Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2024

The goal is to improve science literacy among high school students by making lessons meaningful and relevant to their lives through a teaching method called project-based learning. Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too.

STEM

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Video Games as Physical Education. Virtual reality technology , which turns users into active participants, is dramatically changing the way kids play video games. Many K–12 teachers and schools have begun to introduce exercise-friendly VR games in the classroom or at school events. .

Disabilities

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Measuring and assessing such work in a way that keeps kids inspired is another matter, though, and schools aren’t known for being good at it. For years, personalities like Sir Ken Robinson have taken education systems to task for actually testing the creativity out of students. There’s lots of ways kids can express their understanding.

Testing

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Since Chinese authorities closed schools to control the spread of coronavirus, the Ministry of Education has called for students to learn at home. 19, Zeng, an art teacher at a primary school in the northeastern city of Qingdao, started a livestream art class via DingTalk, a communication app. My mom is going crazy.

Art

eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Here’s what they had to say: As many school districts remain virtual or use a hybrid model, teachers are doing everything they can to help students succeed in a distance learning environment, but at some point they will hit a wall and need help. This may assist with mitigating learning loss. We seek life-readiness.

Hybrid Learning

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

Once available, teachers, administrators (from schools, districts, or states), institutions, or anyone with high-quality, relevant K-12 resources will be able to publish to Amazon Inspire.”. Amazon Inspire remains in beta (but now in a form that educators can browse). That review system apparently still isn’t ready for prime time.

Social Studies

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2016

Two experiments at two very different California schools aimed to find out. In May 2016 at San Jose’s Alpha Public Schools, a 13-year-old student named Jose met four Stanford computer science students bearing an Oculus headset and a laptop. It is difficult to imagine a teenager volunteering to participate in such a stilted interaction.

Learning

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

The 2023 K-12 Hero Awards program is dedicated to recognizing the country’s best examples of K-12 success using innovative education technologies. Education professionals across K-12 departments are eligible for nomination, including IT, curriculum, instruction, and administration. LeCleir-Salas also gave high marks to S.P.I.R.E.’s

Math

eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2016

They should attend and be active participants in every training session as a minimum. The principal at my school led professional development sessions on blended learning during two days at the start of this academic year. Demonstrating belief in the models for all, rather than just being for school students.

Blended Learning

Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2021

Unfortunately, due to our looming crises, the conditions in which all our systems, including education, exist have changed. We need all students to behave sustainably and responsibly, and, ultimately, participate in a “green” economy—no matter which college or career pathway they choose. CTE Gets a Bad Rap All U.S.

Interdisciplinary

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2015

As the skills expected of today’s graduates change rapidly, school districts have to overhaul their thinking on what it means to be “college and career ready.” We rounded up some best practices League members use to ensure students stay in school, get their degrees, and are prepared for success in their post-secondary endeavors.

High School

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 20, 2019

Technology is a natural education fit in everything from math to Spanish to literacy. The one corner of K-12 learning that is not so obvious is PE — Physical Education. In that class, we think of physical stuff — not digital — like running and exercising. But kids love technology’s apps and software.

Teachers

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

This Monday, the deputy superintendent for the Georgia Department of Education is lead 30 school leaders through a design thinking workshop hosted by the company. Her touchstone: Can Georgia build an education system that encourages all its students to be self-driven learners? Caitlin Dooley.

Culture

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Blum, professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of “I Love Learning; I Hate School: An Anthropology of College,” and a contributor to the forthcoming book, “Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead).”. They didn't have good computers with them. What's possible?

Exams

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2022

Hope that school might return to normal in the fall is quickly dimming as new COVID-19 variants threaten to pummel communities throughout the country and COVID hospitalization rates increase. All signs point to record teacher and staff departures at schools across the country. What can schools do about these health challenges?

Students

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

During my eight-year teaching career in Colorado, Ive heard many schools and districts claim they want to develop the whole child. For example, the Colorado Department of Education supports statewide infrastructure and systems to promote a whole-child approach called Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child.

Middle School

k12 Online Schools

MARCH 6, 2025

Introduction to K12 Experiential Schools K12 experiential schools represent a transformative approach to education, focusing on real-world experiences and interactive learning. Online school is revolutionizing the way we approach education, providing students with flexible learning environments and innovative resources.

Hybrid Learning

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Video Games as Physical Education. Virtual reality technology , which turns users into active participants, is dramatically changing the way kids play video games. Many K–12 teachers and schools have begun to introduce exercise-friendly VR games in the classroom or at school events. .

Disabilities

Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

As the LA model has evolved since 2018, we have found several features of our program stood out as the most impactful for participants. One participant shared what they were learning from observing their mentor teachers, explaining, I was listening to the way [the instructors] explained subjects to students. Conn, J., & Close, H.

Learning

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In the months that followed, my husband started developing his own web application and I wanted in on the startup grind so I asked if I could participate in some way. Student getting user feedback on an original video game, Image Credit: Claire Cummings I now teach third grade at the nation’s first school founded by Dr. Robert Marzano.

Feedback

Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 23, 2025

Carefully chosen physical education (PE) games get students moving, build lifelong habits, foster teamwork, develop social skills, boost focus, and heighten engagement! Revitalize your PE lesson plans and keep your students motivated by introducing activities that challenge them physically and mentally.

High School

Robert Kaplinsky

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Lack Of Representation Australia and the United States both struggle to get underrepresented groups presenting and attending educator conferences. Beginning to fix the problems might include recruiting and mentoring underrepresented speaker groups and/or offering additional funding to participate.

Math

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

Below the requests for highlighters, colored pencils and glue sticks, past the descriptions of spiral notebooks, two-pocket folders and three-ring binders, is a newly added line on many school supply lists for the 2020-21 academic year—one that illustrates just how much the world has changed since spring. At Joplin Schools in Joplin, Mo.,

Laboratory