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Calif. students are tasked with creating new worlds
Submitted by news_aggregator on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 2:46pmStudents at Walnut High School in Walnut, Calif., are putting creativity and lessons learned about civics, economics and urba - --> read more »
Students spend a day getting hands-on lessons in financial literacy
Submitted by news_aggregator on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 2:46pmAfter spending five weeks in their math and social studies classes learning about gross and net income, investing and other m - --> read more »
Is the common core too challenging for kindergartners?
Submitted by news_aggregator on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 2:46pmIn the transition to the Common Core State Standards, teachers in some New York schools say the enhanced curriculum is too de - --> read more »
Mass. students use family histories for school project
Submitted by news_aggregator on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 2:19pmAn art and writing workshop at Green Meadow School in Maynard, Mass., has grown into a way for the elementary-school students - --> read more »
Award-winning teacher challenges students during history lessons
Submitted by news_aggregator on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 2:19pmA high-school history teacher at Waukegan High School in Illinois has abandoned the traditional focus on names and dates when - --> read more »
Mass., Ohio partner to develop online tool for teachers
Submitted by news_aggregator on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 2:19pmAn online "instructional improvement system" is being developed for teachers by the education departments in Ohio and Massach - --> read more »
Education resolutions teachers are making for 2013
Submitted by news_aggregator on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 2:19pmTeachers and administrators from across the country share their New Year's resolutions for 2013 in this article, saying they - --> read more »
Blended learning seen as offering the best of both worlds
Submitted by news_aggregator on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 2:19pmA high school in Arizona that has adopted blended learning, in which students learn part of the time in traditional classroom - --> read more »
IPad is soaring in popularity in U.S. schools
Submitted by news_aggregator on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 2:19pmApple's iPad has become a popular fixture in classrooms nationwide, and a large part of that has been by design as the compan - --> read more »
"SmartBook" aimed at breaking students out of traditional reading roles
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