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What an Admissions Fight at America’s ‘Best’ High School Says About Educational Equity

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Every year, around the country, high school students get their hands dirty with science projects—chemistry labs, robotics, that model of a volcano. That approach fits with perhaps the most popular narrative of American education, that the best students get to go to the best schools. But one school just outside of Washington, D.C.,

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KinderLab Robotics Announces New KIBO Guidebook to Enhance STEAM Education

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(Waltham, MA) August 28, 2018 – KinderLab Robotics today expanded its KIBO™ curriculum suite by introducing KIBO Activity Center Guidebook : Activities and Setup Recommendations for a KIBO Activity Center. Each lesson includes facilitation suggestions, materials lists, center setup, and academic standards alignment.

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Why do we group students by manufacture date?

User Generated Education

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

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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. When Sphero laid off 45 employees in early 2018, the Boulder, Co.-based

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What Do Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World? More Than Tech and Academics

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Louis, and was president of an educational foundation working for disengaged nontraditional students. EdSurge connected with Krauss to ask her about her framework, and how it was shaped by her own educational journey. And we have to, as parents, as educators with young people, but as adults, we also have to tend to these.

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FETC Future of Educational Technology… Orlando Florida… Please Join Me!

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I am excited about learning with thousands of other educators at this amazing conference. Inclusion & Special Education. The makers movement across education has made a significant impact, allowing students to do and create. Together we will examine these educational movements through ideas from Dewey. Administrator.

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Making Is Great Because It’s Chaotic. But Not Everyone Is Looking for Chaos.

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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. Feelings of Isolation for a Different Type of Educator The only problem?

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