The Path to a STEM Job Starts in Elementary School

By Dr. Genevra Walters - Scholastic EDU Pulse

The Path to a STEM Job Starts in Elementary School

A forward-thinking superintendent details how she transformed her general ed program into a series of career academies.

When you think of STEM, it’s […]

7 Ways to Maximize Student Engagement

By Getting Smart Staff

Every teacher wants to kick off the new school year with a bang, but once you have your students’ attention, how do you keep it?

Here are a few ideas and best practices from teachers and administrators across the nation […]

Project-Based Learning Tied to Improved Problem-Solving Skills

A new report on PBL shows elementary students who learned via PBL had higher math scores than peers who learned via traditional instruction.

By Jackie Zubrzycki

Elementary school students in Illinois whose teachers used a project-based-learning […]

4 Educators’ Keys to Connecting STEM and Social Studies

By Meghan Raftery, Michelle Warrington, Kate Dodson, Darren Faust | THE Journal

First, there was STEM. Aiming to move education beyond isolated subjects, it was an integrated approach linking science, technology, engineering, and math. Then the arts […]

Four Teachers, Four Classrooms, One Cross-Curricular STEM Course

By Mathew Lynch - Education Week 4/6/2016

The STEM team at Huntingdon Area Middle School uses a rotational model to engage students in multifaceted, multimedia projects with real-world implications.

The dictionary defines "STEM" simply as an […]

Defined STEM named a “Reader’s Choice Top Product” by District Administration readers 2 years in a row

Nominations from top K12 leaders led to the selection of products that enhance learning across the country

Northbrook, IL. – December 1, 2015 — Defined Learning's service "Defined STEM" has been recognized for making a positive difference in […]

Accelerating Education with STEM

A New Approach to STEM Education at a Rural Elementary School Revs up Learning with Hands-on Student Experiences

By: Julia Brolin

Education is like a car. With acceleration, comes shifting gears. Without shifting, you’ll sit in park. As new […]

Defined STEM: K-12 Online Resources for Project and Performance Based Tasks

by Michael Karlin

Defined STEM is an excellent service that offers an enormous collection of pre-created problem and project-based learning resources for all core subjects in K-12. Each resource is built around a specific career to help increase […]

Digital Learning Platform Ties STEM Concepts to Real-World Problem Solving

“STEM is a growing interest across the United States, especially in our region, says Jason Braddock, instructional supervisor for secondary math and K-12 STEM at Mahoning Educational Service Center (ESC) in Ohio. “We are always looking for the […]

Q&A With Joel Jacobson, Co-founder of Defined Learning

By Yevgeny Ioffe

EdTech Times spoke with Joel Jacobson, co-founder of Defined Learning – a startup that’s developing an application, Defined STEM, enabling students to make connections between STEM classroom content and career pathways. The […]

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