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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The science of reading is a long-standing interdisciplinary body of knowledge that shows that to be proficient readers, kids need to be able to lift the words off the page—or decode—and then also need the language skills to understand them.

Reading

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JULY 28, 2021

July 26, 2021 – The computer science program CoderZ was named winner in the Best Coding and Computational Thinking Solution of 2021 as part of the annual SIIA CODiE Awards. The prestigious CODiE Awards recognize the companies producing the most innovative education technology products across the country and around the world.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

began receiving requests from local colleges and universities asking for tips about crafting their data-science curriculum. But he says the conversations often fell off once he suggested adding subjects like history of science, philosophy or communication. One question is whether that will bring change to data-science curricula.

Ethics

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

Graduate education—with its specialization, close access to faculty members, and opportunities for deep learning—ought to help with this kind of interdisciplinary training. Do graduate students themselves want to pursue interdisciplinary aims and become “wicked”? Those who have enrolled in intentionally interdisciplinary Ph.D.

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MAY 15, 2024

Educators face the challenge of engaging students in STEM amidst limited resources. STEM education is not just about science and math; it develops skills such as creativity, communication, empathy and critical thinking that complement technologies like generative AI and coding.

STEM

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MARCH 31, 2017

The recently released report, STEM Starts Early: Grounding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Early Childhood by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and New America is a summary of current research and makes critical recommendations for both STEM communication to parents and future research in early childhood STEM.

STEM

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MARCH 3, 2017

It's not the first place you expect to find a pioneer education program, but the Young Women’s Leadership Academy is one of the city’s first public schools to have a full computer science (CS) course. Computer science is a class SEP students attend daily and is a required core subject. Who’s Actually Teaching Computer Science?

Science

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

These efforts are often described as attempts to “ help non-computer science students build the tech skills required for today’s jobs ” so that they are ultimately “ more employable. ” The New School, in New York City, is taking a different approach. What are the intellectual areas befitting a citizen to know in a modern society?”

Art

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Widely adopted by school districts across the country, Portrait of a Graduate outlines the interdisciplinary skills that a district believes its students should embody and exemplify by high school graduation. What computer science, coding and computational thinking work are you already doing, and how does it build and grow across grade bands?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Office of Special Education Programs has awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant to researchers within KUs School of Education & Human Sciences to develop Increasing Knowledge and Natural Opportunities With Social Emotional Competence, or iKNOW.

Skills

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APRIL 29, 2021

to invest heavily in its public education system, and to the passage of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (NDEA). That legislation prompted a major shift in our instructional focus that ushered more students toward careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

At SchoolStatus, we firmly believe that educators’ voices must be central in shaping education technology. Members of the CAB were selected based on their deep knowledge of education technology, passion for improving learning outcomes, and success in supporting students’ academic achievements and families’ evolving needs.

Special Education

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JULY 10, 2024

Some include more traditional vocations like automotive, cosmetology, plumbing and carpentry, while others have expanded to industries including education, computer science, business, biotechnology and health care.

High School

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JULY 14, 2016

Computer Science (CS) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are popping up all over. How do we recruit and retain a diverse student body in elective STEM classes such as computer science and engineering? The media tells us there are STEM career opportunities for students in abundance.

Science

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MAY 15, 2023

Inspired by past educators, Aida Hadzovic has built a reputation for innovative teaching strategies for English. Hadzovic earned a degree in English education and later pursued a science degree in part because of the demand for science teachers in Brooklyn, New York.

Writing

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Carnegie Learning will work closely with the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC), which began in 1985 as a joint effort by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Academy of Sciences to improve K-12 science education. school districts. school districts.

STEM

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JUNE 1, 2022

Department of Education and celebrated at a gala in their honor. Her mother was a middle school science teacher whose parenting “really incorporated a lot of that curiosity and wonder and awe, kind of like we saw at the Smithsonian here today,” she says. Rivera grew up to become a middle school science teacher, too.

Teachers

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JUNE 5, 2020

Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such. It challenges prevailing assumptions that some people pick up “hard” skills in math and science more naturally. The company plans to expand the numbers for the upcoming school year.

Art

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APRIL 6, 2017

The desire to build cognitive understanding is growing, but many experts assert that in order to do it, the study of AI has to become more interdisciplinary. In Puri’s experience, young girls are sometimes discouraged from joining spaces where there are no other girls, so he works with cohorts to promote their computer science interest.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Tinkering: Kids Learn by Making Stuff —a book of hands-on science projects and more. Make Magazine —filled with DIY technology projects and inspiration. Toys from Trash —instructions for making educational toys from recycled waste. Maker Ed —resources and support for maker educators. Thingiverse —a library of 3D designs.

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MARCH 31, 2021

Civics Education Is at a Crossroads This knowledge gap is due in large part to the sidelining of K-12 social studies since the early 2000s, with the implementation of No Child Left Behind. With an increased emphasis on improving test scores in reading, writing, math and science, social studies fell to the wayside.

History

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AUGUST 27, 2024

In the upcoming school year, we can expect more educators and counselors to focus on aligning their students’ educational experiences with the demands of the job market so that they are better prepared to pursue college and/or career pathways that will empower them to succeed.

Schools

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

These include design thinking—processes to innovate new products and services—and computational thinking—using computational methods to address and solve interdisciplinary challenges systematically. Students also experienced and noticed the connections between technology and their learning when learning Skills for Innovation.

Skills

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Integrated Actions Civics Project: developed between The UC Berkeley History Social Science Project and the Santa Clara and San Mateo county offices of education, this project offers tested strategies to support the integration of civic engagement into classrooms.

Learning

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JUNE 21, 2017

According to the Education Commission of States, about 20 states now require that districts allow students to apply specified computer science courses toward completion of mathematics, science or, as a foreign language. Coding curricula is sweeping into classrooms across the country, thanks to programs such as Code.org.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

So earlier this summer, researchers at Stanford and Ithaka S+R, a nonprofit education consulting firm, brought together 70 representatives—mostly from academia, but also from government, leading nonprofits and the commercial education technology industry—to discuss some of the hot-button issues surrounding big data in higher education.

Ethics

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JUNE 7, 2017

It started with an underwhelming science fair—the type we’re all familiar with: students standing next to handmade posters, listlessly describing their projects, usually alone. For Abby Longcor, Senior Director of the Tech Challenge, that’s what really sets the program apart: the interdisciplinary approach to engineering. “We

Art

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JULY 16, 2016

We didn’t know it at the time, but this effort became part of the foundation of the new Computer Science for All effort to bring computer science to every public school student in New York City. From the outset we knew we wanted to bridge mathematics and computer science.

Science

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This year, there were three prizes: for work in pre-K-12 education, higher education and a newly created prize, for learning science research. But now we’re in a knowledge revolution where the workforce needs to have a deeper set of skills and more interdisciplinary and collaborative problem solving.

Intelligence

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JULY 30, 2018

From traditional activities to authentic work: Moving from isolated academic work environments to providing students opportunities to engage with and contribute to relevant local, national, and international interdisciplinary communities.

Learning

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

“Making Young Voters” was written by Sunshine Hillygus, a professor of political science at Duke University, and John Holbein, assistant professor of public policy and education at the University of Virginia. To learn more, I spoke with Hillygus, who recently gave a speech about young voters for the National Academy of Sciences.

Motivation

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

Ninth grade students in an interdisciplinary Global Science Perspectives class were asked to explore the themes of the course and find correlations between culture and science. Andrew Larson is a science and language arts facilitator at Columbus Signature Academy New Tech High School in Columbus, Indiana.

Grades

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Are a lot of the problems that you present interdisciplinary by nature? Math is this general-purpose subject at school, but if it isn’t interdisciplinary, well, why not? There’s data science, of course. Absolutely. If it isn’t serving history, English, geography and all the other subjects, why not? There is machine learning.

Math

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Portland, Oregon —To get to Marty Ringle’s office at Reed College, you have to climb to the top floor of the Educational Technology Center building and get buzzed past a locked door that says “This is a Secure Area.” I got into the dual course of doing philosophy and technology. And in some ways that’s not too far off.

Ethics

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JUNE 4, 2019

Building a Space That Amplifies Innovation and Connection Lassonde Studios evolved out of a $25 million dollar gift from investor, philanthropist, and University of Utah alumnus Pierre Lassonde to spur entrepreneurship in a student-focused and interdisciplinary manner. “We

Interdisciplinary

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Pant: The best learning happens when students are able to use technology as a method to enhance what they are already doing. Students at Dayton are focused on large interdisciplinary projects and problem-solving. What are you seeing that is engaging students in the gaming and interactive space?

Teachers

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Holzweiss , a high school educational technology enrichment specialist librarian, shared her tips to help school librarians engage with students, support teachers , and make their school libraries dynamic and welcoming learning spaces. Wine in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.

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