k12 Digest

MARCH 4, 2025

How have curriculum standards adapted to meet the needs of todays students? Curriculum standards have evolved to meet the needs of todays students by incorporating skills essential for the modern workforce, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and digital literacy.

Technology 130

Technology Teaching Methods Critical Thinking Learning Styles 130

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

Practical Learning Scientific research involves several ground realities and interdisciplinary aspects that students and the general public are not exposed to. Ethical concerns and considerations are of special importance in citizen science. Not all scientists are interested in getting the larger public involved.

Science 144

Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 144

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Surfing lessons: Integrating GAI support into an academic program I’ve led the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program at CSUF—a large HSI, public land-grant university in Orange County, CA—since 2017. In my mind, it is an ethical obligation to prepare every instructor and student to write and learn critically with AI.

Learning 112

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 112

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Surfing lessons: Integrating GAI support into an academic program I’ve led the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program at CSUF—a large HSI, public land-grant university in Orange County, CA—since 2017. In my mind, it is an ethical obligation to prepare every instructor and student to write and learn critically with AI.

Learning 107

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 107

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

As faculty members with a commitment to nonpartisan student voter engagement and learning for democracy (Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights 2023), we wish to further shed light on an often underutilized area in the quest for increased student participation: the academic curriculum.

Curriculum 143

Curriculum Multidisciplinary Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking 143

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

As faculty members with a commitment to nonpartisan student voter engagement and learning for democracy (Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights 2023), we wish to further shed light on an often underutilized area in the quest for increased student participation: the academic curriculum.

Curriculum 87

Curriculum Multidisciplinary Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking 87

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Students who follow a project-based or a portfolio curriculum approach are typically encouraged to “learn from life.” I took my gun out of my holster and shot until I couldn’t shoot” Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School (FLHF) is a portfolio curriculum school located in Bronx, N.Y., and part of the Big Picture Learning network.

Beliefs 148

Beliefs Learning Students Interdisciplinary 148

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2023

For months, they’d been crafting plans to reframe their school’s curriculum around the United Nations sustainable development goals , 17 lofty targets that world leaders named as priorities in 2015 that include zero hunger, gender equality, and clean water and sanitation for everyone on Earth. For example, nearly half of D.C. It was exciting.

High School 184

High School High School Schools Assignments 184

Teach Your Kids

MARCH 8, 2025

Kristina Garner – Founder of Blossom & Root, a nature-based, arts-rich homeschool curriculum that fosters creativity, curiosity, and hands-on learning. She also created River of Voices, one of the few anti-racist U.S. She also created River of Voices, one of the few anti-racist U.S.

Education 52

Education Ethics Culture Study 52

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

But the effort has has also drawn protests by some students and professors, who are questioning how well ethics will be integrated into the effort and are criticizing the influence of a controversial donor. Those mixed feelings were on display this week as the university hosted a three-day celebration of its planned College of Computing.

Science 161

Science Ethics Interdisciplinary Education 161