Coaches have skills that can help kids develop experiences outside of the classroom; teachers know how kids learn and connect with information. Both have complementary benefits that can help how kids learn. Tying learning and teaching to a performance, and giving more feedback are two things teachers can utilize.
An AI camera live streaming high schools sports? Even replacing an entire camera crew to broadcast a junior varsity soccer game? That's no longer a player's or a parent's (or an athletic director's) wildest fantasy.
Color Quest: An ARt Adventure is a smartphone app developed to make health and nutrition fun to experience and explore. Once colored in, characters of fruits, vegetables and bodily organs are then activated using augmented reality technology.
The two words, “these kids,” frustrate Superintendent Carla Santorno more than any other phrase. It's used by some educators as a kind of secret code and a flimsy excuse for academic failure among marginalized students, she says.
School districts around the country are experimenting with starting classes later to allow students to get extra sleep. While some dismiss the idea as pampering, Nathaniel F. Watson says there are solid scientific reasons to consider it. As we age, our internal circadian rhythms and biological sleep drives change, resulting in later sleep and wake times. […]
About 6 million students (one out of seven) miss at least 15 days during the school year, according to the Department of Education. Valerie Marsh and Shaun Nelms offer four-research supported practices that have proven to boost attendance in real schools with real students.
Educators look on the bright side (and the not-so-bright side) to predict where public schools will make the most progress and where they will fall short in 2019.
