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How One District Takes STEM Learning to the Next Level

ED Surge

At the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) , one of the largest and most diverse school districts in the United States, we constantly plan new educational programs, prioritizing equitable access and ensuring students graduate prepared for success in college, career and life.

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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

ED Surge

Harnessing its learnings from KA Lite, the organization has evolved and expanded its impact by developing an ecosystem of open products and tools called Kolibri. We take a bottom-up approach to education technology in a way that is contextual and responsible. All of this is part of our theory of change.

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Sharing Tools for Measuring Impactful Technology Use

Digital Promise

As access to technology becomes increasingly commonplace in schools, discrepancies continue to emerge concerning not whether technology is being used, but how it is being used. The rubric includes a total of six indicators of impactful technology use. West Virginia Department of Education. National Education Association.

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Following the lessons of learning science in schools isn’t convenient

The Hechinger Report

Some of the most celebrated education reform efforts today serve to make instruction more difficult. Personalized learning, project-based learning, mastery-based learning – they all require more work of teachers and more work of students. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

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Developers Put Research to Work

Digital Promise

Last month, Digital Promise launched a crowdsourcing effort on how companies use scientific research to design and develop their educational technology products. Below you can see the responses that best highlight what we’ve learned from ed-tech developers so far. Role of online learning in project-based learning.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

ED Surge

The goal is to improve science literacy among high school students by making lessons meaningful and relevant to their lives through a teaching method called project-based learning. As we exchange information, that's also going both ways, right. It's an opportunity for us.

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TEACHER VOICE: How students in one Massachusetts town learned to love coding

The Hechinger Report

We’ve also invested in bringing coding to life through project-based learning using Wonder Workshop’s educational robots, Dash and Dot. This winter, our after-school coding club and bi-weekly technology classes will allow students to continue learning about coding. What are they doing with them?