Edsurge

MAY 16, 2022

Uniquely, Berumen’s school looks at all four years of a student’s high school transcript, and an essay question hones in on how a particular applicant meets its “core values” in an attempt to separate students excited by Pitzer itself from those looking for a generic liberal arts education. (In

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Grades Testing Interdisciplinary STEM 162

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2019

We were given freedom to implement non-traditional practices such as design thinking, while maintaining those that are tried and true like document-based essay writing. Today, I am the STEAM Interdisciplinary Specialist at the Atlanta Girls’ School, where I’ve applied many of the lessons I learned from Anya and her Big History project.

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History Teachers Students Interdisciplinary 162

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Life is interdisciplinary, and while our education system has finally started to acknowledge this (e.g. Here’s how it might work for an English teacher: Imagine you’ve assigned students a persuasive essay and provided them with a rubric communicating academic expectations. In “the real world” as teachers say, challenges are complex.

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Teaching Interdisciplinary Math Essay 168

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The 3D printing opportunity has caused a swell of interdisciplinary interest among students at the university, and as a result, more students have begun to engage in “printing tasks, gaining technical skills and enabling the library to expand its services.”

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Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 25, 2025

Social Studies Patriot’s Pen is a nationwide youth essay contest organized by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) for students in grades 6-8. Participants write a 300-400 word essay on a patriotic theme chosen annually by the VFW Commander-in-Chief. The program emphasizes teamwork, spelling skills, and academic excellence.

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