The Concord Consortium’s initiative starts with seven new projects. The latest educational trend is to jettison textbooks in a quick switch to alternative technology. A prep school in Massachusetts has…
…the accumulation of accurate data long before theories explain the data. In the latest Crichton novel, Dragon Teeth, a newly discovered manuscript posthumously published nine years after his death, fossil…
…will be in attendance at this groundbreaking event in the emerging field of data science education. Conference attendees come from 15 states and 6 countries around the world. Map created…
I caught up on a few TED talks while descending into San Diego (Thanks, Virgin America!) One of them was the latest from Clay Shirky. Love that guy. In his…
Turn on the news and you will likely hear about a natural hazard. Wildfires in California, flooding in the Midwest, hurricanes across the Atlantic Coast. Natural phenomena cause widespread damage…
…chair of our board in 2008 to lead the presidential search committee. Penny is co-editor of New Frontiers in Formative Assessment (Harvard Education Press), which includes two chapters by Concord…
…Finder at concord.org/stem-resources and search for probeware to give it a try.) The temperature sensor is just one of 50-plus probes available for classroom use. Probes give students new possibilities…
…analyzed.” — Expanding Evidence Approaches for Learning in a Digital World, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education, 2013 A radar chart of design space exploration. A histogram of…
…he’s settled on React. But he continues to search for the best tools. “I think we’re a little bit different than some other companies that stay with the same technology…
…the world up close. A new, inexpensive digital microscope allows magnification between 30x and 130x — enough to see everything from a bug’s eye to a pollen grain or a…