Posts about College and Career Readiness
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The Benefits of College and Career Readiness for Middle School Students
By starting to focus on career and college readiness at the middle school level through career-connected learning, educators can help students learn about the many options available to them, spark
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Three Ways to Get Students Excited About Creating Their Own Career Paths
In today's ever-changing job market, we need to help students develop a variety of skills that will enable them to be flexible with the changes we are seeing
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Incorporating Career Relevance in the Classroom
For almost a decade I’ve started the school year by asking my urban elementary students to draw a picture of what they think a scientist does at work all
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How PBL Builds Portrait of a Graduate Competencies Part 3: Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Innovation & Creativity
In my first post in this series, “Why PBL is Key to Meeting Portrait of a Graduate Goals” I argued that project-based learning is one of the most effective ways
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How PBL Builds Portrait of a Graduate Competencies Part 2: Academic Knowledge & Skills and Career Readiness
In my last post, “Why PBL is Key to Meeting Portrait of a Graduate Goals” I made the case for using project-based learning to build the student competencies commonly listed
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Why PBL is Key to Meeting Portrait of a Graduate Goals
Does your school or district have a “portrait of a graduate”? They’re also called “ideal graduate” descriptions, and you might have heard of a “learner profile” and the older
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3 Ideas for Promoting Collaboration in the Classroom
Collaboration is being open to each other's ideas and benefiting from each other's perspectives in an open way”. - Alan Menken Preparing our students for the
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Keeping Girls in STEM: 5 Engaging Math Projects
Now that students are back in the school routine, it is the perfect time to ramp up the energy in your classroom with PBL. October 11th is International Day of
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7 Ways Hands-On Computer-Science Learning Prepares Students for the Future
The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 13% growth in computer and IT occupations between 2020 and 2030. Yet many students — especially those in underrepresented groups — are not given the
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Defined Announces Computer Science Curriculum Solution for K-12 Schools
Defined launches new computer science curriculum resources to create opportunities and expand career pathways for all students. CHICAGO, IL (Tuesday, July 20, 2022) — Defined, the leading online provider of project-based
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