eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

. — IXL , the personalized learning platform used by more than 14 million students, announced that it has been added to Utah’s K-12 Math Personalized Learning Software Grant list by the state’s STEM Action Center. To further target instruction, the diagnostic provides educators with personalized action plans for each student.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Discovery Education today launched Keeping You Connected to Curiosity , a new initiative keeping the continuity of curiosity alive for teachers and students everywhere. Among the services delivering Keeping You Connected to Curiosity to teachers and students everywhere are Discovery Education Science Techbook s.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Yet too many students have come to view science as a noun, or something they can passively learn about by listening to the teacher, following the lab recipe or reading a textbook. Related content: How challenge-based learning helps students guide their science exploration.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2021

(Thursday, April 22, 2021) — With the goal of providing five million girls with an engaging STEM education by 2025, Mastercard has partnered with Discovery Education to launch the latest phase of the award-winning Girls4Tech initiative. The study showed that women are less confident, receive less encouragement, and need more mentors in STEM.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The STEM Careers Coalition – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – marks its first anniversary by welcoming new members to the growing coalition and by offering educators, students, and families nationwide access to a host of new, no-cost digital resources.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2024

Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South. The participation of HBCUs is notable in part because they play a key role in training future K-12 science teachers. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too. They observed classrooms.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Two Kentucky school systems— Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) and the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS )—recently selected Discovery Education to support STEM/STEAM education in their school districts.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2020

Numerade—a fully free online education platform founded with a mission to close the educational opportunity gap by democratizing access to extraordinary educators and content—is making it easy for teachers to support students in a distance learning environment through its “ Office Hours ” feature.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. But the high turnover rate for teachers and the cadence at which they must prepare students for state testing forces educators to rely on overly procedural materials, she argued. The burden does not only belong to math teachers, though.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Key points: AI’s instant feedback may help students from feeling lost during instruction Most teachers agree AI is a time-saver With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI and instruction, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub This press release originally appeared online.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2016

Activities and tools such as this app, which can be used for amateur biologists but also for classroom purposes, might be key to engaging students in STEM subjects. Students on STEM: More Hands-on, Real-World Experiences,” from the Amgen Foundation and Change the Equation (CTEq), was conducted to better understand what motivates U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As a science teacher for grades 1-3, I wanted to create a completely different science lab experience for my young students. We were able to move away from the recipe-like science lab approach used by most elementary science lab teachers and develop a more dynamic, engaging, and even surprising experience for our young students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Following a comprehensive evaluation, the Oklahoma State Textbook Committee has unanimously approved the Elementary and Middle School editions of Discovery Education’s Science Techbook for statewide use as core instructional resources. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2015

The move to digital textbooks and resources is spreading as more companies partner with open education efforts. More than 100,000 teacher-created digital textbooks are now available online through the CK-12 Foundation’s free STEM content and tools platform. website traffic) to No.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

A shortage of trained teachers in Oregon is leaving school districts short-handed, so replacements without educational backgrounds are being recruited from other professions to fill the gap. This school year at Umatilla School District, two science teachers are embarking on a new career after years of real-world experience in the subject.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

These are skills students rarely learn straight out of a textbook. The full report includes quantitative and qualitative evaluations of students’ problem-solving abilities after implementation of a pre-built, project-based STEM curriculum in science class. If that sounds daunting, rest assured, it doesn’t always have to be.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It gives teachers the ability to show their students aspects of history, travel, and STEM subjects in an immersive experience. We’ve been seeing more schools across the board adopting integrated learning solutions that combine print materials and textbooks with digital aids. Growth of integrated learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Key points: Virtual field trips can help engage students in critical STEM education 8 virtual field trips for STEM education How to elevate climate literacy for future scientists For more news on virtual field trips, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page Climate change is an increasingly important subject in school curriculums.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Discovery Education and leading corporate and community partners are partnering to offer engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support National STEM Day observances. The STEM Careers Coalition is a leading contributor to the vast array of new STEM-focused resources now available.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2022

As a fourth-grade English/language arts and social studies teacher in an elementary collaborative learning magnet program–which is also a NASA Explorer School–I get the challenge of unlocking the minds of 9- and 10-year-olds who are more at home in the STEM subjects than in exploring literature or our country’s history.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. But Barclay — a former Virginia math educator of the year — thought back to his own experience with a discouraging middle school teacher and decided to think through what the student was saying rather than dismiss it.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

Math should be an exciting space to be in, one that’s connected to experiences outside of the textbook or classroom. Despite these experiences, I found my love for math as I became an elementary teacher after earning a master’s degree in education. Excel in math and you can pursue a wealth of STEM and other rewarding careers.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2018

As a certified STEM school, we’ve tried to think outside the box when it comes to integrating tech across subjects to boost student learning. Our curriculum is based on an expeditionary learning framework, meaning that teachers develop curriculum that involves all content areas and encourages collaboration across subjects.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The need to strengthen the science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) careers pipeline has received renewed interest lately. So what would it take to make STEM truly open to would-be future scientists? So what would it take to make STEM truly open to would-be future scientists? The issue is algebra skills. Great huh.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

3M and Discovery Education today welcome students, teachers, and communities nationwide to help identify the winner of the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge Improving Lives Award. With the Improving Lives Award , communities across the U.S. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Mississippi teacher is tackling the issue of representation in the sciences by earning a diving certification, and she’s working through archaeology and marine life training with her nonprofit partners. This is crucial in STEM fields, which are haunted by the ‘lone genius’ and ‘white men in lab coats’ stereotypes.”

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2021

The following selection of no-cost digital resources connect families to continued learning in essential topic areas like STEM, financial literacy, health, and social-emotional learning: STEM Activities. The STEM Careers channel inspires students to dream big by meeting current STEM professionals from industry leading organizations.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2022

Virtual and hands-on investigations, STEM activities, and a variety of instructional supports enhance the delivery of impactful, blended instruction, in person or at a distance. Digital teacher editions also provide flexible pacing options, embedded teacher notes, and pathways for learning to address diverse learners.?? .

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2021

The Fueling Education initiative and challenge demonstrates the power of connecting students to STEM in a global context. We’re proud to empower students with the STEM resources they need to turn ideas into solutions that make the world better for us all.”. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Key points: Interactive technologies can engage students in real-world problems Meet the maker: High school student develops robot guide dogs How to use PBL with makerspaces across your curriculum For more on makerspaces, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub The era of COVID-19 brought about the largest boom in school makerspaces seen to date.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Discovery Education —the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms—today announced the acquisition of the popular K-5 science and STEM curriculum Mystery Science. Mystery Science features ready-to-teach multimedia science and STEM lessons for K-5 students.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

We use resources from Project Lead The Way [a nonprofit that provides STEM curriculum and lesson plans to schools] and Naviance [an online tool to help students plan and prepare for college and career skills]. When I first started, on July 28, 2014, the superintendent before me had ordered close to a million dollars’ worth of textbooks.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2024

In just a few months, I transitioned from being a student at the University of Montana’s College of Education to leading the instruction of a room of rambunctious middle school students interested in STEM. Then, I moved into a new role as a K-8 STEM Director at my school. To say that the year has been a whirlwind is an understatement.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

He and his students happily use open educational resources for textbooks. If we invest time thinking about which books we need and consider, "What would help me be a better teacher to these students?" Teacher after teacher didn’t use the material in the book. OER pops to the top of that list without much effort at all.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Teachers often focus on what students will learn during a lesson. ” This is a critical question that teachers should ask themselves as they design the parts of their lesson. In my previous post, I focused on strategies teachers can use before a lesson to assess prior knowledge. Post a Picture on Padlet.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2022

In addition, Discovery Education presents a curated collection of no-cost resources created in collaboration with social impact partners, such as: STEM Student Leaders Get inspired to change the world. and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – presents a curated collection of sustainability-focused professionals in STEM.

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