In this 30-minute Ed Talk, join a seasoned K-12 educator and leader for an insightful discussion on how to empower your educators to engage students in reflective and active learning through writing in a way that will ensure college and workforce readiness.
***All attendees will be able to safely download supporting resources to put these ideas, including “writing to learn,” into action.
Led by a former K-12 leader with experience in classroom teaching, school administration, and district leadership, this webinar will address the power of “writing to learn” for district leaders who want to shift practices to those that build critical thinking, strengthen communication skills, and prepare students for state assessments.
***All attendees will be able to safely download supporting resources to put these ideas, including “writing to learn,” into action.
A skyrocketing number of Compton USD graduates are majoring in STEAM fields since Superintendent Darin Brawley made coding, robotics and esports key pillars of K12 instruction.
Music and the performing arts helped Superintendent Amy Carter find her voice in high school. Now she is passing the gift on to her students in Mississippi's Meridian Public School District.
Superintendent Carl Dolente knows two important things about promoting student success: Classroom relationships work, one-size-fits-all cookie-cutters don't.
Educators cultivating the innovators of the future should be driven by creativity, providing safe spaces to explore, and altruism, STEM expert and FETC keynote speaker Anne-Marie Imafidon says.
Positivity was the main requirement Principal Michael Piccininni set when he commissioned a group of student artists to brighten up the bathrooms at Coronado High School in Henderson, Nevada.
Educators can use books featuring girls and women as leaders in STEAM as starting points to have crucial conversations in the classroom that will help all students tackle bias and shatter misconceptions and stereotypes.
Fines arts programs had subsisted on a shoestring budget in Grand Rapids Public Schools but now its leaders will spend ESSER funds to buy art supplies, instruments and tickets to music festivals.
Along with Georgia Tech and Amazon, the singer-producer and his non-profit are offering a music-driven competition and lesson plans based on coding and racial equity.
Shannon McClintock Miller shares how this empowered group of school leaders is making a difference with students and teachers, along with some of the tools they are using.
Nazareth College's School of Music faculty spent months designing and sewing the masks that have small openings specialized to fit each students' instrument.
The North America Scholastic Esports Federation selects group of innovators from U.S. and beyond to collaborate around new ideas in gaming in learning environments
NASEF's Minecraft-Rube Goldberg event is free for students and schools looking to take part in this fun, mind-bending exercise where new technology converges with old-fashioned innovation
Walking to school, prepackaged meals and non-contact sports outdoors run a lower risk of transmitting coronavirus in schools. Contact sports, choirs and bands, and buses pose the highest risk.
LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released Meet the IEP Challenge: 50 Scenarios for Staff Compliance Training. Each part of this 2020 book relates to a component of the IEP that is required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Music can play a major role in helping students cope with school closures and other coronavirus disruptions—and give them more control over their learning.
A growing number of K-12 music programs have been adding hip hop, electronic dance and other popular music to their repertoires in an effort to becoming more “learner-centered."
During online learning, music teachers can help students develop the skills needed on the engineering side of the music business, such as using digital tools to record themselves.
What equity-driven school improvement looks like in Mount Vernon, New York: themed high schools, full prekindergarten, revamped middle school and health care.
Hands-on arts projects are increasingly being integrated into STEAM classrooms and curricula through collaborative learning spaces, makerspaces, robotics, multidisciplinary projects and virtual learning opportunities.
With the help of his students, Hubert Ham put esports on the map at Alexander Dawson School. It came with a worthwhile price: learning, not just playing.
School music classes rely deeply on students performing together, and ed-tech, student voice and SEL are keeping online learning alive while schools are closed.
