ED Surge

MARCH 22, 2023

Recently, I was in a meeting with department chairs and administrators at my high school. We were discussing the agenda when the topic of ChatGPT elicited a collective groan. It had only been a few weeks into the semester, and we had already sent dozens of students’ names to administrators to report this new version of plagiarism. After discussing revisions to our existing policies, a colleague added, “We have to go back to old-school methods.

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STEM Next

MARCH 22, 2023

The President’s FY24 Budget Recommendations Are Out: What Out-Of-School STEM Leaders Should Know Photo courtesy of Pixabay On Thursday, March 9th, the President released his budget request to Congress for fiscal year 2024. Additional details have continued to emerge, as agencies post their more detailed congressional justifications. The budget process includes the President’s release of his recommendations to Congress.

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ED Surge

MARCH 22, 2023

For a young person struggling with mental health, what kind of difference would it make to know they aren’t alone? To know that someone else at school feels the same loneliness or heartache or has the same problems at home? In Diana Chao’s case, it turned out to be lifesaving. At 14 years old, she put all of her pain into letters addressed to no one in particular — pouring out the feelings that led her to attempt to end her own life.

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Schooling Publication Innovation Curriculum 230

Carly and Adam

MARCH 22, 2023

In today's fast-paced world, creativity is a crucial skill that can empower children to be innovative problem solvers, critical thinkers, and successful individuals. As elementary teachers, we play a pivotal role in fostering creativity in our students. This blog post explores strategies for teaching creativity and offers tips for incorporating these techniques into your classroom. 7 Tips for Teaching Creativity to Elementary Students: Encourage Curiosity and exploration.

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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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Smore Science

MARCH 22, 2023

Table of Contents Do you love to solve puzzles? Are you willing to time-travel? Then pack your curiosity and get ready for adventure—we’re going fossil-hunting! Fossils are all around us. They’re waiting to be discovered on beaches, in quarries, in state parks, even right under your feet. The La Brea tar pits bubble away in downtown Los Angeles, and paleontologists―scientists who study fossils―have found millions of fossils there, including mammoths, saber-tooth cats and dire wolves.

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Smore Science

MARCH 22, 2023

Table of Contents It’s your school spring break. The final bell rings, and you and your best friend run outside. “What are you doing for break?” you ask. “We’re going to Mars for the week!” she replies. Her parents suddenly land in their personal spaceship to pick her up from school. She climbs in, puts on her custom tie-dye pattern space suit, straps into her seat, and they lift off into the bright sky.

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Robotics Engineering Schooling Research 52

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

And let me tell you, integrating arts into your teaching can take your lessons from good to great in an instant. Seriously – it's that powerful.

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Elementary Teaching 52

Online Math for All

MARCH 22, 2023

Twin Prime Numbers

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