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December 12, 2016

STEM, careers to receive more attention in 2017

Nearly half of all superintendents say STEM will receive new or additional attention this year in classrooms, according to a DA survey of K12 leaders. Unlike last year, which showed that more readers would implement new reading and language arts programs (at least in elementary schools), nearly half of all readers say they will focus […]

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November 28, 2016

Sketch of School Life: Inspiring medical career dreams

As a Title 1 school, LAUSD’s 186th Street School jumped at a chance to expose primarily low-income students to the possibilities of a medical science career. Physicians from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s pediatrics department approached the school in 2015 asking if they want to use the center’s science enrichment curriculum for fifth-graders in the gifted and […]

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November 18, 2016

Comprehensive mathematics programs makes a difference in Boston Public Schools

Five years ago, Boston Public School’s John Eliot School in the city’s North End neighborhood was declared an innovation school. What that meant for principal Traci Walker-Griffith was more autonomy in choosing the elementary school’s curriculum for her 570 students. One of the first curricular changes she made was bringing in Everyday Mathematics. School population […]

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October 07, 2016

DA to launch special annual issue for Districts of Distinction

DA’s Districts of Distinction program, which honors innovative projects in America’s public school districts, will be showcased in a special annual edition of the magazine each July, starting in 2017. “Districts of Distinction will become the centerpiece of our July edition, which we think will serve as a reference guide for school district leaders across […]

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September 27, 2016

Making a model of math

High school math classes focus traditionally on solving equations. The world of mathematical modeling emphasizes creating equations. The nonprofit Association of Computational and Mathematical Modeling is developing a free mathematical modeling curriculum that it plans to share with teachers by early 2017. It will show students how to construct equations that solve complex real-world engineering, […]

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September 23, 2016

The learning power of reality in K12 education

Using tablets, apps and YouTube videos, students at Greenwood Elementary School in the Wayzata Public Schools in Minnesota have added new virtual elements to paintings and other artwork, so their masterpieces include videos that not only get them engaged, but also help them better understand ideas behind the art itself. It’s a technology called augmented […]

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September 21, 2016

How Everyday Mathematics helps turn around underperforming schools

When the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada, wants to turn around elementary schools, it looks to Principal John Haynal. He’s already improved outcomes at two elementary schools in this, the country’s fifth largest school district. In Clark County’s Franchise School program, principals who have demonstrated academic growth supervise an additional school using […]

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STEM, careers to receive more attention in 2017

Sketch of School Life: Inspiring medical career dreams

Comprehensive mathematics programs makes a difference in Boston Public Schools

DA to launch special annual issue for Districts of Distinction

Making a model of math

The learning power of reality in K12 education

How Everyday Mathematics helps turn around underperforming schools

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