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5 math curriculum insights from educators

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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?” Most teachers want to feel some level of creativity in their teaching. It’s student-centered and flexible.

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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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My goal became connecting students to nature through their passions and connecting teachers standards-driven curriculum to nature through environmental literacy. For many schools and districts, integrating environmental topics like this into the curriculum can feel like a heavy burden.

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How to use PBL with makerspaces across your curriculum

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It’s possible to combine PBL and maker education across the curriculum–and during a must-see ISTELive 24 session , Nicholas Provenzano , a teacher, technology coordinator, and makerspace director at University Liggett School in Michigan, demonstrated just how to do it. The best part? Why maker education?

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CompTIA Spark introduces free high-quality technology curriculum for middle grade classrooms

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Responding to a critical gap in technology education, CompTIA Spark has launched free technology curriculum specifically for middle grade classrooms, grades 5-8. It aims to support teachers so that they can teach the critical skills students need to succeed in whatever path they choose.

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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? Here’s why we should consider attendance as part of the curriculum. By treating attendance as a curriculum topic, we open up new avenues for engagement and learning.

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Adding AI to your K-12 digital citizenship curriculum

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Applying old habits to new technologies Teaching students about AI allows them to not only learn its abilities but also begin to question its limitations. Luckily, educators don’t need to know everything about AI to teach it because they are already pros at teaching digital citizenship.

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As states adopt science of reading, one group calls for better teacher training, curriculum

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Ohio is dedicating millions to a curriculum overhaul. Dozens of states are moving to align their teaching practices with the science of reading, a body of research on how children learn that emphasizes explicit phonics instruction alongside helping students build vocabulary and knowledge about the world. newsletters.