Curriculum, Curriculum Design and Learning

Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam Ngo Thanh is an educational leader, innovator, and advocate for equity-driven, holistic learning. He shared his views on integrating technology meaningfully into the classroom, Teaching methodologies, personalized learning, interdisciplinary instruction, and many more. I am also pursuing a Ph.D.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Today’s modern liberal education typically encompasses a general education curriculum that offers extensive learning across various multiple disciplines and perspectives, paired with focused study in a chosen major. Systems thinking complements interdisciplinary learning.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Today’s modern liberal education typically encompasses a general education curriculum that offers extensive learning across various multiple disciplines and perspectives, paired with focused study in a chosen major. Systems thinking complements interdisciplinary learning.

Art

Art Curriculum Interdisciplinary Teaching

Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam Ngo Thanh is an educational leader, innovator, and advocate for equity-driven, holistic learning. He shared his views on integrating technology meaningfully into the classroom, Teaching methodologies, personalized learning, interdisciplinary instruction, and many more. I am also pursuing a Ph.D.

Interdisciplinary

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture

Artificial Intelligence and Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Fostering a Transformative Learning Experience for Students

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

To guide this transformative learning process, critical thinking will become an invaluable commodity. Ultimately, our students look up to us and use our guidance in their learning. For example, type “Use this learning outcome to create an activity: (add learning outcome)”.

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Artificial Intelligence and Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Fostering a Transformative Learning Experience for Students

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

To guide this transformative learning process, critical thinking will become an invaluable commodity. Ultimately, our students look up to us and use our guidance in their learning. For example, type “Use this learning outcome to create an activity: (add learning outcome)”.

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Learnings From the Front Lines on Redefining Leadership for the Age of AI

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

As co-designers, we envisioned a space where leaders could contemplate big questions: How do we lead with integrity when the ground beneath us may be shifting? And, most importantly: How can we design learning experiences that are as adaptive and resilient as the leaders we serve? What did we learn? Take action to learn.

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100+ Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking

Teach Thought

MAY 17, 2025

Skip to content Read Menu Toggle Critical Thinking Posts Learning Posts Literacy Posts Recent Newsletter Support Us? In fact, in addition to concepts like backward design and power standards, they are one of the most useful tools a teacher-as-learning-designer has access to. Start at the left, and, roughly, move right.

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Prepared for tomorrow: Reimagining readiness in Indiana education

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.

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5 math curriculum insights from educators

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Instead of asking for the usual feedback on curriculum, I posed a different question. Here are the passionate and clear responses educators provided when I asked, “What does your ideal math curriculum look like?” It empowers teachers to facilitate collaborative learning. It inspires problem-solving and productive struggle.

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Curriculum Design is Emotional Work—This Teacher Makes It Easier

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

“We’ve blocked three days off leading up to the first day of school for curriculum and lesson planning. I knew three days of planning wouldn’t be enough to design flexible curriculum that could empower every student to have an “aha!” To somewhat quote Darth Vader, I found the lack of quality edtech curriculum deeply disturbing.

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KinderLab Robotics Debuts AI Curriculum for Young Learners

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.

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4 ways to build engineering into your curriculum

eSchool News

MAY 18, 2023

Key points: Engineering doesn’t have to be intimidating Engineering helps students learn the mechanics of their world Engineering is arguably one of the most useful and relevant subjects in our schools today. Here are just a few strategies that teachers can use to build engineering into their classroom curriculum: 1.

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Debunking the myth that good teachers shouldn’t use curriculum aids

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

The myth that good teachers have the Midas touch and therefore don’t need curriculum programs has been around for decades. Some packages simply did not have much to offer, while others talked down to teachers, as the oft-used phrase “teacher-proof curriculum” suggests. Expecting teachers to go it alone hurts school improvement.

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Rubicon Atlas, Schoolbox integrate curriculum with learning management

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2015

Rubicon International, the creator of the curriculum management software platform Atlas, has announced a partnership with the learning management system (LMS) Schoolbox, created by Alaress. Having an effective curriculum directly connected to individual student outcomes is critical to improving teaching and learning.

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The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Dr. Maria Hersey

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 24, 2020

Maria Hersey is a global educator with extensive experience in educational leadership, international education, social-emotional learning (SEL), curriculum design, and global- mindedness. Dr. Hersey shares her experience working with teachers and students on the topic of social and emotional learning.

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Complete web-based math curriculum

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2020

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is offering one free month or a $15 discount on a yearly subscription to Beast Academy Online , the complete web-based math curriculum designed to help students ages 8-13 deepen their understanding of math. Alcumus : This free adaptive online learning system has more than 13,000 problems and solutions.

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5 goals, 5 barriers of digital curriculum

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2016

Survey reveals how school and districts leaders aim to use the digital curriculum transition to better serve students and teachers. School district leaders’ top objective in transitioning to a digital curriculum is to achieve greater instructor effectiveness, according to a survey from The Learning Counsel.

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Explore Interactive Announces Partnership with Award-Winning Curriculum Developer, EiE

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Its pre-K-8 curriculum encourages all children, including those from underrepresented groups, to see themselves as engineers. By incorporating MindLabs, we’re furthering our goals of helping students learn to think like engineers and promoting their STEM literacy.” “We With AR, students can see concepts come to life right before them.

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This tech academy is using project-based learning to close the STEM gap

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Across the country, more and more schools are implementing project-based learning and forging partnerships with businesses to help students build real-world skills to succeed in college and the workforce. “Part of our curriculum design is project-based learning.

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This school year, align teaching strategies with student learning styles

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2022

Many students –– and instructors –– were abruptly forced to transition from traditional classroom learning to adopt a new remote format. It accelerated the emergence of a new dynamic learning environment, where students learn in innovative ways far different from how education systems were originally designed.

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6 reasons young children should learn engineering

eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2018

But younger children can learn and benefit from modified lessons. Next, Keith explored how engineering curriculum design parameters, as codified by Dr. Christine Cunningham, EiE founding director at Museum of Science, Boston, can be adapted for early education. She focused on six of Cunningham’s eight parameters.

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STEM teaching toolkit supports deeper learning

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2015

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. Next page: Three ways teachers can use the STEM toolkit. News STEM Top News'

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Is Curriculum-Mapping Becoming a Priority for Online College Programs?

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Back in 2017, a startup named Coursetune began selling software tailored to a very particular niche: designing curriculum. The biggest change for Coursetune happened last week, when Academic Partnerships, a company that helps colleges set up online degree programs, acquired the curriculum-design company.

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Education.com unveils guided curriculum for math, reading

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Education.com , an online education destination for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers looking to help their kids succeed in school, announced a new guided curriculum that changes the way they help their preschool and elementary children develop essential skills. New Expert-led Curriculum Identifies and Maps Essential Skills for Success.

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4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Metacognition is defined as thinking about one’s thinking or learning. More formally, “metacognition was originally referred to as the knowledge about and the regulation of one’s cognitive activities in learning processes” (Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006, p.3). I believe that is a problem.

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Look who’s talking—Classroom Robotics Continue to Flourish

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Who : Brittney Tarr is a PreK-6 STEM Specialist at Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School and a doctoral student at Illinois State University researching the development of STEM identities within elementary aged students and the benefits of play-based, exploratory learning. Lighting Up Your Classroom with Electrical Engineering

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How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Scores have continued to decline, in part because of pandemic-related learning interruptions. The science can and should guide curriculum design. school districts that have adopted Reading Horizons Discovery , their foundational literacy curriculum for grades K–3.

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4 Steps for Humanizing Personalized Learning

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2021

Most educators can probably agree that more personalization in learning is needed for the fall—perhaps more than ever before. Now, however, it’s being framed as learning loss, with parents, administrators and educators advocating for learning recovery or acceleration. But the reality is this has always been the case.

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A Serious Look at Game-Based Learning

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

“I've always thought games were good models for everything—how to learn, but also how to be,” says Arana Shapiro. She has dedicated much of her career to helping educators integrate technology with purpose into their curriculum. Can you share some of the obstacles you’ve faced promoting game-based learning? Recommended Content.

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6 keys to effective tutoring

eSchool News

MAY 17, 2023

Key points: For tutoring to work, students have to show up Finding a curriculum designed for tutoring is important to program success As educators continue to work to accelerate learning for students following the pandemic, many are turning to tutoring to provide support.

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MIND Research Institute Debuts InsightMath, a Neuroscience-Based Elementary Curriculum

eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Building on 25 years of math learning research and proven results with the PreK-8 visual instructional program ST Math, InsightMath was co-designed in collaboration with neuroscientists, researchers, educators, students, and families to give meaning to math for all students. to, ‘How do kids learn?’” Visit mindresearch.org.

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Mesa Public Schools and S.A.V.E. Consortium Name CoderZ as Approved Vendor

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

members, can implement our well-structured and inclusive curriculum with the knowledge that the program meets and exceeds the requirements to become an integral component of a school’s STEM implementation.”. To address these areas, schools can now select appropriate learning solutions from CoderZ’s comprehensive suite of software products.

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Aperture Education Partners with Move This World to Provide Additional Social-Emotional Learning Strategies

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Social-emotional learning (SEL) companies Aperture Education and Move T his World have partnered to provide Aperture’s customers with additional resources to support the development of students’ social-emotional skills. Move This World is a foundational social emotional learning program designed for PreK-12 educators and students.

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Friday 5: STEAM education in action

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

STEAM education is trending at an opportune time: The COVID-19 pandemic caused learning loss across the board, and a STEAM-centered curriculum that engages students while weaving important 21st-century education principles into real-world lessons is critical for success. What is STEAM and STEM activity?

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Are gifted students now an underserved population?

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2017

A: For decades now, the federal government has required public school teachers to implement “full inclusion” classrooms, where students of all levels and abilities are taught the same curriculum and lessons and given the same tests. As a result, gifted students can end up as an underserved population.

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95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It also includes professional learning and ongoing coaching at the district and building level to support teachers in mastering phonics-based instruction. is a 30-week curriculum designed for daily 30-minute instruction. Grounded in the Science of Reading, 95 Phonics Core Program® Word Study, Grades 4 and 5.

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This Large District Uses 4 Questions to Teach Every Educator How the Brain Learns

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

Teachers and leaders in our district strive to create the best conditions possible for learning while juggling increasing demands and limited resources. Our team is tasked with providing professional learning and leadership development through the lens of research-informed practices. Then when you know better, do better.”

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This art teacher helps students harness social media to build job skills

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2023

The art and technology teacher initially designed a curriculum around digital storytelling and then transformed it into a multimedia art curriculum that included iMovie, storyboarding, illustration, children’s books, and front-end web design. So she created her own.

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How Do You Factor Social-emotional Wellbeing Into Your Personalized Learning Plans?

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

As we’ve already mentioned , personalized learning should not and cannot be purely centered on technology. 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.

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3 ways to bring teacher PD into the 21st century

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

My colleagues and I worked hard to build a learning community that met the needs of our students, no matter their circumstances or the resources at our disposal (or lack thereof). . The increased focus on social-emotional learning as we emerge from the pandemic is a great example school and district PD requirements.

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6 Domains Of Cognition: The Heick Learning Taxonomy

Teach Thought

MARCH 17, 2025

The Heick Learning Taxonomy can be used to guide planning, assessment, curriculum design, and self-directed learning.

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Spaced Practice Works. A Learning Scientist Helped Me Understand Why.

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

A quarter of them had mastered the skills and were ready to apply what they had learned about fractions to solving linear equations. High school math curriculum is bullet-pointed into units, chapters, subheadings and indicators. Spacing is one of the simplest learning strategies. My heart sank.

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Strategies for supporting ELL students in math

eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2018

million English language learners (ELLs) in elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. At Compton Unified, ELL students receive differentiated instruction with a teacher and language development through blended learning activities, explained Dawson.

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Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching

Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

Artificial Intelligence and Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Fostering a Transformative Learning Experience for Students

Artificial Intelligence and Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Fostering a Transformative Learning Experience for Students

Learnings From the Front Lines on Redefining Leadership for the Age of AI

100+ Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking

Prepared for tomorrow: Reimagining readiness in Indiana education

5 math curriculum insights from educators

Curriculum Design is Emotional Work—This Teacher Makes It Easier

KinderLab Robotics Debuts AI Curriculum for Young Learners

4 ways to build engineering into your curriculum

Debunking the myth that good teachers shouldn’t use curriculum aids

Rubicon Atlas, Schoolbox integrate curriculum with learning management

The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Dr. Maria Hersey

Complete web-based math curriculum

5 goals, 5 barriers of digital curriculum

Explore Interactive Announces Partnership with Award-Winning Curriculum Developer, EiE

This tech academy is using project-based learning to close the STEM gap

This school year, align teaching strategies with student learning styles

6 reasons young children should learn engineering

STEM teaching toolkit supports deeper learning

Is Curriculum-Mapping Becoming a Priority for Online College Programs?

Education.com unveils guided curriculum for math, reading

4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking

Look who’s talking—Classroom Robotics Continue to Flourish

How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction

4 Steps for Humanizing Personalized Learning

A Serious Look at Game-Based Learning

6 keys to effective tutoring

MIND Research Institute Debuts InsightMath, a Neuroscience-Based Elementary Curriculum

Mesa Public Schools and S.A.V.E. Consortium Name CoderZ as Approved Vendor

Aperture Education Partners with Move This World to Provide Additional Social-Emotional Learning Strategies

Friday 5: STEAM education in action

Are gifted students now an underserved population?

95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

This Large District Uses 4 Questions to Teach Every Educator How the Brain Learns

This art teacher helps students harness social media to build job skills

How Do You Factor Social-emotional Wellbeing Into Your Personalized Learning Plans?

3 ways to bring teacher PD into the 21st century

6 Domains Of Cognition: The Heick Learning Taxonomy

Spaced Practice Works. A Learning Scientist Helped Me Understand Why.

Strategies for supporting ELL students in math

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