ED Surge

APRIL 7, 2025

Its been a little over a year since Tram Gonzalez opened Color Wings Preschool in her home in Portland, Oregon. Of the 15 children enrolled in her program, 10 attend for free, covered in full by Multnomah Countys Preschool for All initiative, which was passed by Portland voters in November 2020 to create universal free preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds who want it.

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Government Economics Schooling Accessibility 282

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2025

Financial Literacy Month is recognized annually in Canada in November, and the United States in April. It’s purpose: to teach how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits. When kids read America’s almost $37 trillion debt is accepted by many as business as usual, I wonder how that news will affect their children. Do they understand the consequences of unbalanced budgets?

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Finance Artificial Intelligence Economics Curriculum 244

Computer Science Teacher

APRIL 7, 2025

I am a big fan of using stores to teach. Stories are more memorable that contextless theoretical statements. In my career, over fifty years of programming, I have run into a few that I have told again and again. I thought I might share a couple of short stories here. I'll start with a story about why hard coding numbers can be a very bad idea. Some years ago I was working on a team of five people creating a huge test structure to test computer systems.

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Learning Computer Teaching Computer Science 133

All About STEM

APRIL 7, 2025

Earth Day 2025 takes place on the 22nd of April and this year’s theme is ‘Our Power, Our Planet’ BBC Teach will be streaming a Live Lesson on the big day, direct from the Eden Project. Learners can explore the water cycle through science and geography and solve challenging riddles throughout the session to order the cycle changes.

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Teaching Geography Science Sciences 130

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

Teaching

CTE Learning

APRIL 7, 2025

The demand for new web and mobile games continues to surge, driven by the staggering numbers of players worldwide. With approximately 1 in 4 people globally engaging in mobile gaming and over 1.13 billion online gamers, the market shows no signs of slowing down. We offer a Web and Mobile Video Game Design course designed to prepare middle school and high school students for this exciting career pathway.

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Gamification Critical Thinking Problem Solving Flexibility 52

STEMe

APRIL 7, 2025

Explore the evolving role of colistin in the modern world as a last-resort antibiotic against MDR bacteria. Discover colistin's past and future.

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Chemistry Biology Science Sciences 52

STEM Education Works

APRIL 7, 2025

Oxford, AL November 2024 Hundreds gathered in Oxford, Alabama, to celebrate the official ribbon-cutting of the CREATE Innovation and Technological Center , a groundbreaking regional workforce development and technology center. With more than 400 attendees, the event underscored the power of collaboration and a shared vision for the future of STEM education and workforce readiness.

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Innovation Technology STEM Logistics 52

Online Math for All

APRIL 7, 2025

Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 138)

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Math 52