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Strategies for supporting ELL students in math

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million English language learners (ELLs) in elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. Supporting ELLs requires a commitment to a shift in practices that involves the entire school and also branches out to the community. For many of the 4.5

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CoderZ Named 2020 Tech Edvocate Award Winner for Best Coding App or Tool

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CoderZ enables them to acquire computational thinking, problem solving skills and learn coding as a life skill. The platform enables students to acquire computational thinking, problem solving and creativity skills, together with coding and STEM learning, all via a flexible and scalable virtual solution.

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The All-Black and Latino School Where Every Kid Can Code

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She was talking about computer science—the subject at the core of the middle school she founded in Southeast D.C. Computer science-focused schools are not so rare anymore. Neither are those that mention “innovation” and “21st century skills” in their mission statements.

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How Transcend Education Partners with School Leaders to Build New Models

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The seeds for Transcend were planted when Wetzler and Samouha were working on a project—with Achievement First’s Greenfield Schools—to design and build a school model focused on developing the skills that would lead to success in college. The first Greenfield Schools launched in August 2015 in New Haven, CT.

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Curious About Place-Based Education? Let the STAR School Be Your Guide

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The school is completely “off the grid,” powered by solar panels and wind generators. The curriculum, designed to serve the school’s exclusively Native population, emphasizes Navajo language and culture as much as it does the Common Core standards. For her, it's that connection that keeps them reading.

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10 Ways to Make School Fun Again

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Real School Example One middle school teacher at K12 Schools designed a Grammar Quest for English class. Why It Works Harvards Project Zero found that students are more likely to retain information and develop critical thinking skills when they are allowed to explore their interests and make choices.

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The project-based STEM curriculum that’s big on real-world rigor

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The curriculum has a strong engineering component, as well as separate units in biomedical science and computer science. It’s a great, great program,” said Emma Haygood, a middle school science teacher for 16 years who moved to the Berrien Springs district office last year to become STEM coordinator. “We They were so engrossed.

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