Curriculum: Page 71
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Some states require CPR for graduation, providing vital life skill
Students not only learn how to save lives, but also gain a glimpse into emergency services as a career.
By Lauren Barack • May 23, 2018 -
Watching videos can boost language skills in young children
Certain visual and sound cues help to deliver language lessons in videos, but students with more vocabulary under their belts before watching the videos got more benefit.
By Lauren Barack • May 23, 2018 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineSTEM
From AI to quantum physics, STEM learning opportunities in K-12 are expanding to keep pace with related fields.
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AP classes an expensive consideration for some districts — but results justify effort
Advanced planning and thinking is needed for schools to reap full benefits of advanced course offerings.
By Lauren Barack • May 23, 2018 -
Rating SEL skills can also help assess PBL success
Educators can deepen how project-based assessments by including social-emotional components.
By Lauren Barack • May 23, 2018 -
Oakland high school sets standard for serving immigrant students
With a significant chunk of its student population arriving as unaccompanied minors and speaking some three dozen languages, Oakland International High uses a community school approach to best serve them.
By Roger Riddell • May 22, 2018 -
Denver-area program equips high school grads with early-childhood credential
The internship sets students on a pathway to filling a growing need, but the field's low pay and high turnover present a challenge to keeping them engaged.
By Roger Riddell • May 22, 2018 -
Measuring students' SEL progress is complicated, but crucial
The RAND Corp. will soon release a "repository" of tools to help educators measure students' skills in these areas.
By Lauren Barack • May 16, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Service learning strengthens SEL curriculum
When students give their time, they can gain valuable soft skills in return.
By Lauren Barack • May 16, 2018 -
To change laws, students first need to learn them
Knowing how their government works is crucial if students are to be effective change leaders as adults.
By Lauren Barack • May 16, 2018 -
Real-world challenges can broaden student learning
Embedding lessons into practical opportunities can open a window into students' future.
By Lauren Barack • May 16, 2018 -
Tracking can lose students rather than support them
Educators must make subjects like math more accessible and approachable for all students to succeed.
By Lauren Barack • May 16, 2018 -
Planning is everything when crafting a great makerspace
Makerspaces present a valuable opportunity for hands-on STEAM opportunities in a less formal setting than the classroom, but require thoughtful execution for full effect.
By Roger Riddell • May 15, 2018 -
Leaders discuss ways to sustain school improvement through the arts
Architect Frank Gehry hosts administrators from across California to share lessons learned.
By Linda Jacobson • May 15, 2018 -
Early grade students gain confidence, communication skills through formal and informal conferences
A recent survey showed that conferences are successful because young students admire their teachers and value their opinions.
By James Paterson • May 14, 2018 -
Does the idea of a 'footprint' go far in enough in digital literacy?
Approaching what students post online as more of a "tattoo" may better illustrate how long those decisions can impact students.
By Roger Riddell • May 14, 2018 -
Is it time to consider helping students develop their voice a core competency?
High school English teacher Jori Krulder sees assisting reluctant students in figuring out how to comfortably express themselves as key to their future success.
By Lauren Barack • May 9, 2018 -
Games can make curriculum more effective and enjoyable
Game-based learning is correlated to positive learning outcomes, delivering lessons in often tough subjects like math in a way students see as a fun experience.
By Lauren Barack • May 9, 2018 -
Building connections can remove stress from learning new languages
Knowing a foreign language can open future doors for students.
By Lauren Barack • May 9, 2018 -
Deep Dive
School gardens grow plants, food and stronger students
Gardening curriculum can spread across all core subjects, taking learning outside of the classroom walls.
By Lauren Barack • May 9, 2018 -
Meeting state standards may require unified approach to evaluating resources
A new study from the RAND Corporation finds that knowledge of math standards, for example, seems to fall off at the 5th-grade level among school leaders.
By Lauren Barack • May 9, 2018 -
STEAM approach increases elementary students' scores in science
Past research focused on the benefits of arts integration among English learners.
By Linda Jacobson • May 8, 2018 -
Opinion
This Teacher Appreciation Week, put teachers' voices first in curriculum decisions
A Texas principal considers what role administrators play in relieving the financial, time and energy burdens to create or purchase classroom resources.
By Mark Brandenberger • May 7, 2018 -
To improve students' problem-solving skills, level up computational thinking
Pennsylvania's Harrisburg School District now considers this skill the fifth "C" in the "4 Cs of 21st century skills" — along with critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration.
By Roger Riddell • May 4, 2018 -
3D printers weave art, science to harness students' imaginations
The popular tech tools give students an opportunity to be creative, innovative problem-solvers — if schools can afford them.
By Lauren Barack • May 2, 2018 -
US No. 9 in world in preparing students for jobs
Administrators must consider how to educate students to be employable for many jobs they'll hold that don't yet exist.
By Lauren Barack • May 2, 2018
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