Take a casual flip through this year’s trend-predicting Horizon Report, released today, and you’ll find plenty to get excited about. ... Read more

The ideal future of U.S. STEM education would emphasize problem-solving, interdisciplinary approaches and the value of discovery and play, according to a new 10-year vision from the American Institutes for Research for the U.S. Department of Education’s STEM Initiatives Team. The report, STEM 2026, pulls from the work of experts…

When Connecticut's New Canaan High School said goodbye to students in the summer of 2015, it said hello to an ambitious new project: boxing up 7,000 books to make room for a brand-new makerspace to encourage students' creative thinking, problem-solving and self-directed learning. When the school's new principal asked what…

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In addition to the tissues and graphing calculators on most school supplies lists, teachers might consider something new -- a small cash donation. For its relatively-new back-to-school promotion, crowdfund site GoFundMe is gifting a $50 donation to classrooms that raise at least $250 from five different donors.