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Showfloor News: PBLWorks creates PBLWorks TEACH to help scale project based learning

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The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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Only 1 in 8 elementary teacher prep programs adequately teach math

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Better math teacher prep will strengthen aspiring teachers and lead to greater math achievement for students. To develop great math teachers, teacher prep programs must increase the time they spend on fundamental math concepts. Twenty-two percent of undergraduate programs earned an F for their math teacher preparation.

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Teachers see online learning as critical for workforce readiness in 2025

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Conducted at the start of the year, the survey of over 300 high school teachers underscores the growing need for educators to offer career-focused learning content and alternative high school pathways that equip students with workforce-ready skills in flexible ways beyond traditional schooling.

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Using AI to reimagine teacher preparation for scale, equity, and reflective practice

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Key points: AI coaching helps make high-quality pre-service teacher observations a reality A look at one school’s innovative approach to PD Can artificial intelligence help teachers improve? To help meet this shortage, Valdosta State University launched a fully-online elementary education program in the summer of 2022.

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How Kai Cenat saved my high school English class

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I’m in my fifteenth year of teaching high school, and by now I have a pretty good nose for sniffing out inauthentic work. It’s more about having fun, though, when it comes to teaching students about effective virtual communication. But proving it isn’t always easy, and gathering the necessary evidence takes up a lot of my time.

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My high school Spanish teacher taught me about the original AI–Authentic Interaction

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As AI dominates the education zeitgeist, I think it’s time to highlight an effective teaching tool as tried and true as a Ticonderoga No. I learned this first–and best–from my high school Spanish teacher, who, as the matriarch of the Spanish department, went simply by “Señora.” By then, I was teaching Spanish.

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4 reflections on the end of the school year

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Teachers might ask themselves: Which lessons sparked curiosity? Reflection also includes considering the emotional and social aspects of teaching. How did the teacher respond to challenges–whether student behavior, shifting expectations, or personal stress? Our support as a school community is critical during this time.

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