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Sphero Makes a Big Acquisition in littleBits to Bring Hands-On STEAM Learning to Life

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We are both pursuing the same goal,” says Sphero CEO Paul Berberian, which he describes as providing students with playful tools that nurture creativity as they learn to use and build with technology. But we have different ways of bringing that to life.” Disney is contributing $4 million to support the first year of this effort.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

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Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012. Related: Eight ways to introduce kids to STEM at an early age.

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Blending Art and Algorithms, Desmos Sets Out to Reimagine Math Curriculum

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“Looking at these projects, it’s clear that some kids have been so motivated to make beautiful graphs that they’re going out to learn math that most kids don’t learn until college,” says von Oy. “We We see 13, 14-year-olds going online and asking their peers to learn about things that are beyond what they’d normally learn in class.”

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

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Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. While Massachusetts high schools adhere to the relatively tough Common Core academic standards, at Independence Academy the priority is on meeting students where they are. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If

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Writing Is Still How We Communicate

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Among the biggest changes the Common Core Standards require is the shift in the burden of general literacy. In any learning, writing is a seamless fit. And here we are, and the Common Core Standards (no matter what you might think of them) are asking all teachers to teach writing. by Terry Heick.

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How to Weave Advisory into Academics — Plus 10 Resources for Teaching SEL

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Being in a New York City alternative high school serving at-risk kids , my students were academically behind and at risk of getting sucked into the school-to-prison pipeline. I can say with confidence my students didn’t learn anything in advisory in my first two years teaching it. STEAM , the CCLS ELA standards, etc.),

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Clinton looks to move Democrats away from ‘Education Wars’

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The new language supports the rights of parents to opt their children out of standardized tests, demand more oversight of charters and oppose evaluating teachers using their students’ standardized test scores. We all support higher funding, expanding early learning options, better pay for teachers,” said Cunningham. “I