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From curiosity to clarity: Showcasing career paths to young learners

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While their ambition is inspiring, it raises important questions for educators, such as: What are alternative careers in a students field of interest? In elementary school, highlighting a variety of careers to younger students is key. Is this career path truly the right fit for the student?

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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

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Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. In middle and high school courses, its really difficult to connect math to the real world, says Lindsey Henderson, policy director of math for the nonprofit ExcelinEd. When would I ever use this?

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What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

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Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. By design, CTE programs consider questions that are relevant to this gap. Do students know how to think of their feet?

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3 reasons elementary schools should adopt an LMS—and where to begin

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This is a common question administrators and educational practitioners ask when considering LMS adoption at the district level. Here are three reasons why districts should consider adopting an LMS for elementary and how they can begin technological integration for all classrooms. Young learners are already surrounded by technology.

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Why the Best Personalized Learning Programs Start Way Before High School

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At my district’s high schools, personalized learning is fairly easy to see. Sometimes elementary and middle school teachers come across as apologetic about how “little” they are doing in relation to personalized learning. Several years ago, one of our elementary schools began to use data notebooks with their students.

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CodeHS Launches Comprehensive, Easy-to-Use Computer Science Curriculum for Elementary

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While the emphasis on computer science curriculum is often placed on middle and high schools, the need for elementary students to acquire the skills necessary for success in a technology-driven world is becoming increasingly crucial.

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A 5-point plan for post-pandemic education

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A 2022 survey by the Consortium for School Networking shows that more than 80 percent of U.S. schools now have a device for each K-12 student. That’s way up from pre-pandemic numbers, where about two of three high schools and middle schools were one-to-one and less than half of elementary schools had a device for each student.

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