Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 8, 2024

High School collects a diverse group of students into a large learning community, but it also prepares teenagers for a future as variable as any we can imagine. Yet, the one-size-fits-all model persists in many high schools. Could we expand high school options to guarantee every student’s success?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Perfect as bell-ringers, exit tickets, or brain breaks for high school , these five-minute writing ideas are a great way to get students into a writing state of mind right after the bell rings. 19 Longer Journal Writing Prompts for High School For a deeper dive into your students thoughts, assign longer journal prompts for high school.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

. –James Hood, Principal, Rodburn Elementary School , Rowan County Schools The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are transforming the educational landscape, ushering in a more integrated and dynamic approach to teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2020

Pioneer Academics, the college-accredited online research program for high school students, has launched Pioneer Open Summer Study (POSS), a free program that gives any interested high school student the opportunity to participate in independent studies about COVID-19.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

As the demand for digital skills grows, schools must develop inclusive programs to engage diverse learners. STEM education is not just about science and math; it develops skills such as creativity, communication, empathy and critical thinking that complement technologies like generative AI and coding.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2023

At Indian Prairie School District (IPSD), located just west of Chicago, one of the crucial alignment points—a “north star,” if you will—for the district’s 35 schools is its Portrait of a Graduate profile. Our district Portrait supports our intentionality. It wasn’t one more thing for teachers to do.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Empower all stakeholders by establishing interdisciplinary teams, including parents, to address specific problems, which often leads to creative solutions. Apply critical thinking to all systems: Why are you doing each activity and how can we make it more equitable?

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

Choose an interdisciplinary topic for broader appeal Freshmen often have not yet decided what their major would be, nor should they! As an introduction to life after high school, students should be given the opportunity to see why their studies truly matter.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

Whether high school graduates transition to college or a career, there is a good chance that they will tap into their creative skills. Research indicates that Generation Z students are technologically savvy and appreciate interdisciplinary, project-based learning experiences. What creative skills are employers looking for?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Those are some of the emotions Mario Herrera’s high school students experienced as they learned about the African diaspora, as part of a two-year pilot for the College Board’s new curriculum on the subject. The complexities of the Diaspora are an excellent fit with AP Seminar’s interdisciplinary research focus. Frustrated.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

However, many high school classrooms still use outdated college and career preparation models, which can leave high school graduates feeling unprepared for their future. This highlights the increasing need for high schools to incorporate career-connected learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

A diverse, hybrid database containing academic journals and award-winning biographical and contextual materials, LRC supports interdisciplinary approaches to the development of critical thinking skills and information literacy.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2024

Their teaching philosophy revolves around fostering communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity, while elevating student choice and voice in the classroom. By integrating YouScience into their curriculum, they have helped students explore their aptitudes and envision future career pathways.

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k12 Digest

MARCH 4, 2025

He currently serves as the Proud Superintendent of the Texarkana Arkansas School District, where he is committed to making a lasting impact on students, educators, and the community. He later became the Assistant Superintendent of School Leadership for Kansas City Public Schools before taking the helm in Texarkana.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Holzweiss , a high school educational technology enrichment specialist librarian, shared her tips to help school librarians engage with students, support teachers , and make their school libraries dynamic and welcoming learning spaces. All students deserve access to a school library. Margaret K.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This is the second part of a two-part story looking at how one school is piloting MIT research on playful assessments to measure student growth. We don't have separated subject areas in our school. Everything is interdisciplinary,” explained Stephanie Passman, the lead teacher, during EdSurge’s recent visit to the school.

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Edsurge

JULY 6, 2016

We must consider ways to develop the four key global skills of communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking through our specific content areas. Another approach would be to create interdisciplinary courses that provide students the opportunity to apply content in meaningful ways.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Through this multi-year collaboration, educators and students in the district’s elementary and middle schools will return to the classroom this fall with access to award-winning digital resources supporting science instruction. SoWashCo Schools is a suburban district located southeast of St. STEM Connect.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. At the all-girls boarding high school that Ruth Cady attended in a small Virginia town, she recalls being a middling student.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

Classrooms using effective teaching methods that create engaging activities and promote active learning and critical thinking are more likely to result in deeper learning (Fink, 2013). Allowing students to share epiphanies they had encourages them to share and can sometimes lead to interdisciplinary connectivity. and Bush, M.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

Classrooms using effective teaching methods that create engaging activities and promote active learning and critical thinking are more likely to result in deeper learning (Fink, 2013). Allowing students to share epiphanies they had encourages them to share and can sometimes lead to interdisciplinary connectivity. and Bush, M.

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Activities Interdisciplinary Active Learning Participation 98

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

Heather Messer , a teacher and advisor at a Wisconsin school where competency-based learning is a school-wide practice. Beth Blankenship , an English teacher who has figured out how to use competency-based learning at her Virginia high school, a school that still uses traditional grading.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

In a biology course, students might write a brief explanation of DNA replication as if they were explaining it to a high school student. Analogize Insights : Drawing connections between course material and real-world problems fosters higher-order thinking. By simplifying the concept, they deepen their own understanding.

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Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

In a biology course, students might write a brief explanation of DNA replication as if they were explaining it to a high school student. Analogize Insights : Drawing connections between course material and real-world problems fosters higher-order thinking. By simplifying the concept, they deepen their own understanding.

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