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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)
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Tips and Tools to Enhance Remote Learning Instruction
The past month has definitely been a challenging time in the world. We are experiencing unprecedented changes in our daily lives and in particular, in education. These changes have forced
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Congress Elementary Uses PBL in STEM Education to Inspire Students Part 1
The Problem As the first-grade teacher for inquisitive six-year-olds, Emily Morse is always looking for new projects to inspire her students. With a recent culture shift in her district to
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What is a Crosscutting Concept?
Crosscutting concepts are one of the three dimensions of science teaching and learning that are included in the performance expectations of the Next Generation Science Standards. In this post, I
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Why Parents and Teachers Should Treat Students Like Employees
As a language arts and STEM research teacher, I use project-based learning (PBL) to bring relevance to my lessons so students can learn to apply their knowledge in real-world settings.
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Defined STEM Awarded 4-Stars by Common Sense Education
"A stellar collection of STEM resources that support project-based learning" -Common Sense Education Defined STEM was recently rated 4-stars by Common Sense; the leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated
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Assessments that Improve STEM Success
By Anne Jolly "Assessment should be deliberately designed to improve and educate student performance, not merely to audit as most school tests currently do." - Grant Wiggins You’
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By David L. Reese, Ed.D. Personalized learning is an educational approach that aims to customize learning for each student's strengths, needs, skills, and interests. Personalized learning can
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9 Major Trends That Will Dominate Ed Tech
Delivering authentic experiences in the classroom and learning how to juggle district data are two wide themes that will monopolize education discussion in the next 12 months. By Dian Schaffhauser
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School & Community Partnerships Showcase the Power of Real-World PBL
At the beginning of the school year, our school district announced a new strategic plan that called for deeper and expanded partnerships within our community. Our goal, at the District&
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