Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

From innovative research to real-world success stories, this show (and the others that will follow it) are packed with game-changing insights that I hope will upgrade how you think about teaching math. ” Learning and Instruction (2018). ” Acta Scientiae (2022). Rakoczy et al. Gotwals et al.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

From the presidential campaigns to local races, Democrats and Republicans both acknowledged that our early care and learning systems are not functioning for families, educators or their communities. Heres what we learned. Policymakers across the political spectrum ran for office on child care issues in 2024.

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

Researcher Kathy Hirsch-Pasek has a challenge she would like to see lawmakers in the U.S. The need is immediate, she and a colleague wrote in a blog for the Brooking Institute, with economic impacts for parents now and long-term consequences for kids. Congress take on—call it a dare. And while many returned, not all did.

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ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2025

During the pandemic, our district embodied this tech-forward identity by providing Chromebooks and hotspots for all students to go fully remote for an entire academic year of virtual learning. Through this and the guidance of my parents at home, I learned a skill that now seems innate to me.

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ED Surge

APRIL 28, 2022

It’s the question that nonprofit association Educause poses annually to college faculty, staff, administrators and researchers from around the world. This year, 57 such experts identified social, technological, economic, environmental and political trends influencing the higher ed sector.

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Artificial Intelligence Learning Economics Research 246

ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But following that, I decided to take three years and immerse myself in the study of social capital research for my doctoral dissertation. Having conducted much more research, including my own mixed-method study, I’m more convinced than ever: Schools need to focus more on social capital development. Here’s a taste of why — and how.

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Schooling Economics Accessibility Research 355

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

If your school doesn’t teach personal economics but would like to, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. They are constantly tempted to mis-spend their limited income and then must face the consequences of those actions, basing decisions on what they learned in the 32 scenarios. Here are some I like.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Culture embodies our deepest collective social norms and beliefs, and provides the reference points for future learning. As the math educator in residence at Just Equations, a nonprofit focused on the intersection of math and equity, I research math education and I think a lot about my years in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2015

If your school doesn’t teach a course about personal economics, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. They are constantly tempted to mis-spend their limited income and then must face the consequences of those actions, basing decisions on what they learned in the 32 scenarios. Here are eight I like.

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Teaching Finance Economics Curriculum 369

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this month, a new study in Nature revealed a key predictor of economic mobility: connectedness. The analysis also yielded a new species of school-level data, charting the degree of economic connectedness within individual high schools and colleges across the country. For the past two years, VNL has worked with the Annie E.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The voices above represent just a handful of the 80 Asian American K-12 educators who gathered with EdSurge Research in the summer of 2022 to connect in small groups and reflect on their experiences working in U.S. We at EdSurge Research are shining a light on Asian American educators to uplift their unique stories and experiences.

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Education Education Economics Research 359

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 31, 2020

Here’s a great list of age-appropriate, safe websites that will inspire 4th graders whether they’re in your classroom or at home: Coffee shop- -the economics of running a business. Learning Games from BrainPop. Internet research sites for kids –an age-appropriate list of safe internet research websites for kids.

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Finance Economics Problem Solving Research 314

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

If your school doesn’t teach a course about personal economics, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. Through this interactive video game, students learn to identify advertising and understand its messages with the goal of becoming informed, discerning consumers. Some are narrative; others games.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 19, 2024

However, if that’s going to happen, it’s imperative that education leaders start pushing AI to transform teaching and learning in ways that are beneficial, particularly for low-income and historically disadvantaged students, observers like Lake argue. If you ask some researchers, though, it’s not enough.

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Schooling Artificial Intelligence Economics Publication 344

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

E-Books and Online Libraries in Modern College Education One of the most significant archives of human knowledge and learning’s quiet companions, libraries have made an undeniable impact. Libraries have always been a trusted educational sidekick since people started learning stuff. We wouldn’t be where we are without them.

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Education Education Artificial Intelligence Accessibility 392

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. From there, you can construct a solid professional learning plan for your team. Not sure how to set a five-year plan?

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Schooling Learning Construction Economics 246

STEM Education Guide

MARCH 9, 2023

Recently, five of the eight Ivy League universities have reclassified their economics degrees from social science to science, technology, math, and engineering (STEM). It allows graduates of quantitative economics and economics to apply for more generous visas compared to those granted non-STEM majors. is one worth having.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The question then arises: How can students adapt to this new learning environment while maintaining their enthusiasm and comprehension? Finance and Economics: The Art of Numbers In the realms of finance and economics, mathematics is the brush with which professionals paint the picture of the market’s future.

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Mathematics Artificial Intelligence Calculus Education 458

Educators Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With a working Internet connection and a computer you will be able to take your kids and students on virtual tours exploring far-off places, learning about ancient monuments, visiting world museums and discovering other cultures and ways of living.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

Prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, nine institutions of higher learning known as the Colonial Colleges were established. Most were designed to educate clergy, according to research by Phillip R. Arrington, in 1860 the economic value of enslaved peoples in the U.S. According to historian Benjamin T.

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Education Education Economics Publication 355

Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 23, 2023

In this post, I’ll share with you these resources, how I recommend that you use them, and some interesting pointers I’ve learned as I teach students financial literacy. Additionally, students practice real-world scenarios in these seven units as they learn about financial literacy. EVERFI sponsored this post. All opinions are my own.

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Teaching Finance Economics Data Science 327

Computing Education Research Blog

MARCH 16, 2025

She asked me to participate in her project to combine research and improv called Extra Credit. She asks researchers to explain their research in 10 minutes, then a group of improv artists riff on the research for another 10 minutes. I learned the most from hearing and meeting Elle O’Brien (see her website ).

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Broad access to computer science resources is a critical enabler positively impacting the economic mobility of students. students in grades 5-12 reveals that access to school-based learning opportunities and role models is highly correlated with students’ persistence on their career journey. The study of U.S.

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Computer Science Computer Science Sciences 359

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The study — which involved 811 undergraduate students at Florida International University, a large public university in Miami — is perhaps the biggest randomized study of active learning methods in calculus, says Laird Kramer, a physicist at the university and one of the study’s authors. Students majoring in biology saw the biggest bump.)

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

As consensus builds among many researchers, policy experts and elected officials that the U.S. But there’s a hitch: Some higher ed leaders are ambivalent about promoting pathways to jobs in early learning. You’re not enabling economic mobility at $12 an hour.

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Education Education Economics Research 262

ED Surge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Research by the nonprofit Gardner Institute and other groups has found that these typically-freshman-year classes tend to prune some kinds of students from academic tracks more than others. Research shows students may drop out or change their major based on these gateway courses.” Organic chemistry , anyone?) history surveys.

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ED Surge

APRIL 13, 2023

What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? As the group’s new CEO, Stephanie Khurana, put it in an interview with EdSurge this week: “The focus of the mission is to really help postsecondary completion and issues of economic mobility.”

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Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Picture a classroom full of students excited to learn about money. Want to learn more? Register now for their FREE virtual LearnOn conference on Monday, October 9, and learn the best practices in using their lessons. Check out their course list.

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Schooling Economics Finance Academic Standards 243

ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2022

That’s not just because tech is a key to economic opportunity in America these days, but it’s also because of the social good that comes when everyone has a chance to have a seat at the table to build a better future.

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Computer Science Computer Science Sciences 262

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe The past two years have witnessed a notable surge in the use of artificial intelligence within education, marked by increased investment, deployment and integration into various educational practices. How would you respond to that?

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ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2022

It’s a model that takes care of concerns over the impact of a shorter week on student learning and gaps in child care that might otherwise come up. The learning never stops for them.” Students will have different learning experiences on their fifth day of school. weekend learning loss; earlier school start times).”.

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Schooling Achievement Math Research 314

ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2022

The disparity between what teachers are paid and what their peers in other, comparable professions earn has reached an all-time high, according to findings published this month by the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute (EPI). After all, teachers in those states are making just two-thirds of the pay of their peers.

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Economics Equality Research Research 262

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

First, students of low socio-economic status bore the brunt of the pandemic. As it was, Italy also had similar issues with distance learning. Pre-pandemic research revealed that less than fifty percent of Italian secondary teachers allowed students to utilize technology for assignments. Scarpellini, F., Cartabia, M.

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Education Education Primary EdTech 396

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

For many years, educators have envisioned personalized learning as a way to tailor education to each student's unique needs. AI has the potential to transform classrooms by offering personalized learning experiences that align with individual strengths, interests and learning needs.

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Creativity Artificial Intelligence EdTech Personalized Learning 334

ED Surge

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Guy Berger, director of economic research at the Burning Glass Institute, notes that because it has become easier to apply for jobs, thanks to one-click applications on company websites and the growth of platforms like Linkedin, job seekers have more opportunities than ever. Petersen is not alone, according to labor market experts.

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Economics Research Research Education 284

ED Surge

MAY 6, 2022

And she taps right into his learning abilities and encourages him to learn the things he’ll need for kindergarten.” Home-based providers also love, cuddle and create safe, stable relationships that allow children to explore and take risks that support learning. Pam knows [my son] really well,” she explained.

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Economics Small Business Publication Accessibility 254

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Research from the National Bureau of Economic Research articulates the importance of social skills in the workplace. Meanwhile, my own recent research indicates that college faculty also consider students’ soft skills to be important for sustainable employability and growth long term.

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