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Blackbird Announces First-ever Purpose-built Middle School Coding Education Platform

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Created to Address the “Middle School Gap” – Blackbird Teaches Real-world Computer Science Skills, Aligned to Educational Standards. The Blackbird system and curriculum was a perfect fit to our mission,” said Endla Thornton, founder and executive director, The Girls’ Place Chicago. “As Blackbird Education Platform: ?

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Reimagining attendance: A curriculum approach for K-12 students and parents

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But what if we reimagined attendance not just as a policy to enforce, but as an essential part of the curriculum for both students and parents? This paradigm shift could revolutionize how schools, students, and families approach this critical aspect of education. Here’s why we should consider attendance as part of the curriculum.

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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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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

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Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. She is the director of curriculum for NAF, a nonprofit that is trying to make education more career-focused. But how are curriculum publishers responding to this insistence on career readiness? When would I ever use this?

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3 ways to improve science literacy

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While teachers often experience the same year or course again and again, students and their families can really see how students change over the years in school. But for that to happen efficiently and effectively, the curriculum must be designed so that it builds coherently. Unfortunately, our system isn’t always coherent.

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Early coding can greatly benefit students–here’s how one school does it

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Coding and computer programming are slowly becoming part of the core curriculum in schools and districts across the U.S.–and Research says students are more likely to maintain their interest in coding if they’re exposed to it at an early age, and now, some schools are starting in elementary school.

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New Investigations Now Available for Middle School Science Teachers to Help Engage Students in Three-Dimensional Learning

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Teachers can help spark curiosity and collaboration among students with standards-aligned curriculum. BEAVERTON, Oregon, May 13, 2021 — Vernier Software & Technology is offering new, robust investigations to help middle school teachers engage students in science as they learn in the classroom or they continue to learn from home.