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5 reasons why game design is the best way to teach STEAM skills

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That’s where game-based learning comes in. Meanwhile, video games are already one of the most familiar and compelling forms of media for students–so why not use them as a learning platform? When done right, it can radically change how students learn and retain essential skills. Most systems in games are extremely complex.

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Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

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Nam Ngo Thanh is an educational leader, innovator, and advocate for equity-driven, holistic learning. Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide.

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Understanding and mitigating academic regression from summer learning loss

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Studies show that by the time students reach middle school, summer learning loss can accumulate to create an achievement gap of up to two years between socioeconomic groups. The effects of summer learning loss extend beyond immediate academic performance. Enrichment activities play a vital role in preventing summer learning loss.

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Only 1 in 8 elementary teacher prep programs adequately teach math

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10 course credits) to elementary mathematics: 105 hours on mathematics content and 45 hours on how to teach math (i.e., Findings for undergraduate prep programs: The average undergraduate program dedicates 85 hours of instructional time to foundational math content knowledge–20 instructional hours short of the recommended minimum.

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Integrating technology in CTE classrooms

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This isn’t technology for technology’s sake–it’s about enhancing learning and skill development. As one CTE expert put it, emerging tech like VR, AR, and AI is “transforming how we learn,” allowing learners to explore topics in ways never before possible. Consider the example of VR in a CTE program.

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The clock is ticking: Why standardized schedules don’t work for learning

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But we often ignore one fundamental truth: Learning takes time, and the time needed is different for every student. Ask any teacher, and they will tell you that the pace of learning is not universal. And yet, our education system insists on treating time as the fixed variable in the equation of learning–even when we know better.

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Catapult Learning is Approved to Provide High-Dosage Tutoring in Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Schools

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Massachusetts districts face urgent literacy gaps, and our high-dosage tutoring model is designed to close those gaps efficiently and effectively,” said Devon Wible, vice president of teaching and learning for Catapult Learning. “We Catapult Learning’s HDT model is designed to scale individualized learning.