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Blending Art and Algorithms, Desmos Sets Out to Reimagine Math Curriculum

Edsurge

Nugent says the versatility of the tool, and the open-endedness of the exercises, has helped engage students who otherwise didn’t think they liked math. “It That means more exercises that allow for open-ended answers, and less abstract questions that simply ask one to “solve for x ,” says Meyer. It’s not just rote learning.”

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Making Is Great Because It’s Chaotic. But Not Everyone Is Looking for Chaos.

Edsurge

That’s the first word that Anna Kwan, a K-5 STEM teacher at a public school in Aurora, Colo., She views the seeming “chaos” of making as a tool for students to take ownership of their own learning, adapt to changing circumstances, sit with frustration, develop problem-solving skills, collaborate with others, and exercise creativity.

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South Carolina adopts science video service

eSchool News

Supplementary STEM videos serve to engage students in science learning. These supplemental STEM resources can enhance science curriculum connecting science teaching and learning to career and college readiness. . The videos anchor a suite of online exercises, quizzes, and other media that support science teaching.

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We know how to provide good child care, we just don’t insist on it

The Hechinger Report

The lack of clear system likely stems from the deep American ambivalence over how much government should intervene in the lives of very young children and how much should be left to families, said Rhian Evans Allvin, executive director of the National Association for Young Children.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

Shahan said that it became even harder for charters to reach their projected scores when the state stiffened its academic standards, creating more difficult versions of the state test starting in 2013. Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library.

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The heart of the loop: Reattempts without penalty

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

It leads to "grade inflation" It violates some kind of academic machismo code that views student assessment like competition in an arena. This seems to stem from a combination of two misplaced ideas about grades: that they are compensation , or that they are the result of a competition. Require evidence of successful practice.