Curriculum

Student-designed 7th grade climate curriculum aims to bring joy, rigor

The developers of a new climate-centered, open source curriculum focused on land subsidence in California’s Central Valley promise the lessons for 7th graders will be joyful, engaging and rigorous. That’s because the developers, ages 12-23, are students themselves and have keen insight into what middle schoolers want to learn and how they connect with information.

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AI tutors are quietly changing how kids in the US study, and the leading apps are from China

Articles, News / Rita Liao

The two most popular AI helpers in the U.S., as of May, are both Chinese-owned. One-year-old Question AI is the brainchild of the founders of Zuoyebang, a popular Chinese homework app that has raised around $3 billion in equity over the past decade. Gauth, on the other hand, was launched by TikTok parent ByteDance in 2019. Since its inception,

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A Roadmap for Parents Rethinking School

Articles, News, Resources for Parents / Micro Schools Network

If What You’re Doing Isn’t Working, It’s Time to Switch Schools What Kids Need to Succeed at School What Should the Learning Experience Look Like? Alternative School Options Focus on Your Concerns to Decide What’s Right for You Navigate the Switch with Clear Next Steps Cut the Cord from Public School Without Breaking the Bank

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Five Reasons to Bring Our National Parks into the Classroom

Articles, News, Resources for Parents / Seth Kannarr

When we consider taking a vacation, we often make plans to visit our national parks. Whether it is the nostalgia from family road trips growing up, or just a desire to escape our daily routine and reconnect with the outdoors, over 300 million Americans travel to the 429 units managed by the National Park Service across the United States

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Should entrepreneurship skills be a curriculum requirement?

Articles, News / Anna Merod

Entrepreneurship education programs help students develop a mindset or collection of skills that help them take risks, recognize opportunities, learn from mistakes, and better communicate. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship says entrepreneur education should be viewed as a key part of developing students’ career-readiness.

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Student-designed 7th grade climate curriculum aims to bring joy, rigor

AI tutors are quietly changing how kids in the US study, and the leading apps are from China

A Roadmap for Parents Rethinking School

Five Reasons to Bring Our National Parks into the Classroom

Should entrepreneurship skills be a curriculum requirement?

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