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Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators

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Traditionally, the spotlight on STEM education appears to occur in high school and late middle school grade-levels. Elementary school years mark a critical phase in a child’s cognitive development. STEM education encourages children to inquire, observe, and seek solutions.

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John King: ‘The Failure of National Leadership Is Being Visited Upon School Leaders’

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So again, the failure of national leadership is being visited upon school leaders who face this impossible dilemma. There was a study done recently of elementary school reading curricula that suggests there are more characters that are animals than characters who are people of color. But we have to be safe.

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5 educators share insights into teaching and learning

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They will have some amazing successes–and some failures–as they light the way forward and the rest of us endlessly discuss the potential uses and abuses of AI in our classrooms. Read more about Ross-Kleinmann’s thoughts on AI in schools. Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators.

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What students are reading

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While that resolution was a complete failure (I still have unread books on my shelf), it reignited my love of reading. : Native American Truths Everyone Should Know , and Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You. My #BritReads favorite for upper elementary school is a throwback to my childhood.

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A surefire way to make science relevant to kids

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Here’s the kicker: if they aren’t able to create a working prototype in the allotted time, don’t see that as a failure. The prompt I used with ChatGPT was: “List 10 everyday problems that could be solved by a solution that an elementary school student could develop.” Generative AI. Where does the science come in, though?

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Forward Failures, Future of Work and What’s (Not) the Next Big Thing in Edtech

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Lessons from Forward Failures “Most of today’s schools were designed for a different time and purpose. And it matched up pretty well for how we worked then,” said Stacey Childress, CEO of New Schools Venture Fund, in the summit’s opening remarks. Some of it led to progress, and some of it did not,” said Childress.

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I’m a first-year teacher. How can I find success in the classroom?

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This is my first year as a teacher and I’m teaching sixth grade, so both my students and I are new to the school. I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. I started smiling on the first day and felt like a total failure. newsletters.

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