Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Key focus areas include developing a philosophical AI framework that guides decision-making, establishing governance structures, fostering a culture of experimentation and innovation, and implementing policies that ensure transparency, accountability, and inclusivity. in Political Science from the University of Texas at El Paso and an M.A.

Ethics

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible. Creating an empowering learning environment starts with a school culture built on structure, consistency, and emotional support. Small class sizes ensure that every student receives the individual attention they need.

Skills

Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

It takes the right strategies, thoughtful planning, and a belief that every learner can grow and succeed. Try This: Imagine youre teaching a new ecology unit to your 8 th grade science class. Creating a classroom where every student feels confident to contribute doesnt happen overnight.

Languages

Teachers Pay Teachers

AUGUST 1, 2025

How do your values and beliefs shape the way you connect with others at school? These questions cover a variety of topics, from science to celebrities, and are sure to spark some smiles and friendly competition. Pajama science class? How has your culture influenced your taste in food? Why or why not? Would anyone buy it?

High School

Cal Matters

JULY 7, 2025

The task force will use data from a Jewish climate survey to draft a plan supporting Jewish life, antisemitism education and cultural awareness, according to the email. In a campuswide email on April 2, Armstrong announced the formation of an antisemitism task force, which will have its first meeting this fall.

Questions

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance. Though some argue that mathematics is culturally independent, I can say from experience that it is anything but.

Culture

eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Acton, MA – Discovery Museum announced a 30-year milestone for its in-school STEM program, Traveling Science Workshops, having delivered hands-on science to more than half a million PreK through 8 th grade students from hundreds of communities throughout Massachusetts since the program began in 1992. About Discovery Museum.

Elementary School

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

However, as books like “ Brotopia ” by Emily Chang and “ Race after Technology ” by Ruha Benjamin indicate, the culture of tech companies can be misogynistic and racist and therefore unwelcoming to many people. I am actively learning about people across the globe who have different religious and cultural ways of life than I do.

Science

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2016

This fall, my computer science class will follow the new AP Computer Science curriculum framework while also including culturally responsive instruction that makes use of students’ interests, community settings, and cultural and ethnic backgrounds. This isn’t new.

Art

eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

As math educators, we can help those students by finding ways to relate their classroom learning to more recognizable cultural frames of reference that are authentic to the range of experiences in the room. This mindset and belief system could not be further from the truth. Math isn’t just 2 + 2 = 4.

Languages

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the initial “I used to think…” stage, students reflect on their beliefs or opinions about a specific topic, subject, or issue. This encourages cultural sensitivity and open-mindedness. This helps students understand the impact of their learning better and how their ideas have developed over time.

Ethics

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In addition, the company takes the Engineering and Design class of science teacher Dr. Eric Wong on a tour of its assembly lines and hands-on activities in its training facility and metrology lab. For example, Victoria Hawkins, Mercy’s assistant STEM coordinator and science teacher, noted that algebra is frequently used in chemistry class.

STEM

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2017

While many of us agree that’s a step in the right direction, “whats” typically compartmentalize efforts and building tasks instead of culture. As such, we all—regardless of community, economy, demographic, age or any other data point—are compelled by one factor: belief. As professionals, we’re pretty darn good at the “whats.”

Questions

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Students used the PlayLab platform to experiment with and iterate on their ideas, with projects like an inquiry-based guessing game for students and a tool to make lessons more culturally relevant for teachers. These examples show how AI can enhance learning experiences, making them more engaging and interactive.

Teaching

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2025

A meta-analysis of studies, including data from 145,000 students in 33 nations, tell two notable truths: By age six, kids already see girls as worse than boys at computing and engineering Kids see girls as far superior in reading and writing by age eight, a belief that strengthens over time.

STEM

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But TikTok, and social media more broadly, continues to capture curiosity and attention, and it’s not all just dance videos–Indiana science teacher @ChemteacherPhil commands an audience of more than 3 million followers on the app. This leads to a culture of experimentation, creation, and inquiry. Is there a lesson in that?

Teaching Methods

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2017

For years, school leaders in Loudoun County, Virginia “had been talking about a one-to-one technology initiative,” says Josh Ajima, instructional facilitator for technology at Dominion High School and Loudoun Academy of Science. But if you search for designs related to identity, history, or culture,” he says, you find nothing.

Culture

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

We should learn from experiences, particularly if those experiences show our previous beliefs to be untrue. So why are people so easy to fool when it comes to beliefs about learning? But those beliefs persist. To explore this, let’s connect neuromyths to other phenomena that have been observed in social and behavioral science.

Learning Styles

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Adaptive Educators By constantly adapting our curriculum, we have the ability to critically examine the culture we’re sharing and work to change the beliefs and messages schools transmit. I could pour even more energy into helping kids learn how to build community if AI helped them build their academic skills.

Teaching

eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

No other subject comes close in terms of difficulty, with English ​​(16.8%), history (14.7%), science (12.3%) and world languages (11%) following way behind. Brainly’s users also seek help in science (18.84%), social studies (17.2%), and English (16.3%). of all subject searches and underscoring the need for assistance.

Education

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

She harnesses the power of many platforms, devices, and peripherals to offer her students personalized instruction, inclusivity, data-driven feedback, cross-cultural exchanges, and the support of other educators at their school. At the same time, a national movement away from Balanced Literacy toward the science of reading had begun.

Education

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2019

Suguey was able to build her Alexa Skill through Hello World , a K-12 computer science program based in Austin and San Francisco, an organization I lead, that allows students to learn computer science skills that aren’t being taught in your average classroom. In 2013, among B.S. We know confidence is not borne in a vacuum.

Beliefs

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

college-educated workforce today but hold only a quarter of the science and engineering jobs. Cultural norms and pervasive beliefs remain a hindrance to improving diversity in the STEM workforce. Cultural norms and pervasive beliefs remain a hindrance to improving diversity in the STEM workforce.

STEM

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Everett Collection/Shutterstock At the same time, I also recognize that my privileged experience in Hawaiʻi was forged by settler culture , the effects of which still persist in the state educational system. Conversely, I also have settler students who push back and say “it is not their culture.”

Teachers

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

We look forward to working with the STEM Career Coalition and Discovery Education to increase access to quality educational opportunities in science, engineering, and technology.”. A coalition of industry partners are joining forces with Discovery Education to impact the culture of STEM education in K – 12 schools nationwide.

STEM

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

When Dr. Jo Boaler started her teaching career in inner-city London—in a culturally diverse school population with roughly 250 different languages spoken—she was tasked with teaching math to students assigned to the bottom track. As far as the school system was concerned, this was the group destined for low-level achievement.

Math

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2019

One can see school reform, and actual schools, continue to reflect society’s dominant cultural tropes regarding modernity. Even popular culture, where robot teachers and wired students have been a staple of science fiction for decades, demonstrates our tendency to project current beliefs that schools should “leverage” (i.e.,

Education

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At GoGuardian , our philosophical belief is that students are inherently curious, and it’s a matter of supporting teachers and schools to enable the right set of educational experiences. Research has shown that tools like Pear Deck that support active learning can improve equity, reduce achievement gaps and help improve school culture.

Learning Outcomes

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s the belief that learning how to play music together is a powerful force for bringing together children across different backgrounds. Van Zandt says TeachRock is more than just music history; the idea is to use music as a hook to explore all kinds of subjects, from English to science and social studies.

Art

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

There’s always something new I discover to help me better live out my beliefs about teaching. We have talked about grading and assessment , digital literacy , open education , caring for students , cultural competence , how people learn , and productivity. (You can read more about my background and university role here.)

Art

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2023

A frustrating combination of factors is keeping Latino students underrepresented in science, technology and math classes. Latinos who work in education are ready for change , and they say their culture already holds dear values like community-building and generosity that are needed to improve education for their students.

Teachers

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

Though there are a number of strong language programs across the country, a 2016 report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences showed evidence of declines in foreign language course offerings in elementary schools and middle schools over the years. were studying a world language or American Sign Language. I feared for my GPA.

Languages

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. Thousands of students go through the university’s life sciences department, he adds, but a lot of them don’t graduate with degrees in those fields.

Math

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

According to the French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu, a college education provides graduates, especially those from elite universities, with not just a college degree, but with distinctive cultural qualities—the way graduates carry themselves, tastes they acquire and the economic class of their peers. million by contrast with $1.2

Study

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

And in my own doctoral work here at Johns Hopkins I became interested in looking at the research on neuro and cognitive sciences and what of that is relevant to educators. Brain target four: What strategies are we using from the neuro and cognitive sciences to teach for mastery? I came up with six areas that I called brain targets.

Art

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2023

Building up the courage to ask for more, I sent a long-winded, evidence-based email to my administrators asking them to test it out in my science classroom, taking the opportunity to shake up our physical space – and perhaps emit an air of fancifulness. What Our Students Deserve Our public school students deserve the world.

Schools

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In 1998, critical research that examined data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) revealed teaching methods varied significantly across cultures , resulting in a “ teaching gap.” According to video documentation in the study, U.S.

Problem-Based Learning