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.

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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. Here’s why creativity is essential in today’s curriculum.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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k12 Digest

MAY 14, 2025

As a leader of IB World schools, Kim Green is committed to creating strong connections across the learning continuum through impactful leadership, a strong curriculum that leads to mastery, and mindful and inclusive practices. Kim is an IB Educator and has led national teaching and learning projects in New Zealand. What makes them special?

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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.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

She has dedicated much of her career to helping educators integrate technology with purpose into their curriculum. I didn't have any background in games and learning, but I did have a background in curriculum design, school design and educational technology. We would say “play” or “critical thinking” or “computer science.”

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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.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

million grant from the Bezos Family Foundation to design an innovative social studies and civics curriculum that uses a Project Based Learning (PBL) model. The new PBL units are being designed for teachers of grades 4-12 and will be available free as Open Educational Resources (OER). .

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

These educators work directly with teachers and administrators, serving as mentors, curriculum writers, and professional learning facilitators for our workforce. There are many cases in which we make subtle changes to our strategy or curriculum based on MBE research to improve teaching and learning. What do we need to start doing?

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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.

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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.

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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. academic dean at ACE. academic dean at ACE. “We

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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. Schools were randomly assigned to use the 95PCP or continue using another curriculum. Independent Research Findings.

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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.

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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.

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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. Outcomes will be the bellwether for everyone in terms of who’s going to win and lose.”.

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k12 Digest

MAY 14, 2025

As a leader of IB World schools, Kim Green is committed to creating strong connections across the learning continuum through impactful leadership, a strong curriculum that leads to mastery, and mindful and inclusive practices. Kim is an IB Educator and has led national teaching and learning projects in New Zealand. What makes them special?

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

The pressure of keeping up with our district’s curriculum map, getting through all the standards and preparing these struggling math students for Algebra I, led me to utter the worst possible sentence in that moment: “Time to start our next unit: Percents, Proportions and Ratios.” My heart sank. We decided to focus on spaced practice.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

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. Lesson 2: Ground yourself in the fundamentals of learning science. To get serious about education technology, you have to read Seymour Papert.

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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?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The new suite of offerings – which includes a range of AI tools, interactive lessons, and curriculum-supporting content – takes Canva from a classroom design tool to an end-to-end education platform capable of producing and teaching complete lessons with ease. Teachers can browse lessons by grade, subject and topic.

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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?

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

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. Nate McClennen, Vice President of Education at Wyoming’s Teton Science Schools , hopes to accelerate the movement. McClennen explains.

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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.

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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.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

For instance, the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (CAST, 2018) is a commonly used design framework that curriculum developers and educators use to optimize teaching and learning. These concepts apply to both the curriculum or content and the environment. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines Version 2.2.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

For instance, the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (CAST, 2018) is a commonly used design framework that curriculum developers and educators use to optimize teaching and learning. These concepts apply to both the curriculum or content and the environment. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines Version 2.2.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 7, 2024

These concepts apply to both the curriculum or content and the environment. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines Version 2.2. ” Life Sciences Education 18, no. “The 5 Stages in the Design Thinking Process.” ” Interaction Design Foundation – IxDF , March 1, 2024. Elsevier, 2024.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

That’s exactly what the leadership team has done at Valor Collegiate Academies in Nashville, Tennessee, a school network committed to balancing academic content with non academic skills and habits in the curriculum to help better prepare students for their future. Work towards all three goals is underway. What’s Next for Valor?

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

To emphasize, research indicates that curriculum designers and university stakeholders need to provide best-practice examples of how to utilize AI tools to effectively and positively promote the use of AI for students advantage (Deroncle-Acosta et al. Information & Learning Science 124 (11/12): 396424. SAGE Open 14 (3).

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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.

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