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What 40 Million Messages Tell Us About Parent-Teacher Communication

ED Surge

Something crucial was missing from classrooms over the past school year: millions of students who were part of the chronic absenteeism crisis that plagued districts large and small. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. To Lim, that means there’s a lot of room for improvement in how educators and parents are communicating.

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Qweebi: Transforming STEM Education with a Virtual Makerspace

Vivify Stem

Post by Claire Meschkat March 25, 2025 In the world of STEM education, hands-on learning is essentialbut its also one of the biggest challenges for teachers. Between expensive materials, limited class time, and logistical headaches, running engaging STEM projects in the classroom can be overwhelming. What is Qweebi?

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Top 5 Trends in Virtual Reality for Education

PCS Edventures

Its actively reshaping education by making learning more interactive, engaging, and hands-on. Schools and universities are using VR to bridge the gap between theory and practice , allowing students to explore science, history, and technology in fully immersive environments. Virtual reality (VR) is no longer a futuristic concept.

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Two Cities Pay Teachers Based on Their Quality. Does It Work?

ED Surge

education at all,” says García, whose organization has been warning about such shortages for years. Just having a genuinely consequential system of teacher performance assessment is really unusual in American public education” Stanford's Thomas Dee Dallas and D.C. s lead are both political and logistical.

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Where did STEM go?

CoderZ

It used to dominate discussions at education conferences. Teachers, school leaders and policymakers were all focused on how to funnel more students into the STEM fields. Curious about the trend, I reached out to some experts who are developing STEM education tools to get their take. What are educators asking for in products?

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Knowledge vs. Experience: What I’ve Learned About the Art of Teaching

STEM Education Works

I’ve found that having this kind of academic background in a hard science certainly helps me a lot when it comes to my job as a Curriculum and Outreach Specialist here at STEM Education Works. But don’t think I have a chip on my shoulder, because during my time with STEM Education Works (over two and a half years now!),

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Tennessee educators produce thousands of protective face shields to help local medical workers

STEMx

Aware of medical workers’ critical need for facial protection against the coronavirus, a team of educators in southeastern Tennessee sprang into action to help. Public Education Foundation. agreed to share how they are accomplishing it.The Public Education Foundation is a. Hamilton County Schools. and Michael Stone of the.