For your child’s sake, don’t hate on math
Admit it – given the choice between reading a book and solving some algebraic equations, you’d pick the book, according to this Teach for American blog post.
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New site explores the science of the Winter Olympics
NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, has partnered with the National Science Foundation to create a new video series exploring the “Science and Engineering of the…
What good are mentors in an online age?
In an age where anyone with an internet connection can learn everything from how to cut a pineapple to “Intro to Engineering” from MIT, are mentors still relevant…
10 next-generation science apps for education
Just like technology, science is always changing to reflect progress and information learned. With these 10 next-generation science apps for education, you’ll find an array of apps that…
10 interactive math apps for K-12 students
Research has proven that developing and sustaining students' interest in math at an early age leads to future success in more difficult and complex math courses. With the…
App of the week: Door 24-Math
This Common Core-aligned math app provides targeted practice in the use of basic facts, number sense and algebraic thinking.
Want more women in tech? Fix misperceptions of computer science
Code.org’s Hadi Partovi recently wrote a blog post titled “The real reason there aren’t more women in tech,” says edSurge.
App of the week: TI-Nspire™
Helps with math mastery through comprehensive graphing, data entry and analysis, statistical modeling and calculating functionality.
App of the week: Ordered Fractions
Ordered Fractions provides a tool that offers an innovative method of learning about comparing and ordering fractions.
Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2013, No. 8: ‘Forgotten’ STEM elements
In most of the national conversations about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, it’s the “S” and the “M” that get all the attention. But those oft-forgotten…