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MSOE: An Example of Education for Employability

The Milwaukee School of Engineering experience is a pretty good example of “rigor, relevance, and relationships” (as my friends from Big Picture would say). Their commitment to employability is as strong as any campus that I’ve visited. It’s a place that seems to be asking the right questions about what’s n...

3 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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Next Generation Science Standards: A Guide to the 2nd Draft

The second draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is now available for public comment at http://www.nextgenscience.org/. This final public draft will be available online for everyone to review and provide feedback until January 29. Following this comment period, Achieve and the lead state partners will c...

4 months ago by Compass Learning Staff

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Desmos Unveils Tables of Data for Greater Math Understanding

Desmos unveils a sweeping new set of changes to its online graphing calculator to meet the requests and needs of its thousands of users over the last year. Today, Desmos introduces Tables of Data, which will improve students' abilities to organize data at the heart of statistic.

4 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

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LEGO Launches Next Generation LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Platform for STEM Learning

LEGO® Education announced today the launch of LEGO MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 platform, a next generation platform for the 15-year robotics technology that will help students build a robot in a 45-minute class.

4 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

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The Virtues of Daydreaming & 30 Other Surprising (& Controversial) Research Findings About How Students Learn

Have you checked your assumptions about student learning at the door? People in general, hold onto beliefs that are shaped by early experiences, the media, and faulty influences. The following list is a compilation of research that may surprise you. Video games, e-books, playtime, and music are all a part of an educato...

5 months ago by Guest Author

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Foundation for Excellence in Education

The Foundation for Excellence in Education is igniting a movement of reform, state by state, to transform education for the 21st century economy. Excellence in Action, the organization’s flagship initiative, is working with lawmakers and policymakers to advance education reform across America. Learn more at www.Exce...

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Seattle School Breaks Down Language Barrier to Improve Math Proficiency

Personalizing and engaging students in math is an ongoing challenge in schools across the country. In Washington State, where countless organizations are working diligently to improve access to quality math learning for students’ futures, some schools are implementing a blended learning math program that draws upon g...

5 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

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Big History: An Organizing Principle for a Compelling Class, Block or School

After Bill Gates saw a series of lectures by David Christian on big history Gates said, "He really blew me away. Here's a guy who's read across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences and brought it together in a single framework. It made me wish that I could have taken big history when I was young, because it wo...

5 months ago by Tom Vander Ark