Tag: STEM
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Malala: Education, not drones, is key to fighting terrorism
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafza has a message for President Obama: stop fighting terrorism with more violence, and invest those resources in education. Speaking to a ... -
Five Indisputable Reasons Why You Should Be Implementing Value-Added Assessment
Educational assessments traditionally examine a single set of knowledge, at a single point in time. However, modern educators know that knowledge is something that can be ... -
The Evidence-Based Athletic Department
A director of athletics details how a shift from paper to digital forms has saved his staff time and helped them gather actionable data about ... -
Using blended learning to increase reading proficiency in early grades
With schools facing increasing pressure to have their third-graders read at grade level, technology can be a huge help. A guest post by Stacy Hurst Each year ... -
STEM projects help ESOL students build skills and shine
Middle school can be challenging as students make the transition from elementary school and adjust to the many physical and emotional changes they’re undergoing. For English ... -
Custom Assessments Allow Teachers to Easily Blend Cross-Curricular Concepts
Kids Discover Online users of the science and social studies curriculum can now design their own homework and assessments within the platform. Just in time for ... -
We aspire to be Finland, but we’re not even close
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding a P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts ... -
Planning the Perfect Teaching Portfolio
The requirement for content knowledge versus education methods is a current debate in teacher education. Many argue that with a sufficient knowledge base, anyone can teach. ... -
Discrimination of Sexual Orientation: What You Need to Know About LGBT Discrimination in K-12
Are you aware of the shifts in sexual discrimination occurring in K-12 school systems? Each day students are facing discrimination due to their sexual orientation. This ... -
What Makes 5th-Graders Dig Deeply into Texts?
An information and technology literacy specialist shares how a combination of digital and print resources helped him and his students. By Josh Jackson Fifth-graders can sometimes ...