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Getting real-world experience: High schoolers design a ‘life skills’ lab for students with disabilities

December 7, 2022July 14, 2022 by Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley, Chalkbeat New York

Students at the School of Design and Construction are partnering with IKEA to build a life skills learning lab for students with disabilities

A collaboration between two schools co-located in a midtown Manhattan campus has bridged both of their missions in the most fruitful way possible: a hands-on project giving their…

Curriculum

4 ways to enrich CTE programs

February 18, 2022 by Nick Chasinov, Founder and CEO, Teknicks

Passionate professionals make all the difference in CTE programs—here’s how to give your school and district programs new life

If more schools enhanced their CTE programs, more students would feel comfortable pursuing the trades. The good news is that boosting program participation is not a huge investment.

Curriculum

How peer feedback can improve student writing skills

October 29, 2021 by Sherry Wynn Perdue, Director, Writing Center at Oakland University; Pam Bromley, Writing Associate, Scripps College; Mark Limbach, CEO, Peerceptiv; & Jonathan Olshock, COO and Head of Partnerships, Peerceptiv

If students leave campus without refined writing skills, we’ve done them a great disservice--peer feedback plays a critical role in the development of strong writing skills

The art of writing, invented roughly 5,000 years ago, represents a blip in human history. It’s younger than agriculture, music, and construction. And as recently as the Revolutionary…

Newsline

International Code Council releases recommended practices for remote virtual inspections

August 19, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

– The International Code Council recently published “Recommended Practices for Remote Virtual Inspections,” a guideline document that governmental jurisdictions should ... Read more

Ancillary

Free online writing and grammar resource

March 23, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

In the wake of this crisis, Quill.org is providing Free Quill Premium to all and has compiled remote learning resources ... Read more

School Makerspaces

3 keys to cultivating the maker mindset

December 7, 2022July 15, 2019 by Megan Haddadi and Kimberly Fogarty

The two sides of the brain illustrate left and right brain concepts--both are used to cultivate a maker mindset.

When we dreamed of starting construction on a space where teachers and students alike could cultivate a maker mindset, our goals went beyond creating a dedicated makerspace. We…

STEM & STEAM

How we created a comprehensive drone curriculum

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 by Dr. Mark Beehler

As educators, we are all continuously looking for interdisciplinary learning opportunities that will provide students with the most authentic learning experiences possible. With students’ hyper-exposure to the growing…

Educational Leadership

ED programs set to lose another $3 billion

January 25, 2023April 4, 2017 by Laura Ascione

President Donald Trump is asking Congress to cut almost $3 billion in education funding for the remainder of the fiscal year, according to a document obtained by Politico.…

IT Management

Wisconsin launches online CTE school

March 22, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Online learning provider K12 Inc. announced the opening of Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin, an online career and technical education (CTE) high school in Wisconsin using the curriculum…

STEM & STEAM

7 innovative 3D printers for the classroom

April 14, 2015April 13, 2015 by By Rebecca Lundberg

We recently rounded up seven 3D printers targeted toward educators and students, from big to tabletop-size, from pricey to affordable.

Getting real-world experience: High schoolers design a ‘life skills’ lab for students with disabilities

4 ways to enrich CTE programs

How peer feedback can improve student writing skills

International Code Council releases recommended practices for remote virtual inspections

Free online writing and grammar resource

3 keys to cultivating the maker mindset

How we created a comprehensive drone curriculum

ED programs set to lose another $3 billion

Wisconsin launches online CTE school

7 innovative 3D printers for the classroom

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: PepsiCo Foods North America and LNESC Partner to Bridge the Digital Literacy Divide

New Capstone Resources from Genentech and Discovery Education Empower High School Students to Explore Biotechnology

Edthena Introduces VC3, the Next Evolution of Video Coaching for Educators

Vernier Science Education Becomes Sole Distributor of Select MicroLAB High School- and College-Level Chemistry Accessories

ORIGO Education Introduces ORIGO Intervention Essentials: A Game-Changer for Math Fluency

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