eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Students explore practical applications of theoretical knowledge, such as designing simple machines, programming robots, or analyzing environmental data. Integrating STEM into K-12 curricula helps prepare students for a world that increasingly depends on interdisciplinary knowledge.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Phase 3 Live Finale: Elementary, middle and high school teams competed in a 30-minute esports showdown, held at the Levan Center of Innovation at Nova Southeastern University, to design climate-resilient schools. What stood out most? The way the Showdown brought together students from every district and grade level.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Texas has adopted curriculum standards that are used in all the state’s public schools. Adopted by the State Board of Education, the current Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards outline what students will learn in each course/grade. Gives students real-world knowledge and experience.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2018

In Harmony Public Schools in Texas, we want students to become active learners, problem solvers, and STEM advocates. We want to increase their knowledge, skills, and interest in STEM, and balance student-centered teaching with state and national standards. We now incorporate this personalized PBL model into all of our STEM courses.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

One of our schools provides advanced math and computer courses for various IT certifications, while another has a dual enrollment program that allows high school students to graduate with an associate degree and a high school diploma. This in turn sparks passion.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

When students reach high school, research shows that close to 66 percent of students are disengaged. But even students who do successfully navigate their schooling emerge with only a specific (and often narrow) skillset that may or may not match their strengths or interests.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 8, 2024

High School collects a diverse group of students into a large learning community, but it also prepares teenagers for a future as variable as any we can imagine. Yet, the one-size-fits-all model persists in many high schools. Could we expand high school options to guarantee every student’s success?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As educators, we know that science is not just a body of knowledge, but it is a process that enables people to answer questions through scientific inquiry. Together, we identified high-demand and foundational science-based skills.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

The school blends tradition with forward-thinking education, creating an environment where students grow both academically and creatively. This interdisciplinary approach encourages students to think critically, problem-solve, and make connections across different subjects. Joseph, innovation and tradition arent at odds.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In these STEM laboratories, students can develop their science, engineering, and mathematics skills by using technology to create, collaborate, and complete projects–learning and applying knowledge to find new solutions. So, what’s the impact of STEAM education?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Perfect as bell-ringers, exit tickets, or brain breaks for high school , these five-minute writing ideas are a great way to get students into a writing state of mind right after the bell rings. 19 Longer Journal Writing Prompts for High School For a deeper dive into your students thoughts, assign longer journal prompts for high school.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Although data science is interdisciplinary, one possible home for data science standards is in mathematics standards, as there are important mathematical tools and methods that support data science. Although each grade level lists important knowledge, the knowledge is linked and developed as part of a coherent whole.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

In a time when we are expecting students to graduate with authentic learning experiences and real-world skills in addition to academic knowledge, vibrant learning projects like this will become much more popular and widespread. Students are engaged and invested in a project that has local benefits!

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Our Customer Advisory Board enables us to directly collaborate with the people who best understand the needs of schools and districts across the U.S. Additionally, La’Toya is the Assistant Boys and Girls Powerlifting Coach for THEE Meridian High School. Outside of education, La’Toya is a four-time World Powerlifting Champion.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2021

Our education system should be our best effort to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and tools that they need to be prosperous, productive, and employed citizens. To facilitate more authentic learning, many states have aligned their own standards, and developed frameworks that foster interdisciplinary teaching and learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

On a memorable morning in my high school civics class, the students—seniors, full of energy—learned about the formation and function of our legislative branch. Students routinely arrive in my classroom lacking even a basic understanding of civic principles, constitutional knowledge and U.S. They were roleplaying.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

In 2013, the STEM and Computer Science (STEM+CS) team was created to implement an interdisciplinary grades K-12 STEM program outside the grade-level core disciplines of ELA, math, science and social studies, and separate from the standard Career Technical Education (CTE) programs to reach all students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Having on hand easy-to-use and fun resources focused on STEM careers, like those in manufacturing, helps students feel empowered by their potential,” said Mark Case, a science teacher at Southern Guilford High School of Guilford County Schools in North Carolina.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Today, the award-winning science series NOVA , produced for PBS by GBH Boston, announced the launch of NOVA Science Studio , a new national program to teach and engage young people through an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on science communication, digital media literacy, and video production.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Armed with full knowledge of the issue, they dove into the research, recorded public service announcements and canvassed their community for advocates. Shortly after graduation, Sheliya received a full-time job offer based on her efforts in this service-learning project — not a bad outcome for a high school service-learning project.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

The school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses, Harkness-style discussions, and a robust arts program that encourages creativity and collaboration. “Our college counseling program is designed to support students at every stage of their high school career,” says Dr. Ott.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Those are some of the emotions Mario Herrera’s high school students experienced as they learned about the African diaspora, as part of a two-year pilot for the College Board’s new curriculum on the subject. The complexities of the Diaspora are an excellent fit with AP Seminar’s interdisciplinary research focus. Frustrated.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Sometimes the two agents can agree on information that is false and clashes with the knowledge of the learner. an educational game that teaches scientific inquiry skills to high school and college students, is powered by a form of AutoTutor. They didn’t need or even want people with deep knowledge. Op eration ARIES!,

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

A diverse, hybrid database containing academic journals and award-winning biographical and contextual materials, LRC supports interdisciplinary approaches to the development of critical thinking skills and information literacy. Gale has 500 employees globally with its main operations in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

However, many high school classrooms still use outdated college and career preparation models, which can leave high school graduates feeling unprepared for their future. This highlights the increasing need for high schools to incorporate career-connected learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2024

Utilizing interdisciplinary teaching systems to make core concepts, including English, biology, and mathematics, relevant for real-world applications and future career pathways. By integrating YouScience into their curriculum, they have helped students explore their aptitudes and envision future career pathways.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

I was a certified high school math teacher, but like so many of my peers, I also taught advisory—working with students to develop their social skills and help them explore college and career options. Life is interdisciplinary, and while our education system has finally started to acknowledge this (e.g. Or anything else.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Design Academy —free software, classes and more for high school students and educators. They also help educators build community and let students turn abstract knowledge into tangible and engaging projects. Fusion 360 —free CAD software for students and educators. Sketchbook —a drawing app for all devices.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We also found in our analysis that it was especially effective when it was coupled with efforts within high schools to demonstrate voting, to have a registration drive,” Hillygus says. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying voter behavior. We used to spend a lot more school time on civic education.

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k12 Digest

MARCH 4, 2025

He currently serves as the Proud Superintendent of the Texarkana Arkansas School District, where he is committed to making a lasting impact on students, educators, and the community. He later became the Assistant Superintendent of School Leadership for Kansas City Public Schools before taking the helm in Texarkana.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This is the second part of a two-part story looking at how one school is piloting MIT research on playful assessments to measure student growth. We don't have separated subject areas in our school. Everything is interdisciplinary,” explained Stephanie Passman, the lead teacher, during EdSurge’s recent visit to the school.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. At the all-girls boarding high school that Ruth Cady attended in a small Virginia town, she recalls being a middling student. Todd explains how students can start to add their threads to this web of knowledge.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Holzweiss , a high school educational technology enrichment specialist librarian, shared her tips to help school librarians engage with students, support teachers , and make their school libraries dynamic and welcoming learning spaces. During an ISTELive session , Kristina A.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Many of them would enjoy the creative problem-solving of engineering—and they won’t know unless they choose, enjoy, and stay involved in engineering coursework during middle and high school. Encouraging diverse participation in STEM in middle school is crucial. That’s the teacher’s job. Education is an amazing field to work in.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2016

In 2012 I, along with a group of like-minded colleagues, signed up to take on an audacious goal: we helped open New York City’s first public high school focused on computing. Our advisory program ensures that each student has a teacher who knows his or her family and tracks academic progress throughout their high school career.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 28, 2025

Practice algebraic expressions and operations Could your high schoolers use more review with one and two-step equations? One and Two Step Equations Worksheets and Notes for High School Algebra 1 By Lindsay Bowden – Secondary Math Grades: 8th-10th Standards: CCSS HSA-REI.B.3 Explore high school resources

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

Heather Messer , a teacher and advisor at a Wisconsin school where competency-based learning is a school-wide practice. Beth Blankenship , an English teacher who has figured out how to use competency-based learning at her Virginia high school, a school that still uses traditional grading.

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