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How Should We Approach the Ethical Considerations of AI in K-12 Education?

Edsurge

Tools like Turnitin that check for plagiarism, intelligent tutoring softwares like Khan Academy or iReady that automate or personalize instruction, and chatbots like Alexa that answer student questions are all vulnerable to algorithmic biases in development and inequitable outcomes in implementation.

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Elevating Math Education Through Problem-Based Learning

Edsurge

It fosters critical thinking, problem-solving skills and a deeper understanding of mathematical principles by placing students as active learners rather than passive recipients of information. math teaching predominantly focused on procedural skills, where students spent most of their time acquiring isolated skills through repetition.

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Redesigning the Learning Experience

Tom Murray

No longer is the simple regurgitation of a chapter’s material, averaged together over time to determine an outcome, even relevant, no less remotely prepare a child for the life ahead. Today’s students must be able to: Problem solve. Collaborate. Think critically. Besides introducing such opportunities, what else can be done?

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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

Parallel statistics on teacher job satisfaction, down nearly 25%, daily stress, up around 50%, and the majority of learning coming from colleagues on the job (Harvard Report), tells us the 68 hours/year and 18k/teacher for PD is lacking. Professional Learning (skills, knowledge, theory). Behavioral Health (wellness).

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Science Uninteresting? Not if It’s Project Based!

edWeb.net

Not the ideal way to immerse students in the excitement and possibilities STEM learning offers. A better approach to STEM education is project-based learning (PBL), emphasized by veteran teachers in the edLeader Panel, “ Impacting Student Achievement with Project-Based Learning and STEM.”

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Minnesota’s South Washington County Schools Selects the Discovery Education’s Suite of Digital Services to Support Science Instruction in Grades K-8

eSchool News

Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education provides educators an enhanced learning platform which facilitates engaging, daily instruction in any learning environment.

STEM 52
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Acceleration Is Better Than Focusing on Learning Loss. This Unique Summer School Shows Why.

Edsurge

At the Institute for Teaching and Leading , a professional learning organization that I co-founded, many of our partner districts are focused less on deficits and more on active learning, which we call the asset-based mindset. Santa Fe Public Schools Multi-dimensional project-based learning. Focus on gatekeeper standards.

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