up and have far more cultural exchange and make that a priority for diplomacy.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Scott is changing both what teachers teach and how they teach it, through the creation of free and open resources, including curricula, lesson plans, and video documentation drawn straight from the classroom.

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But it has also spawned an important lesson in designing challenges and open innovation projects.

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The other lesson is to just be insanely open, and realize there will always been conspiracy theorists whom you will never convince.

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