eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

The other, from the president and CEO of Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a national nonprofit organization that provides schools with innovative, hands-on, project-based STEM curriculum designed to develop critical skills and knowledge, while preparing students for careers beyond the classroom.

Education

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Listen in as she updates her POV on the state of classroom robotics: Sessions: 14-Jan-2025 08:30 AMComputer Science Curriculum Design for the Creative Thinker 14-Jan-2025 01:30 PMCircuits, Circuits, Circuits! Her passion lies in making STEM accessible so all students are empowered to be change agents in their world.

Laboratory

eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Even with the Next Generation Science Standard’s emphasis on engineering, there’s still a feeling that in preschool and kindergarten, teachers shouldn’t place as much emphasis on the E in STEM. But younger children can learn and benefit from modified lessons. She focused on six of Cunningham’s eight parameters.

Failure

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Applying research to practice is at the core of instruction based in the science of reading. The science can and should guide curriculum design. Using data to inform improvement The four-district study also pinpointed opportunities to further strengthen literacy instruction using the science of reading.

Study

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Waltham, MA – KinderLab Robotics , a leader in educational STEAM robotics for grades pre-K–5, has launched Thinking with KIBO: Introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Early Grades , a free curriculum designed to help students understand how AI tools work and think critically about how these tools can improve lives in their communities.

Curriculum

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Chief Academic Officer for 95 Percent Group Laura Stewart noted that 95 Phonics Core Program® Word Study, Grades 4 and 5 is a natural evolution for the company’s phonics ecosystem, a cohesive suite of products and professional learning services aligned with the Science of Reading.

Grades

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

The suite includes scaffolded and leveled, standards-aligned curriculum designed to support STEM, computer science, coding, robotics, and SEL in engaging ways, and to embrace all learners from any and every background. The courses and curriculum engage students in solving gamified challenges by coding a virtual robot.

Interdisciplinary

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2016

“Part of our curriculum design is project-based learning. We try to design our curriculum around how the real world functions,” said Linnea Garrett, ChiTech school director. “We really believe we can ground meaning behind the curriculum when there are real-world applications.

STEM

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2015

New NCTAF toolkit intends to help educators integrate instruction with new science standards, STEM concepts. A new STEM teaching toolkit from the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) aims to improve curriculum design through authentic, collaborative, project-based learning experiences.

STEM

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In these STEM laboratories, students can develop their science, engineering, and mathematics skills by using technology to create, collaborate, and complete projects–learning and applying knowledge to find new solutions. These educational spaces encourage active learning and problem solving. What is the value of STEAM education?

STEM

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The students choose from 26 academic research areas covering STEM, social sciences, humanities, and pre-professional; and each study culminates with an undergraduate-level research paper that showcases students’ originality, articulation, analytical skills, and writing. As a result, gifted students can end up as an underserved population.

Students

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Explore Interactive and EiE , the award-winning curricula division of the Museum of Science, Boston,are now collaborating to expand engineering and STEM curricular resources to teachers and students across the globe. Adding that interactive aspect can make all the difference in inspiring a young mind to go into science or engineering.”

Curriculum

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Learning Upgrade , an ed-tech company providing digital, differentiated literacy curriculum designed for English language learners (ELLs), launched a mobile app to increase accessibility and expand offerings to a wide range of English learners. subsidiary.

English

eSchool News

MAY 18, 2023

With many of today’s educators already feeling overwhelmed with the responsibilities of teaching, finding ways to seamlessly integrate engineering into the curriculum is essential for both teacher and student success. It can branch into chemistry, biology, and all fields of science. So, what does that look like in the classroom?

Curriculum

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Some of the long-term results of the students who were in the smaller classes include: Higher student achievement levels in grade seven language, reading, science, math, and social studies classes. The NEA examined the research on STAR students and focused on the long-term results from the follow-up studies.

Achievement

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2019

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. The computer science curriculum is doing more than teaching underserved middle school students how to code. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Schools

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2016

We didn’t know it at the time, but this effort became part of the foundation of the new Computer Science for All effort to bring computer science to every public school student in New York City. From the outset we knew we wanted to bridge mathematics and computer science.

Science

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I didn't have any background in games and learning, but I did have a background in curriculum design, school design and educational technology. Sometimes, that meant playing a game in the classroom; other times, it meant redesigning the curriculum, working through problems in a different way. So, I joined her team.

Game-Based Learning

k12 Digest

MAY 14, 2025

Kim holds a Master’s in Educational Leadership, Bachelor’s Degrees in both Education and Social Science, and Diplomas in Teaching and Management, is an Independent Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction Consultant, and a Cognitive Coach. In 2014, she published Re-thinking Leadership Development in Schools .

Achievement

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

The district is in the midst of navigating another drastic shift: rolling out custom, teacher-curated curriculum designed with free, openly licensed material, district technology director Ed Eimiller said.

Textbooks

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2020

Studies show that early exposure to science, technology, engineering and math provides students with the foundation necessary to partake in an increased number of STEM careers. Look for STEM programs and online resources that provide step-by-step curriculum designed for the classroom or PD opportunities for teachers.

STEM

eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

The new PBL units are being designed for teachers of grades 4-12 and will be available free as Open Educational Resources (OER). . In addition to the work being done through the Bezos Family Foundation grant, BIE is also partnering with the Kentucky Department of Education to design culturally-responsive K-12 science/STEM units.

Curriculum Design

eSchool News

MAY 2, 2016

As science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) jobs continue to grow, the U.S. Headquartered in Houston, NISE was conceived by practicing educators and is based on thousands of hours of research, professional development, curriculum design and educational leadership.

STEM

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2022

After 22 years as a classroom teacher, plus time spent as an instructional coach and curriculum designer, Uram took on this new position just three years ago, when it was first created. Here, she explains how Course of Mind: ISTE’s learning sciences initiative factors into that ambitious plan.

Coaching

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

Even though we don’t always have the knowledge of brain science or the academic research that proves why a strategy—like having students quiz themselves using flashcards—is effective, our experiences in the classroom provide us with evidence that it is.

Questions

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

There are many professors I've spoken to who are fascinated by research on learning science, educational technology, approaching to teaching of learning. There's a distinction between researchers in learning science and educational technology, and folks who are researchers in, say, physics, or biology, or engineering, who are also teachers.

Education

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

95 Percent Group’s offerings, including its literacy products and professional development, help educators support all readers through an effective, structured literacy approach based in the science of reading. Independent Research Findings.

Reading

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

This means not simply examining technology’s role in education, but exploring what learning sciences, community development and social-emotional research can teach us about the holistic picture of personalized learning. It is for this very reason that SEL hasn’t traditionally played a prominent role in curriculum design.

Learning

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Rather than creating online degree programs from scratch, Noodle is outsourcing various aspects—recruitment, curriculum design—to other companies and bundling together the services for universities. bachelor of science degree in management. Pepperdine University is working with Noodle Partners to offer a.

Curriculum Design

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

In the early ‘80s, he helped found the Media Arts and Sciences program at the MIT Media Lab, and in it the Epistemology and Learning Group, where I earned my doctorate collaborating with a diverse group of students (50% were women, African Americans, Hispanics, and gays). Did you ever hear about a game advertised as being easy?

Knowledge

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

That’s always frustrated me, but my aggravation with the pace and compartmentalization of math curriculum was magnified by my renewed focus on the strategy of spaced practice, through my work with Dr. Yana Weinstein-Jones, a learning science researcher.

Learning

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The classroom program, which began in fall 2018 and runs through the spring, pairs Nintendo technology with a curriculum designed by the Institute of Play to create a STEM-focused, hands-on learning experience that combines digital and physical elements. He remembers hearing about it and eagerly submitting an application.

Feedback

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

The field has deep roots in distance education, human computer interaction, and visual design. But I’ve come to believe that contemporary instructional design sits at the intersection of three core disciplines: learning science, human-centered design, and digital marketing.

Feedback

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

Teacher leader and Maine Science Teacher Association President Diana Allen co-facilitated the Maine ECET2 conference (pronounced E-set-two) this August hosting 157 educators from more than 30 different districts. One potential fix?

Teachers

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. This requires them to do research so that they can demonstrate their skills.

Authentic Assessment

k12 Digest

MAY 14, 2025

Kim holds a Master’s in Educational Leadership, Bachelor’s Degrees in both Education and Social Science, and Diplomas in Teaching and Management, is an Independent Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction Consultant, and a Cognitive Coach. In 2014, she published Re-thinking Leadership Development in Schools .

Achievement

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Curricular Lessons : A range of ready-to-teach lessons designed to support the K-8 curriculum across Maths, Science, English and Art. Canva Education Library: More than 5,000 new free classroom resources across Maths, Science, Art and Design curriculums.

Teachers