Articles by tag: education
A key to student success is parental engagement in their children’s school work. Sounds easy, but as we all know life can get in the way. I spoke with Caesar Mickens with Centric Learning on how project based learning can increase parent involvement in their child’s education and how his company is trying to bridge […]
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Pop Culture Proves Powerful for Classroom Engagement
How do you connect students to literature without dense text that could be a deterrent? We spoke with Educator Tim Smyth, Founder of TeachingwithComics.com, who has built a reputation for incorporating comics into his lesson plans to analyze the response he has seen from his students. Follow us on social media for the latest […]
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How Educators Need to Bridge the Gap This School Year
It will take educators years to really analyze the full impact of learning loss this past year. Tyler Kern sat down with the Executive Director of the WAY American School, Thiago Reis, to get his take on what steps educators need to take this school year to close the gap from 2020. Follow us on […]
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What Role Should Inquiry-Based Learning Play in Classroom Strategies
As teachers face varying pressures on how to retool their classroom strategies, what role should inquiry-based learning play among other teaching and technology strategies? Tyler Kern pitched this question to the owner of 3 independent pre-schools, Carmelo Piazza, to get his perspective. Follow us on social media for the latest updates in B2B! Twitter – @MarketScale […]
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As California Phases Out SATs, What Should Schools Test Next?
The standardized testing purge continues, with school districts and universities in California, Colorado, Texas, and more, distancing themselves further from the weight of standardized testing metrics during the K-12 pipeline as well as during the college admissions process. The University of California system, for example, has put a definite end to SAT or ACT […]
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ASU+GSV Summit: A Look at the Upcoming Year in Education
Day No. 2 of the ASU+GSV Summit, a powerful return to in-person events for the education industry, has come and gone — and MarketScale’s Kevin Hogan, host of the Age of Digital Learning, was still on the scene. So, what are this year’s attendees most looking forward to as the fall semester, which promises an […]
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ASU+GSV Summit: How to Give Students the Modern Skills They Need to Thrive
The modern student is in a difficult situation. Not only have the scenarios in which they learn changed tremendously, but so have the skills required to succeed outside the walls of educational institutions. Today’s world asks more of kids entering the workforce and “real” life than ever before, and they need 21st-century literacy, learning […]