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Underappreciated No More: A Free Edtech Platform Shines as Schools Go Remote

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As countless educators around the world have scrambled to figure out how to deliver lessons remotely with whisker-thin budgets, many turned to open education resources (OER). As a result, the CK-12 and educators developed hundreds of thousands of content “chunks.” Educators can combine whatever serves their needs.

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District Tinker-Fests and Hackathons Rev Up Student Interest in STEM Education

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For districts like De Queen, similar fairs do more than expose students to science and engineering , says Abigail Jurist Levy, co-director of the science and mathematics programs for Education Development Center, which recently completed a nationwide study of middle school science fairs, funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Why We Need to Talk About Teacher Trauma

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“We need to talk about the trauma of teaching through a pandemic,” urges Christopher Bowen, a STEM curriculum specialist for Johnson City Schools in Tennessee. As Bronx middle school teacher Roxanne Leak put it during an interview, “It’s unfortunate. Because as an educator, they just say, "Oh, you're just tired.

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