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The U.S. had the blueprint for a high-class education–but abandoned it

eSchool News

Standardized testing became ubiquitous and often crowded out the arts, physical education, and even recess in under-resourced schools. Furthermore, education policy became highly politicized. The reforms were ineffective, as well as damaging. Teaching to the test narrowed curricula.

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💡🧲 Physics! Meet our Top Physics Tutors & Discover Curriculum for Kids

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Many have backgrounds in engineering, research, or physics education, and are experienced in adapting their teaching to different learning styles, including neurodiverse students. Book Lauren Looking for a great curriculum to accompany your tutoring or parent-led lessons?

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Family Physical Education Week

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She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Top tips for great cross-curricular coding

eSchool News

In a recent edWebinar sponsored by Unruly Splats , Lauren Watkins, Marketing Director, and Christine Danhoff, Technology Integration Specialist at Genoa Area Local Schools in Ohio, advocate integrating coding and computer science into core subjects such as math, music, art, world language, English, and physical education.

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K–12 Schools Work to Incorporate Computer Science into Curriculums

EdTech Magazine

K–12 Schools Work to Incorporate Computer Science into Curriculums. Forecasts report that computer science skills will be essential for the future workforce, creating a need for K–12 experts to work harder to incorporate such lessons into the curriculum. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 09/19/2018 - 12:15.

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How I use technology to keep PE relevant in the 21st century

eSchool News

With the advancement of technology and shift towards collaborative work in the classroom, physical education teachers are finding more and more ways to keep PE relevant in the collaborative and technology-filled 21st century. The days of rolling the ball out and playing sports in PE are changing. Project-based learning.

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Explicit instruction: Students need more of it

eSchool News

As an assistant principal in a public school in Manhattan, I have begun to use explicit instruction more in my own teaching and have focused on explicit instruction in my professional development with the history and physical education teachers I supervise.