eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The answer to that question, it turns out, depends a lot on two things: how your school identifies students for advanced math, and where you live. principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. Algebra is often considered a gateway class.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

For example, if you give a middle school student a project to create their own Bluetooth speaker that plays music from a phone, they experience real-world problems. This encourages attention to detail and creative problem-solving. What if they insert the wires incorrectly or realize there’s a missing piece of hardware?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Virtual reality can add nonverbal cues to lessons The lead researcher and her colleagues worked with a middle school science teacher and English as New Language teacher to develop a virtual reality game featuring content taught in the science classes. The study included 97 seventh grade students in an urban middle school in Indiana.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

These antiquated curricula have discouraged many students from persisting in STEM fields, and exacerbated inequities prevalent in the U.S. This situation continues even as schools and districts across the U.S. Yet research shows that most students who take calculus in school repeat it or take a lower-level course in college.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Unlike the typical public high school, this program is selective, meaning classes are much smaller. Students must be high achievers in middle school with recommendations from math and science teachers, in addition to high test scores. It’s a logistical nightmare for me,” admits Pedersen. “If If you talk to any of those students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Thursday, September 16, 2021) — To accelerate student learning and ignite student curiosity in STEM, Discovery Education presents parents and guardians an array of no-cost dynamic digital resources. Hands on STEM and Manufacturing Explorations with the STEM Careers Coalition. Silver Spring, Md.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

As our countrys workforce changes rapidly and demand for specialized skills (especially in STEM fields) grows, traditional college and career preparation models are becoming outdated. In 2025, schools will continue to face the challenge of recovering science achievement, particularly for older students and historically marginalized students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

That is a crucial skill that students really need for entering middle school. Middle school math has been a problem area in the pandemics wake. Students who struggle in middle school often end up locked out of more advanced math in high school that can open doors to higher-paid careers in STEM fields.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Charlotte, NC — Minnesota’s South Washington County (SoWashCo) Schools today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education in K-8 classrooms across the district. SoWashCo Schools is a suburban district located southeast of St. STEM Connect. Mystery Science.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Right now I teach grades 1 through 9 at Lake Travis STEM Academy, just outside Austin, Texas. A couple years ago, while I was teaching percussion classes at Clark High School in Dallas, a sixth-grader, Sam, would come to class for his percussion lessons. Taylor Haun is a music instructor at Lake Travis STEM Academy in Austin, Texas.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

There are certification tracks on Google, Microsoft, Apple, SMART, among other topics, like online assessment, STEM, ELA, Math, Social Studies, and PBL. Study.com has launched a series of articles and teaching resources designed to address the learning challenges associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A few classrooms down, Baselice’s colleague Jonathan Nardolilli teaches middle school mathematics using a board game he created himself to instruct students about the different angles created by parallel lines intersecting a transversal. Croft and Nardolilli also launched their own STEM game design company, Catilli, in 2015. “It

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This story also appeared in USA Today Falling off that path can lock students out of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. And despite some “uneven” progress in recent years, STEM fields are just not as diverse as industry leaders would like. Critics have alleged the framework rejected rigor for “wokeism.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Projects — High-interest activities provide opportunities for students to explore real social, economic, and environmental issues. Interactivities powered by Desmos — Interactives like a cutting-edge graphing calculator and geometry technology are embedded directly in lessons.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Mancuso Superintendent, Eastern York School District, Pennsylvania EdSurge: What inspired your districts to shift to more personalized instructional practices? Mancuso: When I entered the district in 2018, Eastern York already had innovative practices in place, such as K-5 coding and STEM initiatives.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

This time, we chose something different for the middle grades because middle school students are kind of a different band of learners. We knew we needed high engagement that would capture their attention and foster learning in a different way. Middle schoolers need this kind of structure for familiarity.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Just look at the example of Norma,” Rose says, calling attention to a controversial 1943 statue created by a man of science—obstetrician-gynecologist Robert Latou Dickinson—as an example of the “average female form.” Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

How Research Re-defined the Problem and Offered New Solutions In 2017, my writing classroom adjoined the science classroom of STEM teacher Christine Witcher, who was interested in the problem I was trying to solve and brought new questions to the table. Middle school students role-play feedback interactions, 2019.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Looking ahead, it is important for educators to help students develop 21st century skills, especially as more industries need STEM-focused employees. I believe we’ll see increased attention to students’ mental health and, with it, an increase in the attention paid to the mental health crisis and severely limited resources in our schools.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

. — Deepak Cheenath That puts CoCo’s strategies to keep students engaged or motivated to learn at complete odds with what many edtech companies have been trying to do to teach literacy or STEM — mimic online games like Robolox or Minecraft that children spend hours immersed in outside of school.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

So I think we need to bring some of that early education spirit of having the body be part of learning into middle school, high school, college, all of that, because we are embodied creatures. You note that there are equity issues in education that stem from this research.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

The sample size was large enough—more than 1,000 students in seven states and in schools with differing student bodies, socioeconomic factors, and geographical locations—to answer the hypothesis in a statistically significant manner. Full size image here. But it’s not enough.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

They boast three mobile VR labs and one stationary VR lab for the district’s four elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. Nearby districts and schools regularly look to POB for advice and leadership when it comes to implementing VR and using the technology to engage and teach students.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2017

Recognizing the role parents play in encouraging their children’s aspirations, Kaun has been building connections between school and community. Last year her initiative, launched through the NYC Department of Education Family and Community Engagement (FACE) program, trained 80 parents in 20 elementary and middle schools in robotics.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Tutoring is a version of in-person personalized learning, but I think it gives the student the opportunity to get focused attention and focused questions. Principal at South Marshall STEM Academy in Marshall, Texas. It’s hard in large, high school classes. “I Jerry Hancock. Kelley Patin. A hundred choices and customization.

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

Douglas Moore In 2010, Tesoriero and her colleague Amanda Solarsh, a middle school science teacher, stumbled across an opportunity to write curriculum at NYSCI. They were immediately taken with the museum’s learning model and wanted to incorporate elements of it into their classrooms at Simon Baruch Middle School 104.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

While edtech “sales” jobs do garner an admirable amount of attentions, over the past twelve months, “curriculum writer” has risen to the top, capturing more than a fourth of all pageviews. In fact, the word “curriculum,” whether followed by “writer” or designer,” appears to resonate relatively strongly with viewers. “We

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2016

To help educators and companies alike become the best critics, here are a few pieces of advice from administrators and researchers to consider when reviewing efficacy studies—and deciding whether or not the products are worth your time or attention. For Educators #1: Look for the “caveat statements,” because they might discredit the study.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2017

Recognizing the role parents play in encouraging their children’s aspirations, Kaun has been building connections between school and community. Last year her initiative, launched through the NYC Department of Education Family and Community Engagement (FACE) program, trained 80 parents in 20 elementary and middle schools in robotics.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

At New Mexico’s Farmington Heights Middle School , teachers use game-based learning to personalize instruction. Unlike graded papers that are quickly shoved into backpacks and forgotten, a game’s feedback is relevant to that individual student and requires the player’s immediate attention and action.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Coupled with the pervasive and often automated collection of data on students, families, and school staff, school technology is uniquely powerful and sensitive. This is a story they have approved and want to tell, even as it has not been completely resolved.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

That’s why educators need to pay attention to cultivating skills in students that robots don't do efficiently. “We I think it’s important to learn about that and brace ourselves for what may come in the future,” said Parker, a blue-haired, enterprising seventh-grade from Mohawk Trail Regional School in Massachusetts.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

But more importantly, every single one of them is listening attentively for their next instructions—right in the middle of math class. Middle school math students ready to save the world What may seem like an odd day in a “typical” math class is just the beginning. We’re being overrun.by

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

. — Laura Fischer , VP of Content Development, Learning A-Z Looking ahead, it is important for educators to help students develop 21st century skills, especially as more industries need STEM-focused employees.

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Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

For example, in one learning assistantship model supporting undergraduate STEM programming, performance outcomes for students enrolled in courses with LAs were twice as high as those in classes without LAs (Otero et al. This is where I decided to pay attention to how Im explaining subjects, my result was that I explain through images.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

Academic and student success leaders tell me that they are particularly concerned with performance in foundational math courses and programs that rely heavily on quantitative reasoning such as business, health professions, and STEM. The pandemic has precipitated a steep decline in middle school math performance.

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