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Showfloor News: PBLWorks creates PBLWorks TEACH to help scale project based learning

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The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

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My role includes oversight of programs ranging from school counseling to English learning to technology, as well as curriculum implementation, instruction and assessment programming, and alignment with federal, state, and local resources. The inundation of disjointed data hit me particularly hard.

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8 under-the-radar digital learning resources

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Mosa Mack Science Subject areas: Science Best for: Middle school science with an inquiry-based approach Mosa Mack offers animated science mysteries that prompt students to explore real-world problems through investigation and collaboration. It’s especially helpful for English learners and auditory learners.

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5 ways our students benefit from our online literacy platform

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In most cases, students had learned conversational English but had never really engaged with the alphabet. This wasnt just an English Learner issue, but it was one that required a separate focus. While many students are proficient in other languages, these languages may not share the same alphabet or sounds as English.

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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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One of my earliest projects as the Director of Environmental Education for a public school district in New York was in a middle school English Language Arts classroom. I wanted to see the impact of nature journaling, as a representation of interdisciplinary environmental literacy, on students.

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Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

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The senior at Washington state’s Toppenish High School first considered the career after he joined a STEM group in middle school. In Washington state’s final year of the exit exam, around 1 in 10 high school seniors didn’t pass the English language arts portion, and 1 in 5 didn’t pass the math test, the Seattle Times reported.

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Easy and Effective ELA Activities for Middle School

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Use these easy and effective ELA activities for middle school to keep students engaged and teach them valuable skills. From enjoyable English games to interesting lessons for reluctant readers, ELA will quickly be their favorite class of the year. If they’d prefer, let them write in a texting or social media format.