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Discovery Museum Celebrates 30 Years of Delivering Hands-On Science in Elementary School Classrooms

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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.

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Turning around data culture and student learning

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Demographics: Fairfield County Schools is a small, rural, high-poverty school district in South Carolina. The district is composed of five elementary schools and four secondary schools, serving more than 2,600 students. Related: 6 steps for using data to improve instruction.

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3 ways to build community in a multi-cultural school

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public school system , teachers are facing the twofold challenge of communicating not only with these students, but with their families as well. I teach at Fort Sam Houston Elementary School, which is located on a military base in Texas. Next page: 2 more strategies for building community at a multi-cultural school).

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How we turned around our school culture and student performance

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Demographics: Santa Rosa County (FL) District Schools is a high-performing rural district of about 28,000 students that stretches from the Gulf of Mexico to Alabama. The district has 33 schools, ranks in the top 6 or 7 in every category in the state, and is growing by 400 to 500 students per year. Try to bring everyone along.

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In Elementary School, Many Teachers Have a Shaky Grasp of Math. Can Preparation Programs Change That?

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The list of explanations ranges from a math-avoidant culture to schools difficulties hiring and keeping talented teachers, a job that seems to have become harder postpandemic. Now, a new report suggests that teacher preparation programs underemphasize math instruction at the elementary school level. That has consequences.

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How to Teach Venn Diagrams to Elementary School Students

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One of our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has organized the basics on how to teach Venn Diagrams to elementary-age students: What is a Venn Diagram. How to make it clear to elementary students (get crafty). How to Teach Venn Diagrams to Elementary School Students. How to make it digitally. How to use it to design games .

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3 ways to enhance communication at a multi-cultural school

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public school system , teachers are facing the twofold challenge of communicating not only with these students, but with their families as well. I teach at Fort Sam Houston Elementary School, which is located on a military base in Texas. Here are three ways to enhance communication in a multi-cultural environment: 1.