Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. When students can understand how one topic might be covered in English, History and Science, they’re able to grasp it more deeply.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Composed of education leaders with firsthand experience in K-12 districts and schools around the county, this board will play a pivotal role in shaping the company’s strategic direction and product roadmap, building on SchoolStatus’ long history of collaboration with educators.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

And in September 2024, history took a bold turn as Kiski welcomed young women into its ranks and opened a new chapter in its storied legacy. With a rich history, an eye on the future, and a commitment to academic and athletic achievement, Kiski continues to redefine what it means to be a boarding school in the 21st century.

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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

History class, approached me after the White House threatened to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador. Armed with full knowledge of the issue, they dove into the research, recorded public service announcements and canvassed their community for advocates.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

STEM Career Coalition partners underwrite critical academic and career content available through the award-winning, flexible K-12 learning platform and STEM Connect , an interdisciplinary K-8 resource blending dynamic digital content with ready-to-use lessons and hands-on activities to enhance core curriculum.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

No longer confined to a corner space in the back of the library, Making activities are finding their way into lessons on history and biology, literature and language. No longer confined to a corner space in the back of the library, Making activities are finding their way into lessons on history and biology, literature and language.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The complexities of the Diaspora are an excellent fit with AP Seminar’s interdisciplinary research focus. Aspects of the world they took for granted or thought they understood become part of the knowledge they get from the class.” Cary Hunt, who teaches AP Seminar at Grissom High School in Huntsville, Ala.,

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

At our university’s inaugural faculty-staff research symposium last fall, the two of us met on a drug history and policy panel, and discovered we were both teaching courses on drugs the following semester. We wanted students to gain both interdisciplinary and practical knowledge about drugs and addiction.

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Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Life is interdisciplinary, and while our education system has finally started to acknowledge this (e.g. In “the real world” as teachers say, challenges are complex. You’re never just solving a math problem. You’re communicating, collaborating, managing yourself, the list goes on. STEAM , the CCLS ELA standards, etc.),

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Teaching Interdisciplinary Math Essay 168

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

At our university’s inaugural faculty-staff research symposium last fall, the two of us met on a drug history and policy panel, and discovered we were both teaching courses on drugs the following semester. We wanted students to gain both interdisciplinary and practical knowledge about drugs and addiction.

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Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 105

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

It just means that many of us struggle to operate simultaneously inside and outside of a system that was only built to test content-knowledge in a very standardized way. The student project on the history of slavery is a perfect example. But the fact that there is little data should not be a proof-point that these models don’t work.

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History Critical Thinking Learning Interdisciplinary 131

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

Citizen scientists come from all walks of life and have made invaluable contributions to scientific knowledge and understanding. Citizen science allows the common public to participate in important scientific studies, partnering with scientists and helping them with work crucial to the enhancement of human knowledge.

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Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 144

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying voter behavior. We show that civic education is having a small impact on the political knowledge of young people, but absolutely zero impact on whether they actually participate. … What can fields other than political science tell us about young voters?

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Motivation Participation Education Interdisciplinary 181

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

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. More students than researchers previously thought struggle to decode or, use their knowledge of letter sounds to sound out complex, multisyllabic words.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

public education system has evolved throughout its history, school libraries have also developed with a consistent central goal: to give students the best opportunity to succeed academically. As the U.S. As instructional designers, librarians collaborate with teachers to develop learning materials to reach students best.

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Schools Languages Language Reading 246

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. That they devote days, years, lifetimes to understanding a sliver of biology, physics, history. Todd explains how students can start to add their threads to this web of knowledge. They’re all communicating with each other.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 168

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This approach еncouragеs scholars to quеstion historical narrativеs, analyzе primary sourcеs, and develop a nuanced understanding of thе complexities inhеrеnt in human history. Thеsе programs еquip еducators with thе knowledge, mеthodologiеs, and tools necessary to instill critical thinking еffеctivеly.

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Critical Thinking Middle School Middle School Education 89

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

Put very simply, competency-based learning measures students on their mastery of a set of explicit expectations for learning knowledge, skills, and dispositions rather than giving them letter or number grades for completing a pre-defined set of courses. So you could improve your knowledge within that research summary.

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Learning Knowledge Grades Feedback 74

Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 25, 2025

Benefits of Academic Competitions Academic competitions are an excellent way for students to strengthen content knowledge while engaging in friendly challenges. each of these competitions challenges students to think critically and apply their knowledge in engaging ways. There are several my students participate in every year!

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Critical Thinking Essay Participation Math 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

It is important to use the lessons of this transition to challenge what Paulo Freire calls “ the banking system ” of education—where professors aim to simply deposit knowledge into students—and instead create inclusive pedagogies that acknowledge the diversity of our students and provide a safe space that invites them to speak up.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

It is important to use the lessons of this transition to challenge what Paulo Freire calls “ the banking system ” of education—where professors aim to simply deposit knowledge into students—and instead create inclusive pedagogies that acknowledge the diversity of our students and provide a safe space that invites them to speak up.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

the knowledge economy), and forms of knowledge (e.g., These moves align with the ways experts organize and apply knowledge in their fields. For instance, in a history course, an informal writing prompt might ask students to select the most significant event in a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and justify their choice.

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Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 122

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

That shortfall resulted in low levels of student knowledge of and participation in democracy, as evidenced by alarmingly low voting rates and other civic indicators. Students in history courses can compare and contrast elements of past and current insurrections. The tide seems to be turning. These and other strategies are working.

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Curriculum Multidisciplinary Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking 145

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

the knowledge economy), and forms of knowledge (e.g., These moves align with the ways experts organize and apply knowledge in their fields. For instance, in a history course, an informal writing prompt might ask students to select the most significant event in a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and justify their choice.

Writing 105

Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

That shortfall resulted in low levels of student knowledge of and participation in democracy, as evidenced by alarmingly low voting rates and other civic indicators. Students in history courses can compare and contrast elements of past and current insurrections. The tide seems to be turning. These and other strategies are working.

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Curriculum Multidisciplinary Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2023

The organization describes its ultimate goal as graduating more students who have fundamental knowledge and skills, collaborate well, think creatively and are motivated to keep learning throughout their lives. In the meantime, the checkered history of school reform did not seem top of mind for students from Coolidge. It was exciting.

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