eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

Interdisciplinary approaches Incorporating an interdisciplinary approach can significantly enrich the learning process for students. al (2019), Integrative teaching benefits middle-level learners as it potentially increases student engagement, motivation, and achievement. Middle School Journal , 50 (2), 1727.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2015

I’ve been teaching for more than 30 years, and this is the most excited I’ve ever seen students. 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.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A different approach to teaching mathematics is needed—one that develops data literacy for all students. 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

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. STEM Connect. .

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

It introduces career-ready practices as a core element and embraces interdisciplinary learning that mirrors todays job landscape. Some curriculum providers are responding to the new cluster model by developing resources tailored for high school learners, aiming to address gaps teachers often face in ready-to-use materials.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

That system contains 140 unique learning scenarios meant to teach knowledge and understanding of 183 social skills in virtual school environments such as a classroom, hallway, cafeteria or bus that students and teachers can use via multiple platforms such as iPad, Chromebooks or Oculus VR headsets.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

She has worked at MPSD since 2019 and was previously with Kemper County School District (eight years) and Meridian Community College (eight years). La’Toya works as an adjunct instructor for Mississippi State University, teaching Digital Tools for Learning to future teachers. from Samford University in Educational Leadership.

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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.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

STEM isnt just the latest teaching topic: Its an innovative, cross-curricular way to strengthen problem-solving and critical thinking skills across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Teaching online requires a real shift in thinking about your role as a teacher, from having students who are a captive audience to trying to teach students who are scattered in time and place, and distractions,” Rice says. Middle school teachers often must focus on combating student distraction and loss of focus.

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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. Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

Inspired by past educators, Aida Hadzovic has built a reputation for innovative teaching strategies for English. Recently, EdSurge spoke to Hadzovic about her experiences using AI in her instructional practices in middle school English classes. Like many teachers, I wasn’t sure about using AI in my teaching.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2024

With over 20 years of teaching experience, Darren Zink, along with Megan Holloway (3 years) and Paige Kanaly (5 years), share a group of 90 students and help them connect what they’re learning in the classroom with the real world.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

The teaching seed was planted in Autumn Rivera’s psyche when she was quite young. 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. Photo by Rebecca Koenig.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

In my experience of over two decades teaching civics, law and U.S. history in a traditional public rural high school and now in a public alternative school, I have learned that the most effective strategies for providing an authentic civics learning experience are rooted in knowledge and require learners to simulate a real-life phenomenon.

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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. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

Her submission, titled, “Victim Turned Villain,” is intended to “be a teaching moment,” she says. Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such. She estimated she spent about five hours every day for a month to finish the drawing.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Specialists should insist on planning with, and teaching alongside, the faculty with whom they work. What it looks like : The simplest example of collaborative instruction is co-teaching. That’s a transaction, not a transformation. The instruction doesn’t have to be perfect; the assignment doesn’t have to work exactly as planned.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Discovery Education Experience will now be available in all district elementary and middle school classrooms. These resources, sourced from trusted partners, are aligned to state and national standards, and help educators bring the outside world into teaching and learning every day. Through STEM Connect.

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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

JUNE 13, 2022

In parallel, though, we also need to double down on “softening” schools—to focus on building social emotional skills of students and educators and strengthen relationships between students and educators. So what does softening a school mean? School SEL programs can also help reduce bullying, while curbing future violent behavior.

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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

Key points: What priorities will be a focal point in the new school year? –Michael Arquin, Founder, KidWind The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has presented districts everywhere with new teaching and learning opportunities. Many teachers in older grades are not taught how to teach foundational literacy skills.

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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

Teachers write blogs about the pros and cons about teaching CS and engineering. 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. Industry debates about the STEM jobs pipeline.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

My recent opportunity to teach a First-Year Seminar was educational for both me and my students. As an instructor of teacher education, I pitched a FYS related to teaching, but also hoping to engage students who weren’t necessarily interested in becoming a certified teacher. Will half the country be miseducated? What can we do?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

Iowa’s STEM Teaching Endorsement Partnership – Higher Education Plan , Jeff Weld & Kris Kilibarda. Can we graduate preservice teachers that come out of the gate with interdisciplinary STEM competencies? Lunch and STEM Education Awards for Inspired Teaching , Gov. STEM Education Award for Inspired Teaching video.

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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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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. Google’s Moonshot Summit.

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