eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

Although research suggests that students as young as preschool age would benefit from STEM education, experts point to a gap between what the research says and how much STEM-focused curriculum actually exists in preschools. Next page: How to combat the idea that STEM education is too challenging for preschool.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2021

Since the pandemic hit, educators and parents have had no choice but to rely on screens to reach and teach students. Here’s how educators, whether they’re teaching 100% virtual or in a blended learning environment, can teach STEAM concepts in a hands-on, playful way. Grounding learning in hands-on manipulatives.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

With the recent advent of ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies, conversations in education are now abuzz about AI’s potential to redefine lesson delivery, homework and formative assessments. Advancements in education technology History has taught us that innovation is inevitable.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

Despite the evidence that introducing STEM during the pre-kindergarten years supports children’s cognitive development and positive attitudes toward learning and inquiry, there is very little STEM instruction in pre-kindergarten classrooms. Supported by a $1.5 million grant from the U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on the greatest challenge of all: Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. You don't become a skilled mountain climber by just reading or watching others climb.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The Ask a Tech Teacher team has a good summary of why students should consider journeyman trades and vocational schools over college: From Play to Profession: Why Kids Should Discover Skilled Trades For years, the dominant message to young people has been that college is the only pathway to success.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Virtual parties and get-togethers In-person socialization is important for the emotional and cognitive growth of online learners. However, online schooling can still teach students all the skills they need to make friends and become productive members of society. Consider hosting a fun virtual party to get the school year started.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

Providing professional development on cultural competence Effective professional development on cultural competence is essential for equipping educators with the knowledge, skills, and mindset needed to engage effectively with diverse learners.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2022

This is such a great article on the benefits of bi-lingual education. From an educator with a passion for her calling, see if you have any reasons you’d add: 4 Long-Term Benefits of Bilingual Education. A Boost in Cognitive Development. Sure, we intuitively know what these are, but what are the real metrics?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Their offerings are designed to support multiple facets of child development through engaging, interactive, and fun gameplay. In this regard, a similar kids learning game is an excellent choice because they provide a fun-focused opportunity to observe a child’s development.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

should prioritize early childhood education , a key component of that agenda is getting more people trained to offer high-quality care and teaching to young kids. And that means encouraging colleges to recruit, prepare and graduate more early childhood educators. Pima purposely does not offer IBEST courses in early childhood education.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. By looking at research into online learning and human development, we can begin to grapple with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Graduate education—with its specialization, close access to faculty members, and opportunities for deep learning—ought to help with this kind of interdisciplinary training. No matter the approach, it is urgent that our universities find a way to graduate researchers with interdisciplinary skills and views. However, it usually doesn’t.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Decades of research on child and adolescent development has shed powerful light on how we can best support student development. But here's what we should all find unacceptable: We have yet to widely reflect that learning in how we educate students in our schools. math, literacy, science, social studies, foreign language, art).

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Research shows that by the age of 12, students will develop an economic understanding that researchers describe as “essentially adult”. Reaching Students Digitally The need to improve financial skills and capacities is not unique to any one state or school district. They are looking for better outcomes.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2025

Early literacy often dominates conversations around foundational learning in todays educational system. Recognizing the role of early numeracy skills in academic and career readiness can unlock transformative opportunities for student success. For example: Early numeracy is not just about learning numbers.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

While we often don’t think of ourselves as brain changers, when we teach we have an enormous impact on our students’ cognitive development. Recent advances in educational neuroscience are helping educators understand the critical role we play in building brain capacities important to students’ learning and self-control.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

There is nothing deficient about the brains of children from poverty; they simply need more practice with the right skills. For years, research has shown that socioeconomic status is associated with differences in school readiness, cognitive development and achievement. Cognitive capacity is a core skill.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Much of the console game market, until recently, didn’t cater to children under 5, in part because at the younger end of this age range, many children don’t have the motor skills needed to maneuver a controller with features like joysticks and multiple buttons. Having that touch interface could lead to a bigger market.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2019

I invest in education technology, but decades before I knew what a venture capitalist was, I was a history teacher in a small town in America’s heartland where I started my school’s first “Internet club.” But 2018 marked an inflection point for education technology that most investors and developers did not see coming.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2020

And with no educational focus since March, it’s been a bit terrifying,” Lamont admits. “We former Tennessee governor Bill Haslam and his wife, Crissy, were worrying about students like Savannah and Mia, whose educations were disrupted by COVID-19, and wondering if there was anything they could do about it.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In addition, DevTech recruited facilitators, such as educators and museum coordinators, from all over the country to host these events in their respective communities and created Family Coding Day protocols that are freely accessible and can be adapted for other coding technologies. What if the same principle is applied to coding?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This scene is the result of a national, coordinated program to provide safe, structured play to students and, in effect, instill in them foundational social-emotional skills such as conflict resolution, fairness, leadership and communication. It’s an important skill for people in general to learn, but certainly children from about 10 to 14.”

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Time 4 Kindergarten

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Fine motor skills are crucial for children's overall development, influencing their ability to perform everyday tasks such as writing, buttoning clothes, and using utensils. Fostering fine motor skills is a cornerstone of development for preschool and kindergarten students. 5 Fine Motor Tools to Use in the Classroom 1.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

The 29-year-old lives in Beijing, where she leads a team at an education company that develops English curriculum for kindergartens and schools across China. On one hand, I really want to respect cognitive development, and on the other hand, I also dream to be a proud mom,” Hu says. “I

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

Given what we know about teacher retention and/or the cognitive development of young children, this is incredibly dismaying (and not limited to Massachusetts). ‘Rock star’ professor lectures + Lower-cost instructional facilitators = The future of higher education? Related Posts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 3, 2019

In a recent survey, 93% of Americans said that learning music is an important part of getting a well-rounded education. It can be brought into the classroom and help to broaden students knowledge and instrumental skills. New Statistics Linking Music Education to Cognitive Development. More on music.

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Teach Hub

MAY 24, 2024

Despite often being the first to be cut from the curriculum in some schools, dismissed as a luxury, or merely a source of fridge-worthy projects, art education holds profound benefits. Cognitive Skills Art classes play a critical role in developing a student’s cognitive skills.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

It’s one of the 2014 category award winners by School and Band Orchestra magazine and the industry standard for teaching band, string, and vocal of all ages and all skill levels. New Statistics Linking Music Education to Cognitive Development. More on music and art: Keyboarding with ASCII Art.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

My mentor and collaborator, Seymour Papert, was a brilliant mathematician, a distinguished computer scientist, an innovative learning theorist, a humanitarian and a visionary for technology-based education change to empower every children. Constructionism. In his view, there was hope for every child. Playful Learning and Hard Fun.

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Teach Your Kids

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In this episode of the Modulo podcast, Manisha Snoyer, founder of Modulo , speaks with Ben Somers, founder of Recess , about the transformative potential of self-directed learning and games in education. By connecting families with top-tier tutors, classes, and educational tools, Modulo helps kids find the resources they need to thrive.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2023

But there’s been less attention paid to what math skills students need early in life, to set them up for elementary school in the first place. For early learners, exposure to math concepts can be at the mercy of their family’s economic status or related factors like whether their parents are college-educated. The result?

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