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Teacher Well-Being Depends on Workload, School Climate and Feeling Supported

ED Surge

In the two decades that Jennifer Merriman has been in education, she’s seen a tendency in the field to solve problems by piling more tasks onto teachers who are already straining under the weight of their workloads. That ultimately works against what researchers say is one of the most important pillars of a school’s success: the well-being of its teachers.

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Why Use SplashLearn in Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher occasionally reviews an education website that caught our eye and seemed to have excellent value for readers. Today, it’s SplashLearn. Here’s an easy-to-read bullet list of what we found: Platform : Android iOS Web Overview: SplashLearn is an innovative online learning platform tailored for PreK through Grade 5 kids. With a global reach engaging over 45 million children and 446k teachers, it ingeniously blends the excitement of gaming with the rigor of academic le

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‘Why Maths?’ AMSP Videos – CEC Resources

All About STEM

“Maths – when will I ever need this?” “Where can maths take you?” “Will I need this in a job?” “Why can’t I do it?” If your students have asked these questions, visit The Careers & Enterprise Company Resource Directory to access these inspirational AMSP Why Maths? videos! These short videos are aimed at Year 9-11 and are designed to showcase the relevance and practical applications of maths.

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Boxlight Ranks #28 of Top EdTech Companies by TIME Magazine

Box Light

TIME Magazine has recently unveiled its inaugural list of the World's Top EdTech Companies of 2024 , developed in collaboration with Statista, a renowned provider of market and consumer data. This groundbreaking study spotlights 250 companies leading the charge in revolutionizing educational technology on a global scale. Boxlight proudly ranks 28 th on this trailblazing list, standing among the distinguished names of its kind.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Online Teacher Session: Women In Engineering Day

All About STEM

Get the Inside Scoop each month – just join us online for a snappy-session of STEM inspiration! Join Joanna in June for Women In Engineering Day ideas, grab some STEM Club Week resources and learn more about CREST Awards.

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Save The Date: National Apprenticeship Week 2025

All About STEM

Apprenticeships.gov has just announced that National Apprenticeship Week 2025 will take place from the 10th to the 16th of February! National Apprenticeship Week is an opportunity for the education and skills sector to celebrate the achievements of apprentices around the country and the positive impact they make to communities, businesses, and the wider economy.

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Implementing the Moving Parts of GT Coaching

Middle Web

Coaching in Gifted Education by Emily Mofield and Vicki Phelps is a rich resource for educators looking for ways to meet the needs of exceptional learners. The authors are the partners GT coaches need to be the partners that classroom teachers need, writes NBCT Kim Rensch. The post Implementing the Moving Parts of GT Coaching first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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2024 Spotlight: Women Leading the Way in STEM

STEM Sport

There is a constant, necessary push to ensure the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce has diverse representation across gender, socioeconomic status, and race. This diversity in the workforce is what allows this workforce to continue thinking innovatively and in the best interest of the public as a whole. One key component of having a diverse STEM workforce is through shrinking (and removing) the gender gap seen in STEM at the collegiate and professional levels.

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