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STEM Careers Coalition Offering Educators No-Cost Resources to Celebrate Black STEM Leaders During Black History Month
NC — The STEM Careers Coalition™ – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by ... Read more
Certell’s Poptential™ Free American History Curriculum Highlights Legacy of African Americans for Black History Month
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Poptential™, a family of free, award-winning social studies course packages that infuse lessons with digital storytelling, offers ... Read more
Charting a path forward in K-12
After several years of disrupted learning, schools are taking stock of the range of challenges that need to be addressed—challenges resulting from the most significant disruption to K-12…
7 Black History Month resources to use the whole year
During Black History Month, educators have the opportunity to delve into the difficult–and often uncomfortable–experiences of Black people in the U.S. and around the world.
Students are still behind in math–what needs to change?
As students return to class this fall, K–12 teachers and administrators face many challenges—and math instruction is high on the list.
3 ways educators can embrace and enable inclusive programming
While the effects of COVID-19 may have diminished for many thanks to widespread vaccine- and infection-induced immunity, the pandemic continues to have a significant systemwide impact and exacerbate…
Poptential™ Offers Free Content for National American Indian Heritage Month
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Poptential™, a family of award-winning social studies course packages that infuse lessons with digital storytelling, offers an ... Read more
Spaced repetition is the secret to overcoming learning loss
Just as “turnt,” “on fleek,” and “adulting” have become trending words in pop culture, so too has “spaced repetition" become a buzzword in education. Some educators are obsessed…
Don’t wait to start helping students ace their AP exams
Students across the country take AP exams in hopes of earning high exam scores that help them opt out of college prerequisites and ultimately save money on tuition.…
Education’s Great Resignation
Is it another symptom of The Great Resignation facing many sectors in America? Is this an esoteric threat to public education?
Poptential™ Free History Curriculum Helps Teachers Explain the Significance of Labor Day With Media-Rich Content
INDIANAPOLIS, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — When teaching about the labor movement in the United States, instructors often focus on Cesar Chavez ... Read more
Poptential™ Free Economics Curriculum Adds Content to Explain Today’s Inflation, Recession Woes
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — With inflation reaching a 40-year high and talk of a looming recession, high school students are coming ... Read more
5 digital tools to enhance your social studies instruction
Over the span of my 22-year career as South Carolina public school educator, I’ve taught in self-contained classrooms and I’ve been in departmentalized settings. Although I love teaching…
Powerful strategies to motivate girls in STEM
The history of STEM is filled with amazing women who revolutionized our understanding of science. Take Grace Hopper, one of the first computer programmers who went on to…
New Collegiate Partnerships with Central High School Advances Student Learning Opportunites
Phenix City, Ala.— In the upcoming school year, high school students will have a selection of dual enrollment courses offered ... Read more
Is the education system working?
PISA, the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment, measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics, and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. Its league table…
Poptential™ Free Curriculum Brings History Alive for Independence Day
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — (May 6, 2022) — Poptential™, a family of free social studies course packages that pair pop culture ... Read more
Bringing our history to light can improve our students’ futures
Our job as a community is to actively understand the historical contexts that our kids bring into the classroom and advocate for children and educators who have endured…
Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Offer Educators and Students No-Cost Resources Supporting Women’s History Month Celebrations
Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, March 3, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital ... Read more
How teachers can make history current this Presidents’ Day
Social Studies teachers seem to have an impossible challenge: take events that happened hundreds or thousands of years ago and make them relevant to today’s teens. That explains…
Honoring Black History Month by Celebrating Black STEM Leaders with Career Readiness Resources for Students from the STEM Careers Coalition
Silver Spring, MD (Tuesday, February 2, 2022) — The STEM Careers Coalition™ – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by ... Read more
7 Black History Month resources for February and beyond
During Black History Month, educators have the opportunity to delve into the difficult–and often uncomfortable–experiences of Black people in the U.S. and around the world.
3 resources for building engaging paperless lessons
As an inner-city U.S. History teacher of 17 years, I often reflect on my instructional practice in an effort to find new ways to improve. As I recently…
Virtual, Interactive Expeditions for Black History Month Provide Students with a Diverse and Multi-Dimensional Look at African Americans Throughout History
North Mankato, Minn. (January 28, 2022) – The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration, a veteran expert and thought leader ... Read more
With family engagement, universal pre-K will be a success in 2022
The next few years could be a turning point for those of us involved in early education, and even for education in general.
Texthelp Names Christine Mullin as Chief Operating Officer
WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Texthelp, a global leader in literacy and accessibility technology, announced that it has named Christine Mullin as ... Read more
5 ways to teach students about Veterans Day
The history of Veterans Day is one of the most important we can share with our youth. Learning about how our nation was shaped, the various perspectives that…
How peer feedback can improve student 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…
If Not You, Then Who? Children’s Book Series Launches Classroom Program Encouraging Students To Explore The World Of Inventions And Inventors
DALLAS (October 1, 2021) — If Not You, Then Who?, the popular book series for early and grade school children, ... Read more
APM Studios Inks Partnership With Listenwise To Bring Award-Winning Science Podcast Brains On! Into Classrooms
ST. PAUL, Minn., September 30, 2021 — APM Studios, the podcast production division of American Public Media (APM), today announced ... Read more
3 ways to teach about Juneteenth all year long
Research shows that only 8 to 9 percent of class time, equivalent to 1-2 lessons, is currently dedicated to Black history. Juneteenth being established as a federal holiday…
Here’s why civics education should teach students how to self-govern
Self-government has never been easy, and we are witnessing a true division of opinion about how our government should work. A solid civics education can prepare students to…
5 ways IT leaders can inspire digital transformation post-pandemic
After a year of awe-inspiring progress, Hillsborough County Public Schools CTO Jeremy Bunkley believes K-12 IT leaders need to keep the momentum going to ensure the year’s gains…
8 awesome podcasts for kids, families, and teachers
As podcasts skyrocket in popularity, news buffs and true crime addicts shouldn't have all the fun. There are a growing number of podcasts for kids.
Defining Future Ready by reflecting on the past
In a panel discussion about the future of libraries in McHenry, Illinois, librarian, Future Ready Librarians spokesperson, and Washington State Teacher of the Year Mark Ray said, “There…
Cox Business Brings High Speed Fiber Connectivity to Historical Jamestowne Island To Provide Virtual Explorations of the James Fort and Archaearium
30,000 students from 175 schools in 27 states have experienced the immersive demonstration powered by the new optical fiber connectivity ... Read more
Twig Education Announces Launch of Twig Create Multimedia Makerspace
The company is offering a limited number of invitations to educators to engage students in knowledge building and understanding through ... Read more
Rise Vision Creates Free Women’s History Month Posters for Schools
In honor of Women’s History Month, Rise Vision has released 9 FREE Women’s History Month posters for schools to print ... Read more
BetterLesson Appoints Seasoned Educational Technology Leader Matthew Kennard as CEO
BetterLesson, a leading provider of high quality virtual and in-person K-12 professional learning, announces Matthew Kennard as its new CEO. ... Read more