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School Is Hard for Mobile Students. These Districts Want to Help.

Edsurge

The Five District Partnership , which includes Chelsea, was formed in 2012. And those changes can disrupt student learning. We’re figuring out ways to support each other,” says Mathew Costa, director of STEM disciplines at Revere Public Schools. And student mobility is nothing new here. It’s something that we’ve long recognized.

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Math Expert Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell Endorses Hand2Mind’S Hands-On Standards

eSchool News

“hand2mind’s Hands-On Standards is an amazing collection of resources that will not just supplement, but more so fully enrich mathematics teaching and learning in any classroom, with seemingly endless paths for students to be truly engaged in the mathematics they are learning,” said Skip Fennell. Hands-On Standards. EST (3:45 p.m.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

The Hechinger Report

When we started here in 2012, our district was the lowest performing in math and reading of all the schools that feed into Morton West High School,” said Carmen Ayala, Berwyn North School District 98’s superintendent. Related: Eight ways to introduce kids to STEM at an early age. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning.

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. Challenge 1: Creating opportunities for authentic learning. Further, authentic learning has the potential to make students more engaged. What is it? Why is this important?

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3D, virtual reality platform also promotes collaboration

eSchool News

According to a study by Burning Glass Technologies, in 2013 there were openings for nearly 6 million jobs in STEM fields. Since 2012, more than 150,000 students across the United States and in a dozen countries across the globe are already exploring and learning with zSpace.

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An instructional development framework for developing 21st Century skills in the University

Connecting 2 the World

My colleague, Diane Crosley, an instructor in Natural Sciences at Spring Arbor University, and I gave a presentation at the Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning in Traverse City, MI last October (2015) entitled, "Bridging the skills gap: Preparing Higher Education students for the 21st century workplace."

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High failure rates spur universities to overhaul math class

The Hechinger Report

The report called Americans’ struggle with math “the most significant barrier” to finishing a degree in both STEM and non-STEM fields. There’s going to be a need for a million more STEM graduates in the next decade than we’re currently producing,” said Chris Rasmussen, professor of mathematics education at San Diego State. “I