eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

. –James Hood, Principal, Rodburn Elementary School , Rowan County Schools The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are transforming the educational landscape, ushering in a more integrated and dynamic approach to teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The next generation of renewable energy workers who will power New Jersey are sitting in middle school classrooms right now,” said John Dempsey, CEO of Bluepoint Wind, a partnership between Ocean Winds (OW), an international offshore wind energy company and joint-venture between EDPR and ENGIE, and New York-based Global Infrastructure Partners.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In collaboration with Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—HCS is integrating a suite of award-winning, flexible digital resources into teaching and learning across the district’s elementary and middle schools. interdisciplinary K-8 resource,?STEM

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Additionally, La’Toya is the Assistant Boys and Girls Powerlifting Coach for THEE Meridian High School. Beyond the professional realm, she is a proud mom to a rising Senior in high school and a 6th grader beginning middle school. Outside of education, La’Toya is a four-time World Powerlifting Champion.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Middle school teachers often must focus on combating student distraction and loss of focus. And in high school, the chief concern is keeping up attendance. As an example, Trust pointed to an interdisciplinary choice board , which gives students multiple options for learning about a subject.

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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. As the Vale Middle School CTE teacher, Mr. Knapp’s innovative approach not only inspires but also empowers our students to reach their full potential.

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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. The effect is further exacerbated in high school, where in many states, students encounter U.S. history and civics to be studied in an interdisciplinary manner.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

Try high school students. These aren’t concepts found in most high-school math textbooks. It’s wildly outside what most students get exposed to in school,” says von Oy. Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

Her mother was a middle school science teacher whose parenting “really incorporated a lot of that curiosity and wonder and awe, kind of like we saw at the Smithsonian here today,” she says. Rivera grew up to become a middle school science teacher, too. Department of Education and celebrated at a gala in their honor.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Charlotte, NC — Minnesota’s South Washington County (SoWashCo) Schools today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education in K-8 classrooms across the district. SoWashCo Schools is a suburban district located southeast of St. STEM Connect.

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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. Part of the Albemarle County School District, Community Middle feels and functions differently than most other schools in America. Read part one for background.

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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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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

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.

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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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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

Peek Into a STEM Classroom: Sioux Center High School. Peek Into a STEM Classroom: Davenport West High School. Learned enough English to transition into regular classes in 8th grade, finished all high school coursework by 11th grade, now taking 5 AP classes as a senior. Pleasant Middle School.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

Choose an interdisciplinary topic for broader appeal Freshmen often have not yet decided what their major would be, nor should they! As an introduction to life after high school, students should be given the opportunity to see why their studies truly matter.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

First, let’s talk about Gestalt Community Schools , which is a charter management organization in Memphis, Tennessee. They had already begun a process of designing a new middle school, called Nexus Middle School, to be a STEM-based school that incorporated personalized learning.

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