k12 Digest

MAY 14, 2025

Kim holds a Master’s in Educational Leadership, Bachelor’s Degrees in both Education and Social Science, and Diplomas in Teaching and Management, is an Independent Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction Consultant, and a Cognitive Coach. What are some of your greatest achievements in your career to date?

Achievement 130

Achievement Learning Outcomes Culture Universal Design 130

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2016

We didn’t know it at the time, but this effort became part of the foundation of the new Computer Science for All effort to bring computer science to every public school student in New York City. From the outset we knew we wanted to bridge mathematics and computer science.

Science 84

Science Math Schools Interdisciplinary 84

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

Even though we don’t always have the knowledge of brain science or the academic research that proves why a strategy—like having students quiz themselves using flashcards—is effective, our experiences in the classroom provide us with evidence that it is.

Questions 186

Questions Teaching Education Learning 186

eSchool News

MAY 2, 2016

As science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) jobs continue to grow, the U.S. Headquartered in Houston, NISE was conceived by practicing educators and is based on thousands of hours of research, professional development, curriculum design and educational leadership.

STEM 130

STEM Participation Coaching Curriculum Design 130

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

He worked with Achievement First to build two Greenfield school models, as a consultant led research for the Charter School Growth Fund and the Clayton Christensen Institute, and consulted on the Chicago Breakthrough Schools Fellowship. During the course of their work with Achievement First, they formed Transcend to meet this need.

Education 128

Education Schools Middle School Middle School 128

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

There are many professors I've spoken to who are fascinated by research on learning science, educational technology, approaching to teaching of learning. There's a distinction between researchers in learning science and educational technology, and folks who are researchers in, say, physics, or biology, or engineering, who are also teachers.

Education 123

Education Curriculum Design Science Instructors 123

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.

Authentic Assessment 133

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

To emphasize, research indicates that curriculum designers and university stakeholders need to provide best-practice examples of how to utilize AI tools to effectively and positively promote the use of AI for students advantage (Deroncle-Acosta et al. Information & Learning Science 124 (11/12): 396424. SAGE Open 14 (3).

Instructors 110

Instructors Disabilities Ethics English 110

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

The curriculum, designed to serve the school’s exclusively Native population, emphasizes Navajo language and culture as much as it does the Common Core standards. Nate McClennen, Vice President of Education at Wyoming’s Teton Science Schools , hopes to accelerate the movement.

Education 127

Education Schools History Culture 127

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.

Authentic Assessment 111

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

To emphasize, research indicates that curriculum designers and university stakeholders need to provide best-practice examples of how to utilize AI tools to effectively and positively promote the use of AI for students advantage (Deroncle-Acosta et al. Information & Learning Science 124 (11/12): 396424. SAGE Open 14 (3).

Instructors 95

Instructors Disabilities Ethics English 95

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

Modeled after high performing school networks such as Summit Public Schools , Uncommon Schools and Denver Schools of Science and Technology , Valor has already proven that its model can produce successful academic results, outperforming all Metro Nashville Public Schools and 99 percent of schools in Tennessee on state testing in its first year.

Testing 108

Testing Beliefs Curriculum Achievement 108

Teach Your Kids

MAY 6, 2025

The more I watch how children learn and the creative ways that families have found to follow their children’s curiosity, the less interested I am in structured, systematic curriculum designed to instruct or reinforce concepts taught in school. And it’s about reading.

Reading 96

Reading Writing Language Languages 96

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To better understand implicit linguistic biases in our teaching, we must partner with others, especially students, to gain perspectives on how we can model critical consciousness in curriculum design (Cavazos, 2024). Deficit thinking and Hispanic student achievement: Scientific information resources. Baker-Bell, A. Cavazos, A.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Curriculum must be created in a way that promotes access and diversity, but also provides students with learning experiences relevant to the 21st century and beyond, and prepares them to be successful in a changing globalized society. Questions to ask oneself include, were the goals of the course achieved and to what degree?

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Curriculum must be created in a way that promotes access and diversity, but also provides students with learning experiences relevant to the 21st century and beyond, and prepares them to be successful in a changing globalized society. Questions to ask oneself include, were the goals of the course achieved and to what degree?

Course Design 59

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 59

k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Minecraft Education Edition: Useful for collaborative projects in history, science, and architecture. Project-Based Learning: Allow students to select their own research topics related to curriculum goals. It can be baked into how we teach science, math, language, and even history.

Schools 52

Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2022

This impact is consistent with the average student using the Amplify Science curriculum moving up 14 percentiles compared to their peers who used other materials. The results were similar across gender and racial groups, and for students with varying levels of math and literacy achievement.

Study 271

Study Science Middle School Middle School 271