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Coding for Kids: How to Boost Academic Achievement

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Coding boosts academic achievement while simultaneously embedding life-long skills in learners. Elementary-aged learners are capable of providing computers with instructions to achieve a specific outcome through code! why is it important to introduce coding in elementary school? What are the long-term benefits of coding?

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Building & Using an Elementary STEM Curriculum Map

STEM Sport

Early implementation of the STEM curriculum leads to confidence and increased student achievement in STEM, which helps better prepare students for higher education and future careers. When implementing STEM in elementary education, educators and school administrators often benefit from creating a STEM curriculum map.

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To Truly Measure Student Growth, Learning Experiences Must Be Personalized

ED Surge

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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How Has the Pandemic Changed the Way Educators Think About Homework?

ED Surge

They cite homework’s impact on the achievement gap between students of differing socioeconomic backgrounds. They’re providing additional flexibility, assigning and grading less homework in light of the pandemic. This worries Pope, because engagement with learning is closely tied to academic achievement and mental wellbeing.

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AI Guidelines for K-12 Aim to Bring Order to the ‘Wild West’

ED Surge

If we don't get in front of this now with a nimble, flexible, guideline policy or strategy as a collective whole, it's gonna continue to change.” Principals want guidance from organizations like Michigan Virtual “not just to avoid stepping into the black hole as a leader but to use it to effectively use it to improve student achievement.”

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A Chess Class for Elementary Students (with a DIY micro:bit -Driven Chess Clock)

User Generated Education

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 Flexibility and How to Stay Calm Under Pressure. During a game, players must strategically map out a plan and then execute it successfully in order to win.

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Grading Apps, Tools, and Resources We Love

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It is flexible and easy to learn, so the educator can monitor learner activities. Edusight – Edusight is an app that allows elementary educators to collect and monitor accurate data about their learners. ClassMate Gradebook – This grading and class management program is designed for all education levels.