eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2024

Soon, the tone of the workshop changed, and the group of middle schoolers was on its way to gaining proficiency in the fundamentals of full-stack development and adding one more coding language to their repertoire. We use an interdisciplinary approach to the STEAM education we provide in our Digital Explorers program.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

The 2024 Female Students and STEM Report reveals that beginning in middle school, female students experience significant STEM exposure gaps that continue through high school. This analysis is based on anonymized data from 233,000 female middle and high school students in the United States collected in 2023.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, February 24, 2022) —Kentucky’s Hardin County Schools (HCS) is taking a leadership role within the state through an innovative new partnership supporting science instruction with dynamic digital resources. interdisciplinary K-8 resource,?STEM Among the resources now available to HCS students are:?.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

At the same time, schools are placing a stronger emphasis on mental health, equity, and future-ready skills, ensuring students are not only academically successful but also are prepared for the challenges of today’s every-changing world. AI, digital learning tools, and personalized supports have become central to the classroom.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This situation continues even as schools and districts across the U.S. 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. In most districts in the U.S.,

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The practices support interdisciplinary learning, too. Check out these books from the NSTA Press: Doing Good Science in Middle School, A Practical STEM Guide by Jorgenson, Vanosdall, Massey, and Cleveland. Pat Dickerson is a sixth grade science teacher at Falcon Creek Middle School in Colorado. Relevant learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

Districts arent just experimenting with a few technology or agriculture pathways anymore; theyre building entire CTE-focused programs and schools, designing curricula aligned to workforce trends and giving students more ways than ever to find purpose and opportunity after graduation. Schools are no longer relying on a single source.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Key points: What priorities will be a focal point in the new school year? Vrain Valley School District, we will continue to provide our teachers with ample opportunities to collaborate, discuss, and share resources and strategies to enhance their understanding of AI and the potential benefits of AI tools. . This year at St.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

Interdisciplinary approaches Incorporating an interdisciplinary approach can significantly enrich the learning process for students. Rethinking content teaching at the middle level: An interdisciplinary approach. Middle School Journal , 50 (2), 1727. link] Moser, K. Ivy, J., & Hopper, P.

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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. Onе effective strategy is thе intеgration of problem-solving activitiеs into thе curriculum.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Newark, NJ – Offshore wind company Bluepoint Wind is announcing today the winners of grants to further STEM education for 10 teachers from schools across New Jersey. KidWind will also provide the winners with training on how to incorporate the STEM kits into in-school and/or out-of-school learning environments.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2021

The feedback from teachers was exemplary, so we want to see that number grow during these essential back-to-school months,” said CEO of CoderZ, Ido Yerushalmi. Our mission this year is to introduce 200,000 more students to the interdisciplinary skills that STEM develops, including future-ready skills, SEL, and more. About CoderZ.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have been developing a virtual reality system to help students with disabilities, especially those with autism spectrum disorder, to learn, practice and improve social skills they need in a typical school day. Office of Special Education Programs has awarded a five-year, $2.5

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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. Representing seven U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, and 17 more wounded, in the sanctuary of an elementary school. A natural human reaction is to defend, to protect and to guard—which translates into “hardening” schools. School safety is a complex and emotional societal issue. Some 95 percent of U.S.

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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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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Rice recently joined two other online learning researchers on an EdSurge-ISTE webinar , focused on how existing research on online learning can help teachers navigate the emergency remote instruction that’s been in place since schools closed in March. Middle school teachers often must focus on combating student distraction and loss of focus.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Tennessee’s Hardeman County Schools (HCS) today announced a new phase in its partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education that is bringing new digital resources to students districtwide. Discovery Education Experience will now be available in all district elementary and middle school classrooms.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

In 1992, a small school opened its doors next to a chapel in Waxahachie, Texas. Joseph Catholic School has expanded across three buildings on the St. Joseph Catholic School. The school is dedicated to shaping students into spiritually grounded, intellectually curious, and morally responsible leaders.

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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. said Amir Law, EdD, District Director, Mesa Public Schools, ElevateEdAZ.

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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

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. Like many teachers, I wasn’t sure about using AI in my teaching.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2024

Embracing Interdisciplinary Connections Writing is not an isolated endeavor; rather, it is inextricably intertwined with various disciplines, ranging from philosophy and psychology to sciences and the arts.

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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

The educators were state winners of the Teacher of the Year program , hosted annually by the Council of Chief State School Officers. 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.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In the last decade, schools have dedicated tremendous resources to deploying technology into the classroom. What it looks like : Imagine a middle school math teacher who works with her specialist to create an interdisciplinary, maker-and-technology-infused lesson covering concepts like scaling, common denominators and equivalent fractions.

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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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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

A hugely present issue when I proposed the course in spring of 2022 was the resurgence of book bans occurring in schools and libraries around the country. Choose an interdisciplinary topic for broader appeal Freshmen often have not yet decided what their major would be, nor should they!

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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. Peek Into a STEM Classroom: Hoover High School.

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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. At our school, teachers would often chair these teams in pairs to share the workload.

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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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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? The ten teams met once each in San Francisco, Austin, and New York City and also worked with Collaborative staff and consultants locally over the course of the 2016-17 school year.

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