By: Samyukta Dinesh, Policy Fellow, Office of the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education When we talk about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, it’s easy to picture coding camps, robotics clubs, or students experimenting with augmented reality. These tools are exciting and undeniably transformative, but they’re only one piece of a much larger…
How does disorganised screen use impacting your students’ learning? Disorganised screen time means disordered, unstructured and free use of the internet. Last month, I observed computer science lessons. Consider the physical logistics of a computer science classroom. Typically, the teacher is at the front, with students facing away from the teacher, looking directly at their…
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“One year, a teacher got so drunk she fell into the Christmas tree and had to go to urgent care.” “One year, a teacher got so drunk she fell into the Christmas tree and had to go to urgent care.” Career Advice, Positive School Culture, Teacher Problems We Are Teachers
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced the expansion of its work in artificial intelligence to help ensure education tools that leverage AI are grounded in research and best practices for teaching and learning. CZI launched two new AI developer tools for education designed to empower developers to integrate high-quality education content seamlessly into their…
Because science doesn’t have to be complicated. Because science doesn’t have to be complicated. Classroom Ideas, Experiments, Hands-on Learning, Learning at Home: Hands-On Activities, STEAM We Are Teachers
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Country rankings of eighth graders on the 2023 TIMSS Click the list to expand. Standard errors are in parentheses. The larger the number, the more the actual average score in the country’s population could deviate from the sample of students who took the TIMSS assessment. Source: 2023 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)…
An abysmal showing by U.S. students on a recent international math test flabbergasted typically restrained education researchers. “It looks like student achievement just fell off a cliff,” said Dan Goldhaber, an economist at the American Institutes for Research. The 2023 results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which were released earlier…
Key points: Interactive whiteboards are supportive tools in preschool teaching Educators love their edtech, but want more training 6 ways to create engaging elementary learning spaces For more news on edtech trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub To all the new preschool teachers, I hope this article brings you joy, motivation, and encouragement as you…