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By directly addressing the challenges and benefits of technology, teachers provide more opportunities for learning, increase trust, and improve classroom harmony.
Creativity and a sense of design aren't just personal attributes - they are skills that can be consciously cultivated and used in other subject areas, including STEM and STEAM, writes Sylvia Martinez, a former aerospace engineer who also has designed video games. In this commentary, she writes that curricula often impose artificial divides between math…
Principal turnover can lead to lower student test scores and increased teacher turnover for up to three years after the top leader's departure, according to an analysis of North Carolina school district data. Across the country, 1 in 5 schools change principals each year, so researchers recommend that districts develop a pool of available replacements…
To prepare students for jobs in STEM fields, the U.S. Department of Education is shining a spotlight on how educators can incorporate technology into their classroom activities.
Many teachers use Legos in the classroom for hands-on STEM exercises, particularly as an enticement to get students who are less confident about their engineering aptitude to give it a try. Middle-school robotics teacher Ian Chow-Miller says he likes using Legos -- from the basic blocks to the higher-end robotics kits -- because his students…
Educators can take steps to make language lessons more accessible and inclusive for students with special needs, such as hearing or visual impairments, according to Andrea Mehringer, an English-language educator in Saudi Arabia. In this commentary, Mehringer shares how teachers can help bridge the gap, including the use of education technology.
The school is trying to take anxiety out of the lunchroom experience. It has assigned seating with a teacher at each table. Officials say it improves school culture. Others aren't so sure.