ED Surge

JULY 31, 2024

Last week, 2U, a pioneer of the so-called Online Program Management (OPM) model for helping colleges run online degree programs, announced that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a “prepackaged” deal arising from prior negotiation with creditors. The company was an edtech “unicorn” at its height — worth billions — and characterized as a “giant” in the space.

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All About STEM

JULY 31, 2024

We’re excited that the Olympic and Paralympic season has begun! Get your children outside during the holidays and encourage them to create their own garden games that everyone can play. They can start earning a CREST Award with their ideas so it’s a gold medal opportunity!

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2024

Recently, I found myself in Barnes and Noble, captivated by a "Read with Pride" display in the Young Adult section. Holding several new books, I was transported back to my high school years, a time before smartphones and social media, when I would cautiously approach the gay and lesbian section of my local bookstore. Each visit was an anxious yet defiant act of self-discovery as I sought validation and visibility in the pages of books that I curated for myself.

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All About STEM

JULY 31, 2024

STEM Learning’s free national online mentoring scheme is designed to help 13-19-year-olds explore their future career options by chatting with STEM professionals. Conversations take place via text-based messaging on a secure & moderated mentoring platform, so mentors & mentees do not need to be online at the same time.

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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.

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STEMe

JULY 31, 2024

The discourse around artificial intelligence, or AI, has expanded to all aspects of life. AI is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines. It’s been utilized in industries like healthcare, finance, and education, and it's also been used for entertainment, such as when people use AI on social media to communicate with their favorite TV characters or generate how they would look in their yearbook photos.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 31, 2024

Summer is a great time to reset your personal pedagogy to an education-friendly mindset and catch up on what’s been changing in the ed world while you were teaching eight ten hours a day. My Twitter friends gave me great suggestions, but first: A comment on the selections : I did get more suggestions than I could possibly list so I avoided books that involved politics or hot-button subjects that teachers are divided on and focused on positive and uplifting reading.

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Online Math for All

JULY 31, 2024

Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 15)

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