Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

How much does it cost to build educational games with all the flair and polish of their commercial counterparts? $10 Creating a game that is both educational and entertaining is not for the faint of heart—or capital. Most of the content is aligned to state and national academic standards for grades 3 to 6, according to the company.

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Hapara

AUGUST 16, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: Educators often hear that what they do in the classroom needs to be based on pedagogy. Further, it’s based on educational psychology, philosophy and theories of learning. In simple terms, pedagogy is how educators approach instruction and learning, use curriculum and plan to meet goals.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here are five key take-aways they’ve learned so far on their quest: Designing with education equity in mind. Focusing on mastery allows educators to stay oriented around what students can do, as opposed to what is missing, and encourages a growth mindset. But for Santa Fe, inclusion was key.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

based company explained the difficult decision as an effort to return its focus to the education market following a foray into creating consumer toys. Today, the robotic toymaker is following through by adding a big building block to its educational offerings. An education version will launch later this year.

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techlearning

AUGUST 28, 2018

Each lesson includes facilitation suggestions, materials lists, center setup, and academic standards alignment. Each lesson plan provides specific setup suggestions, facilitation tips, and information on addressing cross-curricular connections and academic standards. Press Contact Leah Rodgers PR with Panache!

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

because they wanted him to get a good education. Education is so local in this country. What was your takeaway about how to strengthen climate education in schools? Having really strong professional development around this topic, and helping teachers think through how to educate kids about it, is really powerful.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2016

Supplementary STEM videos serve to engage students in science learning. The South Carolina State Board of Education approved the adoption with Carolina Biological. These supplemental STEM resources can enhance science curriculum connecting science teaching and learning to career and college readiness.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michelle McLaughlin said Michael’s education did not prepare him for college or career. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Our son’s education was a waste. Higher Education.

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ExcelinEd

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Board of Education Supreme Court decision, which changed the course of education in America. Excel in Ed is excited to welcome a distinguished panel of education leaders to the National Summit on Education Reform to reflect on the ruling’s?lasting?impact, to advance educational equity for each and every child.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 26, 2021

Due to COVID-19, most of our educational systems reflect a new normal, with hybrid and remote learning, increased use of technology, and teacher professional development. She is a contributor to state and local academic standards and teaching exemplars that help create high learning expectations and opportunities for all students.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Faced with the pressures of limited time, higher academic standards, diverse student needs, and the responsibility to teach many subjects and multiple grade levels, elementary school teachers have expressed a critical need for easy-to-use, well-designed math resources and ongoing support.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Unruly Studios (Boston) revolutionizes learning by combining coding and STEM education with physical play. Here were the tips that the mock board members, comprised of education technology investors and founders, had to offer. Cast a wide net while maintaining clear focus “You can focus on growth, or you can focus on revenue.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Related: Universities and colleges struggle to stem big drops in enrollment. Department of Education , having a line on applicants ready to start as sophomores also helps those schools fill empty seats and beds and keep tuition coming in. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. Weekly Update.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

When leaders of Purdue University wanted to move into online education, they took the unusual step of buying an existing online university, a big one with 30,000 students. It’s hard to think of another example of two more different higher education cultures placed under the same name. I spent 15 years in traditional education.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

In the last decade, educators have focused on boosting literacy skills among low-income kids in the hope that all children will read well by third grade. Duncan of the University of California Irvine’s School of Education, whose research examines child poverty and education. “It Higher Education. BERWYN, Ill. —

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

While it has been derided by educators for decades as incapable of truly measuring understanding, and while performance on such exams can be noticeably improved simply by learning a few tricks, the multiple choice question may have a larger, less obvious flaw that disrupts the tone of learning itself. by Terry Heick. Uncertainty.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Most state child care regulations do not require educational activities like reading aloud. The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. Higher Education. Or view the whole series.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 18, 2018

Ken Robinson once famously said, “Students are educated in batches, according to age, as if the most important thing they have in common is their date of manufacture.” (Ken I have the privilege of working with 2nd through 6th graders in my gifted education classes and Kindergarten through 6th grade in my summer STEM and robotics camps.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind. Educational consultant and former state board member Leslie Jacobs on why charters may have had difficulty reaching projected goals.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 2, 2015

The idea of “work” is present in most modern educational discussion almost entirely under the terms “career readiness.” Learning: Education:: Work: Job. ” And in that intersection sits education. This happens not by standards and accountability, but substantively changing how we do business.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

That’s the first word that Anna Kwan, a K-5 STEM teacher at a public school in Aurora, Colo., Making Isn’t Just One Thing We heard from dozens of educators who echoed Kwan’s view over the course of a five month research project to illuminate the experiences and challenges of K-12 educators who incorporate making into their lessons.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Independence Academy is one of 33 so-called recovery schools in the United States, public high schools that serve students whose lives and educations have been derailed by drug abuse. Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

He envisioned a game-based educational platform used by teachers and students to learn about science and the environment. And he had interest from educators who wanted to try Planet3 in schools that included the Las Vegas area. have adopted the standards while 21 states have standards based on the framework.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Teacher Advisor then dips into its library of 1,000+ videos and lesson plans, all based on national standards and vetted by top educators. It makes it easier to find lessons, standards, activities and much more and includes a lesson planning tool. Sign up takes 30 seconds. It is free and IBM promises it will always be free.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such. Meyer says Desmos’ middle-math core curriculum aligns with state and Common Core academic standards. million in a Series A round from Reach Capital, an education technology investment firm. “We

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

That’s the idea at least behind the latest summative assessments from Project Lead the Way , a project-based STEM curriculum, which is introducing new tech-based question types to measure a raft of noncognitive skills from collaboration to general problem solving (in addition to subject-specific questions about engineering or coding concepts).

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

APRIL 15, 2022

It leads to "grade inflation" It violates some kind of academic machismo code that views student assessment like competition in an arena. This seems to stem from a combination of two misplaced ideas about grades: that they are compensation , or that they are the result of a competition.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2016

CodeCombat raises $2M seed round, launches platform to promote computer science education. Marvin Evins, computer science instructor at Gage Park, said, “Teaching computer science is challenging because you have to get beyond the abstract and rather dry learning material available, and there is no single standard curriculum.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 30, 2015

But worried math and science (or STEM at large) teachers struggling to cover their own academic standards are missing the incredible learning potential that writing has. Learning and education. It needn’t be some blank, sterile, and academic form that makes students wail and teachers squirm. Dirt and metal.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The head and the heart are connected, and our schools, curriculum, and education technology should reflect this. Life is interdisciplinary, and while our education system has finally started to acknowledge this (e.g. STEAM , the CCLS ELA standards, etc.), Kiddom is just a one education technology company.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. Support your educators. A lesson on how to create a podcast. During an ISTELive session , Kristina A.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2016

In an event that could be called a love fest, Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton laid out her education priorities in a rollicking speech at the annual assembly of the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest teachers union. There was, however, one moment of discord.

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