eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

. –Rebecca Bergstrom, Induction Coordinator, Adams 12 Five Star Schools In 2025 we will continue to see a shift toward learning opportunities that allow students to make real change in their communities. By 2025, well see districts moving toward comprehensive enterprise AI plans that benefit all areas of the system.To

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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. high-achieving students engage in what is known as a “race to calculus,” missing courses in middle school to get to the calculus pinnacle.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

All avatar voices that iKNOW users encounter are provided by real middle school students, educators and administrators. The research team has implemented VOISS, available on the Apple Store and Google Play, at schools across the country.

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Skills Disabilities Interdisciplinary Special Education 255

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Critical Thinking Development in Middle School Education Fostеring critical thinking skills in middlе school еducation is paramount to equipping studеnts with thе intеllеctual tools necessary for succеss. Additionally, standardizеd tеsts can bе adaptеd to measure critical thinking skills.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

At a time when millions of educators have been thrown into remote learning with no formal training, any answer to that question might seem too good to be true. 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.

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Online Learning Interdisciplinary Lecturing Learning 215

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke to Hadzovic about her experiences using AI in her instructional practices in middle school English classes. Aida Hadzovic English Language Arts Teacher, Brooklyn School District Hadzovic: At first, to be honest, I was hesitant. AI isn’t going away.

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Writing English Interdisciplinary Languages 178

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such. That means more exercises that allow for open-ended answers, and less abstract questions that simply ask one to “solve for x ,” says Meyer. It’s also not entirely digital.

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Art Math Curriculum Beliefs 218

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Without dedicated time, attention and materials teaching our younger children about this country’s history—including a multitude of narratives and perspectives—how will students enter middle school with a historical foundation and shared civic values, ready to practice and deepen their civic knowledge and skill set?

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History Social Studies Education Knowledge 217

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. But it's a valid question."

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Camhi, Superintendent of Schools, Baldwin School District As someone who has been in education long enough to be considered vintage and to see major pedagogical shifts, I always wonder when the next big change will come. After the major shifts of the Covid era, the question still remains: What’s next? Happy new school year!

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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. Will half the country be miseducated? What can we do?

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Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary History Syllabus 86

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

Can we graduate preservice teachers that come out of the gate with interdisciplinary STEM competencies? There are many questions about these endorsements that still need to be answered. Peek Into a STEM Classroom: Hoover High School. Pleasant Middle School. Breakout group questions.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 25, 2025

Academic competitions can be exciting and rewarding additions to your school club options. For upper elementary and middle school students, these challenges not only promote academic growth and productive struggle but also social connections. It can vary slightly by area, but this is the link to our Colorado Knowledge Bowl.

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Critical Thinking Essay Participation Math 52

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2019

And his work draws from his experiences in school, weaving across the realms of interdisciplinary thinking, social-emotional learning, self care, and the steady search for creativity on a human scale. It’s an approach that is intuitively connected to the evolving priorities of conscientious educators and schools around the world.

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Art Interdisciplinary English Schools 159

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

How do you find educators who want to completely rethink our notions of what a school is and design something entirely new? That was the question gnawing at Scott Benson two years ago when he ran into his friend—and fellow senior leader in education—Aylon Samouha in a hallway at the iNacol conference in Orlando.

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