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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Summer jobs for many high schoolers (myself included) was a right of passage, where we stuck our toe into the adult work-a-day world for a brief period before returning to school for more education. Arguably, our summer experience helped us decide to continue our learning into college, apply for trade school, join the military, or something else. If you’re helping students select a summer job for next year and they want one that works better than this year’s choice, check out these i

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 20, 2023

I’ve spent more than a decade working as a teacher and principal. In 2015, I left the classroom for a year to try something different and it completely reshaped my work. I took on a role as a teacher recruiter at Achievement First, where my focus was working with principals to hire teachers. At the time, I had just finished my Teach For America commitment at my placement school, Miami Northwestern Senior High School, where I had the benefit of working in a historically Black community at a publi

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Defined Learning

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Education is shifting towards empowering students and implementing programs that promote student autonomy. This article dives into the distinction between willing vs motivated students and emphasizes the need to create a culture of trust and support to develop willing teachers and students.

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Teachers are Terrific

OCTOBER 20, 2023

And a few ways to tackle this subject with elementary students. Teaching about outer space and space exploration is important and I have reasons to share. But first, a story… When the movie Apollo 13 w as showing in theaters our children were 8 and 11. We decided to take them to see the movie as a way to learn some history of the space program.

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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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STEMe

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Dallas, TX On the surface of the Earth, we have junkyards and landfills to contain all of our unwanted garbage. However, due to space’s lack of surface area and containment ability, the tiniest bits of space debris are floating around. Of course, the planets aren’t going around having parties and littering their own home, so where is this trash coming from?

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STEMe

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Shrewsbury, MA We have traveled to Mars, made working artificial hearts, explored the deepest depths of the Mariana Trench, and sequenced the human genome, and yet, we haven’t been able to make artificial blood. So why haven’t we done this yet? What is stopping us? The answer to these questions lies in our blood (literally). In this article, let’s talk about what artificial blood is, why we haven’t been able to make it, and some of our current ideas.

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Newton STEM

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The next presentation in Broad Institute’s Broad Discovery Series of free, public lectures (formerly Science for All Seasons) will be on November 9 , 6PM-7PM. Physician-geneticist Miriam Udler and computational and cellular biologist Melina Claussnitzer will discuss what genetics reveals about the subtypes of type 2 diabetes, and how researchers can use that understanding as a springboard for learning how this disease really works — and what to do about it.

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Online Math for All

OCTOBER 20, 2023

4th Grade Math Worksheet

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Newton STEM

OCTOBER 20, 2023

On November 8, 5PM-8PM, Bridgewater State University’s Center for the Advancement of STEM Education (CASE) will host Open Lab Night 2023, featuring STEM activities and demonstrations at BSU’s Dana Mohler-Faria Science & Mathematics Center. It’s free and open to the entire community, especially students in Grades K-12. Registration is required.

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Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Personalized learning is an educational approach that tailors the learning experience to the specific needs and preferences of each student. It recognizes and strives to accommodate differences in students' backgrounds, learning styles and abilities. As a result, each student deserves an education that is tailored to their individual needs and characteristics.

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Newton STEM

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The New England Sci-Tech (NEST) STEM education center (16 Tech Circle, off Route 9 in Natick) will offer StratoScience 2024 , an engineering class hosted by the New England Weather Balloon Society. Students will work both independently and together to design and build a scientific payload aboard a high altitude balloon that will fly to the edge of space.

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