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Partnering to scale synthetic biology STEM education for K12

Ariana Fine | February 07, 2019

Amino Labs has partnered with MindFuel to expand its Canadian and U.S. presence in K12 education. The Amino Labs Educators Starter Kit, which is a synthetic biology starter kit for teachers, will be combined with MindFuel's Wonderville.org service platform to provide curricula-aligned lessons in synthetic biology.

Online STEM store features popular resources

Ariana Fine | February 05, 2019

The MindFuel STEM Store is an online catalog of blended-learning resources, including lesson plans and project-based activities, experiments and design challenges, and entrepreneurial and innovation skills development course material. It covers topics such as body systems, chemistry, earth sciences, energy, ecosystems and more.

3 ways to improve education about slavery

Ariana Fine | February 04, 2019

When it comes to teaching students about slavery, teachers often stumble through the topic. In the worst cases, they use poorly conceived lessons that end up inflaming students and communities. One idea is moving beyond textbooks, which often use inadequate or inaccurate descriptions, to include records and firsthand accounts. Another way is to get out of the classrooms by visiting museums and historic sites.

Finland's education system offers 10 lessons for U.S. educators

Ray Bendici | January 31, 2019

Finland's education system caters to working families and receives plenty of funding, with more than 55 percent in federal dollars. Free meals, health care and outside-of-class child care are available to all students, who start formal schooling at age 7.

New educational STEM companion debuted

Ariana Fine | February 01, 2019

Designed for kids ages 7-13, Little Sophia is a tutorial companion that teaches STEM, coding and artificial intelligence. It also interfaces with Raspberry Pi, allowing kids to learn electronics and robotics.

The link between math and language skills

Steven Blackburn | January 30, 2019

In 2016-17, one fifth-grade class of English-speaking students at a Spanish immersion school in Michigan received higher marks on a state assessment after using Everyday Mathematics 4 (EM4) from McGraw-Hill Education for one year. Their math scores increased by 14 percent on the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, or M-STEP, with 52 percent of […]

Sal Khan envisions a future of active, mastery-based learning

January 30, 2019

Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy and keynote speaker at the recent 2019 Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando, discusses how technology will impact education in the years ahead.

Enhancements released for math curriculum

Ariana Fine | January 29, 2019

Open Up Resources introduced the second edition of the Open Up Resources 6-8 Math curriculum. These enhancements make it a full-course OER math curriculum that is formally translated into Spanish and standards-aligned.

How to build an engineer: Start young

Ariana Fine | January 30, 2019

The gap between girls and boys in math performance is far smaller than many believe, even at the high school and college level where girls perform similarly to boys, according to research. Elementary schools are introducing their students to engineering principles, hoping to inspire a life-long interest in STEM fields. But it seems to be girls' confidence about their abilities in math and their interest in pursuing STEM careers that drops after middle school.

With schools promoting broader definitions of success, how do we measure progress?

Ariana Fine | January 30, 2019

As more schools adopt learning goals beyond reading, writing and math, certain questions are vexing school leaders worldwide: How can we measure growth in creative thinking? How can we spot a “self-aware” team member? How can we measure whether our graduating high school seniors have the habits necessary to succeed at college and throughout adult life?

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