Study demonstrates math program’s impact on students
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Personalizing history for more impactful student learning
Social studies teachers can help students personalize history by embracing individualized pathways and oral or local history projects
‘Let it Code’ with Frozen-inspired coding
On Nov. 19, Code.org unveiled a computer science tutorial featuring heroines Anna and Elsa from The Walt Disney Company’s film “Frozen.” The tutorial kicks off the second annual…
New York Times launches in-school, K-12 subscriptions
The New York Times recently launched NYTimes.com In-School Access, a new digital subscription offering for K-12 institutions. The subscription offers full web access to NYtimes.com on any device…
Multi-state K-12 collaborative seeks proposals for OER
The K–12 OER Collaborative, an initiative led by a group of 11 states with the goal of creating comprehensive, high-quality, open educational resources, is releasing a Request for…
4 ways to create a successful hybrid school
Several of our high schools in Poudre School District (PSD), Fort Collins, Colorado, serve more than 2,000 students each, and for the vast majority, these are positive places…
5 Twitter hashtags you should be searching
Social media remains a game-changer in education. Through platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, students are able to collaborate on projects or discussions about assignments. Educators connect with…
Chicago expands instructional services for educators
Teachscape has been selected by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as an approved provider of instructional services aligned to the district’s REACH Framework for Teaching. By using Teachscape Focus…
Nov. 13 virtual field trip highlights copper mining
Discovery Education, a provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, and Freeport-McMoRan, an international natural resource company, ... Read more
6 STEM and research grant opportunities
School funding challenges show no sign of abating, and budgets remain stretched to the limit. Many educators and administrators rely on school grants to fund important projects and…
10 ways to create engaging schools
Technology integration and project-based learning are two of 10 strategies that one district technology director uses to help educators create engaging schools and classrooms that excite and empower…
Google, gaming, and going mobile: Today’s 5 tech trends
A few years ago the education world found itself entranced by the iPad, a powerful tablet that promised to revolutionize one-to-one programs and revitalize teacher engagement with technology…
13 free assistive technology resources
A limited budget doesn’t have to stop you or your child from getting some of the best assistive technology available to help people with LD. These free resources…
With no internet at home, kids crowd libraries for online homework
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Free online aquarium resources foster science inquiry
To reach more classrooms with its educational programs, the Aquarium of the Pacific has created free online curriculum materials based on live animal webcams.
Easy steps to OER creation
Open educational resources (OER) offer educators a chance to align learning materials to students' needs--and teachers can create their own OER through a surprisingly straightforward process, using materials…
Project-based learning gives students ownership of their education
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Robotics enters K-12 classrooms
The lesser-known elements of STEM are enjoying the limelight right now, with computer science and coding moving to the top of educators’ priority lists. Robotics, too, is following…
STEAM Ahead program gives students a taste of higher-level science, math, arts
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Connect students, teachers to engineering
eGFI is managed by the American Society for Engineering Education, which aims to promote and enhance efforts to improve K-12 STEM and engineering education.
Carnegie Science Center defends its offerings to girls after criticism in social media
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7 STEM apps designed by students
Students from across the United States met with congressional leaders and the Obama administration to show STEM apps and games they've developed.
App of the Week: Busy bee storytellers
The Honeycomb Keyboard lets young children see and write rhyming words and sight words.
Coding with the kindergarten crowd
Introducing coding to kindergarten students helps them reflect on their own learning as they develop 21st-century skills such as problem solving and creativity, experts say. Coding has emerged…
The MaKey MaKey might change the game
Tell me if this sounds familiar... You want to increase student buy-in on a project by designing a challenge with a connection to the "real world." You want…
3 ways technology buoys at-risk students
Interactive learning and other technology-enabled strategies can increase engagement and significantly improve achievement among at-risk students, according to a new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE)…
Students receive innovation grants for games and apps
At a special luncheon in Washington, D.C., 20 students from across the United States received awards from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the Entertainment Software Association as Leaders…
edX turns attention to high school MOOCs
High school students now have access to massive open online courses (MOOCs) through a new effort from MOOC platform edX, which says it intends the courses to help…
October: 5 STEM and learning grants you don’t want to miss
School funding continues to present a challenge to school leaders, with budgets seemingly stretched to the limit. Many educators and administrators rely on school grants to fund important…
Report urges support for girls’ leadership roles
Creating a pipeline of girls who are interested in leadership roles in school is one of the most important steps in cultivating confident female leaders both in and…
10 ways to boost brain power for young students
Research into neuroscience and brain power is among the most fascinating due to its impact on education. And when it comes to young learners, strategies for optimizing brain…
Discovery Ed hosts virtual field trip on Oct. 3
The Alcoa Foundation and Discovery Education, a provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, will celebrate National ... Read more
Blended learning and the paradox of the experienced teacher
Assuming a good teacher in the traditional classroom will be a good teacher in a blended learning environment is wrong. The terminology alone provides a clue; after all,…
11 TED Talks about science and the brain
Every educator needs some inspiration now and then, and these days, such inspiration can be found online in just a few seconds. The internet brings inspiring and motivational…
App of the Week: Create stories with Curious George
Curious George engages a new generation of children with a new app.
Deeper learning has significant impact, study finds
