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Prepping for Back to School

STEM Discovery Education

The past few years have been anything but ordinary, and wrapping your head around a whole new school year can be… a lot. It’s important to take the time to look back on the last year, recognize challenges faced and lessons learned, and incorporate those experiences into prepping for this back-to-school season. Looking Back.

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What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom?

ED Surge

For more than 100 years, high schools and colleges have relied on the same stalwart tool to measure teaching and learning: the clock. And the fact that students learn valuable lessons in the many hours they spend outside of the classroom, too, before school, after school , on the weekends and in the summer. .

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Practical Ways to Develop School Leaders Now

Cool Cat Teacher

School leadership is more challenging than ever. Practical, encouraging ideas are shared throughout this show for principals, administrators, and anyone working to encourage school leaders. Practical, encouraging ideas are shared throughout this show for principals, administrators, and anyone working to encourage school leaders.

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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

ED Surge

As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations.

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Is MBot Neo a Good Fit for You and Your Students?

Science and Steamteam

In my last couple of years of teaching, when I was STEM Lab Coordinator, “coding” was starting to emerge in elementary schools. When we built our STEM programs in elementary and middle schools, we had to sort through many materials to see what would best meet the needs of students.

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Coding for Kids: How to Boost Academic Achievement

PCS Edventures

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? We know our littlest learners can code, but why is it important to introduce coding in elementary school? References: Arfé, B.,

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Career Exploration Activities for STEM Students

STEM Sport

This is often first posed to students during their primary education, but as students move into higher education, the question continues but becomes more serious. STEM Career Fairs and Exhibitions Career fairs are an effective way to engage a larger group of students, extending the invitation to the whole school. can be daunting.

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