Kid Spark Education

MARCH 21, 2023

Math has a storied reputation in education, with the mere thought of an upcoming math test or a challenging homework problem triggering a fight or flight response in elementary students across the nation.

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ED Surge

MAY 7, 2024

Viridiana Martinez’s family immigrated twice when she was in elementary school — once, from Mexico to Canada, and a second time to the United States. She believed her students could achieve great things. In college, during my experience [tutoring] at the elementary school, I had a student who inspired me.

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ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2024

Kaufman and Holmes published a report in February that suggests large and low-poverty middle schools tend to use achievement-based tracking more for math placements than their high-poverty counterparts. Students are often put on pathways and they don't realize that they have any choice in the matter, Kaufman says. That can work out.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

However, achieving optimal results requires practice and training to fine-tune an AI tool, ensuring it reacts in the desired manner to specific prompts. Educators can achieve this by incorporating lessons on critical thinking about AI, helping students understand the technology's limitations and potential biases.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2022

Studies show that mathematical reasoning ability is crucial in early education, and when children understand math before entering elementary school, they have higher achievement on both reading and math tests later in their school years.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In fact, elementary school educators have some of the highest levels of math anxiety compared with other fields of study. In a particularly jarring study by Sian Beilock, girls in first and second grade classrooms with female teachers high in math anxiety had lower achievement in math and held more stereotyped beliefs about girls' abilities.

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ED Surge

MARCH 28, 2023

First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to. My elementary school career was pretty positive, and my mom was always there. Because that's a calling.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

I use the following activities to introduce elementary students to the design thinking process. Introducing the general design process to elementary student occurs through showing the following video about the engineering process: The Task: Build the Highest Tower. What Does ‘Design Thinking’ Look Like in School? ). from the d-school).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Yet, the district has seen consistent and remarkable success in math achievement across all of its elementary schools since it began using Stepping Stones, a prekindergarten through sixth grade comprehensive math program from ORIGO Education. Sandy Szako is a math instructional coach at Nichols Sawmill Elementary School in Magnolia.

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STEM Sport

AUGUST 30, 2022

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are fundamental aspects of elementary education. STEM Sports® has created a list of six tips for how to implement STEM at the elementary level. Finding ways to effectively and efficiently integrate STEM in grade 3-5 classrooms can be difficult. Consider which approach you want to take.

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ED Surge

MARCH 24, 2023

Typically, we tend to associate SEL programs with elementary-aged students. According to a nationally representative RAND report published in 2020, elementary teachers reported higher levels of school support for SEL than secondary teachers did. The pressures put on young people to achieve, perform and produce, are greater than ever.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Magnet Elementary School , is excited about the prospect of redesigning traditional approaches to assessment and instruction. Here, the former elementary classroom teacher and math teacher advisor shares her thoughts on personalizing learning for individuals’ needs—and her school’s preferred platform for doing just that.

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Start-Engineering

JUNE 24, 2020

Is elementary school too early for career awareness activities? While long a feature of high school and even middle school education, career-oriented programming increasingly shows up in elementary school learning activities. Even so, the elementary-level content is much less developed than what older grades get. Eric Iversen.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

We’re not preparing teachers well in math, especially at the elementary level, says Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, an associate professor of education at the University of Southern California, whose research focuses on teacher education. She’s found that teachers have high levels of math anxiety. And the curriculum isn’t always good.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

To be able to fulfill larger tasks in life, kids need to learn how to create a ‘plan of attack’ and outline plausible, step-by-step ways to achieve goals. Teaches Strategic Thinking, Planning, and Foresight. During a game, players must strategically map out a plan and then execute it successfully in order to win.

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2023

To achieve this, Carrozza's district is streamlining platforms, tools and curriculum choices to develop a unified digital learning ecosystem. By cultivating a shared vision, coordinating efforts and diligently monitoring outcomes, educational leaders can effectively address obstacles and achieve desired results.

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ED Surge

MAY 13, 2024

Vivi Customer Stories : See how school districts are using Vivi to achieve their goals. Since we launched Vivi this fall, our elementary principal has started making morning announcements using its video streaming feature across the whole school, sometimes reading books.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 6, 2024

Today, I interviewed Barb Flowers, an elementary school principal and host of the Teacher Burnout Podcast and the Less Stressed Principal Podcast. Subscribe to the Show This week's guest Barb Flowers, an elementary school principal and seasoned educator life coach, brings 14 years of invaluable experience in education. Oh my goodness.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 14, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of education, truly personalized learning has been nearly impossible to achieve. Amy Lower , an experienced teacher at Stinson Elementary, Northwest Local Schools, Ohio, enthusiastically shares her experience with this tool, after seeing her fifth grade ELA students become co-creators of their learning experience.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

And like so much during the pandemic, the losses were worse for some communities, with achievement gaps having widened during the pandemic. billion in the hopes of closing achievement gaps in K-12 math education. In response, some big bets are being placed to intervene.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called. When I was deemed a “winner” for good behavior or academic achievement, I’d hear my nana’s cheer. Our antics produced mixed results.

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ED Surge

MARCH 31, 2023

In the 1960s, the federal government started pushing more achievement tests and public education began to focus more on raising standardized test scores in math and science, which led to decreasing time spent in the very courses that instill, teach and develop creativity and personal identity.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It is particularly popular in elementary schools, often filled with fun and educational activities centered around the number 100. Literacy Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2022

They cite homework’s impact on the achievement gap between students of differing socioeconomic backgrounds. This worries Pope, because engagement with learning is closely tied to academic achievement and mental wellbeing. It also gives parents a chance to be involved in their child’s education. It’s disheartening,” she says.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2021

Edusight – Edusight is an app that allows elementary educators to collect and monitor accurate data about their learners. Final Grade Calculator – Enables students to calculate what score they must receive on their final exam to achieve their desired final class grade. This app was created to support educators in the classroom.

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ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2024

But many of the questions he gets as executive director of the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association focus on AI programs and legal compliance with student privacy laws, Liabenow explains, and how they stay in line with laws like FERPA and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

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ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2022

Each level challenges the player to type the code necessary to advance their hero and achieve specific gaming goals.” Students can start as early as upper elementary school with programs like Ozaria , a narrative adventure game that sets a foundation of core computer science (CS) concepts.

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2023

Though there are a number of strong language programs across the country, a 2016 report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences showed evidence of declines in foreign language course offerings in elementary schools and middle schools over the years.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 20, 2023

I took on a role as a teacher recruiter at Achievement First, where my focus was working with principals to hire teachers. One of them — the principal at Achievement First Brooklyn high school — hired six Black teachers that year, including me. I’ve spent more than a decade working as a teacher and principal.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Education Galaxy supports math, reading, language arts, and science at the elementary level (K-6). This bilingual (English and Spanish) program motivates and rewards students to achieve full standards mastery and prepare for their state tests without distracting from the learning process. What makes Education Galaxy so Special?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But these strengths will only get her so far in elementary school if the mindsets of educators and school leaders don’t change. Her multitasking superpowers, her compassion, her resourcefulness and her creative problem-solving are all traits that will serve her well in life.

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Futurum

JANUARY 24, 2023

The project works with pre-service (student) teachers at Point Park University who are focusing on elementary education, with the goal to improve the way they teach STEM subjects and better prepare them for maker education methods. for STEM achieved so far? My proudest education achievement is passing the Teaching Certification Exam.

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CSTEM

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The research found achievement at 13%-16% for White kindergartners displayed advanced science or mathematics versus just 3%-4% of Black or Hispanic students. Disparities continue to increase throughout elementary school. The referenced study looked at the achievement of nearly 11,000 students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Math Books for Elementary Grades. Lesson plans about math and tech: How to Achieve Common Core with Tech: the Math Strand. How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields. 32 Websites to Support Math Automaticity in K-5. 3 Websites to Gamify Your Math Class. Website Review: ProdigyGame.com.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Institutions cannot achieve the goal without incorporating technology-based learning into the programs themselves.”. Adopting successful models of technology integration such as those utilized at George Mason University’s Elementary Education Program is a start. And here lies the problem.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2022

As the start of the school year kicks off across the country, elementary school teachers work hour upon hour to create welcoming, joyous spaces for learning. As a school librarian serving more than 500 elementary students each year, I hear kids complain about these reading logs and calendars all the time.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This is an extraordinary achievement considering the program only accepts children who need behavioral, cognitive, social-emotional and mental health support. Moreover, children who are expelled in preschool or early elementary are 10 times more likely to be incarcerated. children ages 3-5 were not fully “healthy and ready to learn.”

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