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A Student and a Teacher Try to Untangle Why Group Work Is, Well, Terrible

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Educator Jen Manly, left, and EdSurge reporter Nadia Tamez-Robledo address the audience during a discussion about the challenges students face while doing group work. If you’re EdSurge reporter Nadia Tamez-Robledo, who’s currently in grad school, you’ve recently experienced all three of these scenarios. Great question.

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Improving student achievement through choice

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Today we have a range of devices in our classrooms, from tablets in some of the primary grades to laptops in our science classrooms (where more powerful devices are necessary). We’ve also renovated more than half of our classrooms with new personalized and flexible seating and completely transformed 12 classrooms in our middle school.

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A Team Effort: Educators Collaborate to Bring AI Into K-12 Classes

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. - Jill Hill “It was just a great chance to learn more about artificial intelligence and machine learning and how to encourage K-12 teachers to use more AI tools in their classrooms,” said Hill, the technology integration specialist at her middle school.

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Why Taking Risks in the Classroom Pays off for Students—and Teachers

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Some said the video was never posted, others told me the link didn’t work but I had checked that link multiple times. For the past 13 years, I have been a social studies teacher at the middle school level. AJ Bianco is a middle school social studies teacher at Harrington Park School District in Harrington Park, New Jersey.

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

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For example, completing homework requires executive function skills, and the benefits of homework increase as students move into middle school and high school. There is a direct relationship between executive function development and the effectiveness of different types of learning activities.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

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Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. For its part, St.

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In Washington’s Most Diverse District, STEM Opportunities Provide New Paths to Success

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Each area feeds into one comprehensive high school with a variety of Career and Technical Education STEM/STEAM pathways including computer science, engineering, environmental science, health science, and manufacturing and construction. In addition, Saghalie Middle School and the TAF Academy will merge to become TAF@Saghalie.

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