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Curriculum At Summit, Educators Explore Ways to Make Art a FocusArtists, educators, and innovators spent a day in Washington discussing how art can solve problems in education.
Curriculum Video Computational Thinking as the New Literacy - Aileen OwensIn this half-hour presentation at Education Week’s Leaders To Learn From event in Washington, Aileen Owens, director of technology and innovation for Pennsylvania’s South Fayette school district, describes her efforts around cultivating students’ “computational thinking.” At the event, Owens was recognized as an exceptional school district leader for her leadership in innovation in curriculum. Since being hired at South Fayette in 2010, Owens’ passion has been on cultivating students’ “computational thinking.” That includes coding. But the real emphasis is on helping students learn to problem-solve; to think algorithmically, in step-by-step sequences; to debug and revise; and to work with abstract concepts.
Curriculum Text for Black History Course Should Begin With Pre-Slavery Era, Critics ArgueHigh schools in Bridgeport, Conn., will offer a new course in African-American history in the fall, but not everyone agrees on which text to use.
Curriculum Opinion Teaching History With STE(A)MWe wonder if in teaching history as a story of facts, we have scrubbed it clean of the emotional story that carries the important messages.
Curriculum STEM Lessons for Kindergarteners Earn Girl Scout Top HonorA senior at Paradise High School in northern California earned the Gold Award, the highest achievement given to a Girl Scout, for creating 12 STEM lessons for kindergarteners.Curriculum Thousands of Android Mobile Apps Improperly Track Children, Study SaysMore than half of 5,855 Android apps in the 'Designed for Families' section of the Google Play store potentially violated COPPA, a team of computer-science researchers found.
Curriculum By Any Other Name, Mexican-American Studies Class Finally Gets Texas ApprovalTexas has finally approved course guidelines for a Mexican-American studies class. But the state's rechristening of the course title has drawn criticism.
Curriculum Opinion Author Interview: 'Creating Citizens'Sarah Cooper agreed to answer a few questions about her book, "Creating Citizens: Teaching Civics and Current Events In The History Classroom."
Curriculum Wyoming, Idaho Laws Expand K-12 Computer Science EducationAll districts in Wyoming will be required to provide K-12 computer science instruction, and Idaho high schools will offer at least one high school CS course.
Curriculum Amazon High School? The Idea Showed Up In Albany's Bid for Retailer's HQThe provocative idea in the city's bid is not fleshed out, but it comes as more districts and educators struggle to articulate the appropriate role of businesses in K-12 education.
Curriculum Digital Dissection May Be Heading to an Anatomy Class Near YouStudents at a New Jersey high school can virtually dissect the human body, thanks to the purchase of cutting edge technology typically available only to medical students. But are digital dissections the best way to teach biology and anatomy?
Curriculum Financial Literacy Requirements Linked to Better Youth Credit OutcomesA study links financial literacy requirements in three states to better credit outcomes for young people after high school.
Curriculum Why People Are Raising Money to Show Students 'A Wrinkle in Time'A Wrinkle in Time, the beloved classic by Madeleine L'Engle, is now on the big screen. Educators, celebrities, and nonprofits are teaming up to make students don't miss it.
Curriculum Nonprofit Will Issue 'Digital Badges' for Science Units That Align With StandardsAchieve will offer the badge to science units it deems well aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.
Curriculum Opinion 3 Ways to Unlock the Writer Within Every StudentWriting teachers should draft work alongside their students and treat them as partners in the process, says 2016 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Ashley Lamb-Sinclair.
