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Many students decide they’re not a ‘math person’ by the end of elementary school, new study shows

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Roughly half of middle and high schoolers report losing interest in math class at least half the time, and 1 in 10 lack interest nearly all the time during class, a new study shows. Nearly all the students who said they identified as a “math person” came to that conclusion before they reached high school, the RAND survey results show.

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A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

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In a corner of Huffman High School, the sounds of popping nail guns and whirring table saws fill the architecture and construction classroom. Alabama state law previously required students to take at least four years each of English, math, science and social studies to graduate from high school.

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Showfloor News: PBLWorks creates PBLWorks TEACH to help scale project based learning

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The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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AI tools that support learning–not cheating

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Suitable for: Middle and high school students who want tailored practice and a bit more support in tough subjects. Suitable for: All grade levels–from elementary children designing a poster about dinosaurs to high school students putting together a multimedia history project.

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Bridging the Gap Between Classroom and Real Life: The Power of Applied Learning

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Since 2009, he has taught History, English, and Theology in the United States, and has since expanded his expertise to the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Business studies in China. In a 2023 national survey by Hanover Research, only 27% of American high school students said they felt what they were learning was relevant to the real world.

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8 under-the-radar digital learning resources

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Parlay Subject areas: ELA, Social Studies, Science Best for: Structured online and in-class discussions Parlay enables educators to facilitate student discussions in a more inclusive and data-informed way. It’s an excellent tool for fostering critical thinking, debate, and reflective dialogue.

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Can AI help reduce math anxiety?

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As AI becomes more widespread in education, more than half of high school students (56 percent) polled think it can go a long way in reducing math anxiety, a new global survey shows. Of the hundreds of participating teams, nine finalist teams were selected from across the U.S.,

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