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Blending Art and Algorithms, Desmos Sets Out to Reimagine Math Curriculum

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Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such. states , as well as the ACT, SAT and International Baccalaureate exams, now rely on Desmos to power its online graphing tools. Luberoff says that end-of-year assessments in 35 U.S.

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Cultivating Collaboration and Consistency in Grading: Applying the GRADE Strategy 

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We often feel pulled in multiple directions – with service commitments and research projects on top of teaching responsibilities – so finding time to grade student papers, exams, projects, and in-class work can feel challenging. Many of our courses have 48 students enrolled, and writing is assigned in all classes.

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Cultivating Collaboration and Consistency in Grading: Applying the GRADE Strategy 

Faculty Focus

We often feel pulled in multiple directions – with service commitments and research projects on top of teaching responsibilities – so finding time to grade student papers, exams, projects, and in-class work can feel challenging. Many of our courses have 48 students enrolled, and writing is assigned in all classes.

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ACT Says Grade Inflation Is a Serious Problem. It’s Probably Not.

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The ACT has seen the writing on the wall—and it doesn’t look good. Thus this latest shot across the bow, which comes courtesy of a new report from ACT , the nonprofit behind the college entrance exam. Its reasoning? In March, the largest four-year public college system in the U.S., grade points, from 3.17 in 2010 to 3.36

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43 back-to-school predictions for the 2024-2025 year

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This new age of teaching and learning will be more integrated into the day-to-day, more interdisciplinary, and more based on the lived experience of the teacher and student. Leaders in education now have the opportunity to leverage GenAI to accelerate the transformation of data into feedback for students across subjects.

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Why It’s Okay (and Even Great) If Your Child Says ‘I’m Bored’

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Many children, when left alone for even 30 minutes, naturally gravitate toward building, sketching, writing, performing, or storytelling. In highly structured, exam-focused systems, any form of “free time” is viewed as wasted time. Steve Jobs credited his best ideas to long walks, sometimes alone and without distraction.