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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

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Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think its because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, totally outdated , math lessons just dont seem to pull students in. Adding applied math courses is also on the agenda.

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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How School Districts Choose Edtech That’s Culturally Relevant

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As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students from various cultural backgrounds, school districts face a critical challenge: selecting educational technology that truly serves all students. million in the fall of 2011. to asking “Will it work for whom?”

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Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change

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Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C., These biases manifest in various ways, such as underestimating Black students math abilities and providing less encouragement. This lack of belief in Black students potential can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Up the Class Tempo with 17 Music Activities for Elementary Students

Teachers Pay Teachers

From clapping catchy beats with hands and feet to singing for all the class to hear, amp up your lesson plan with music activities for elementary students that hit all the right notes. General education teachers can sneak a little Beethoven into science or roll with bucket drums in math. And these jams aren’t just for music teachers!

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25 Team-Building Activities for Kids to Connect Classmates

Teachers Pay Teachers

You might catch collaboration and critical thinking in action as students work on collaborative projects, or you might see it unfold naturally during small math groups as they problem-solve together.

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Why the Trump administration grounded these middle schoolers’ drones–and other STEM research

eSchool News

For decades, the federal government believed getting more students interested in science, math, and technology was a national security priority. At the time Take Flight lost its National Science Foundation grant, its curriculum was being tested by 1,200 students and 30 rural middle school teachers across 10 states.

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"The Choice to Love"

Teacher Toms Blog

Cultures of domination," writes bell hooks, "rely on the cultivation of fear as a way to ensure obedience." As a culture we are obsessed with the notion of safety. This is the real challenge of our age: isolation, loneliness, and disconnection, the natural consequence of a culture of fear. And that fear is used to "motivate" us.