Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.
 
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Learn More About NSTA Leadership Positions
Join us on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET to learn about how to submit an application or nominate a colleague for leadership positions in NSTA.
 
 
 
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COVID-19 Testing Lab Shows How Colleges Can Reopen Safely
Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.
 
 
 
District Administration
A kids’ vaccine isn’t coming anytime soon (subscription)
There are currently no trials underway, making a vaccine unlikely before fall of 2021. And students are missing online school at alarming rates.
 
 
 
eschoolnews
With Print Supplies Disrupted, More Schools Adopt Digital Books
With a record number of students going back to school online, educators are urgently turning to digital books in place of print for their established curriculum. In response to this need, OverDrive Education, the leading digital reading platform for K-12 schools worldwide, today announced support for several major curriculum systems. This means that schools can
 
 
Education Week
New Mexico agency to provide more help for child care access
 
 
NSTA JCST
Negative Student Response to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms:
Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving student learning and retention when compared with traditional, lecture-based teaching practices. Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of active learning in improving STEM undergraduate education, the adoption of active learning by instructors has been slow for reasons, including negative student response to active learning. In this systematic literature review, we examine students’ negative responses to active learning and reasons for the negative responses noted in 57 published STEM studies. Our findings identify three types of negative responses: affect, engagement, and evaluation. The reasons behind negative response represented six overarching categories based on student feedback: limited value, lack of time, difficulty and increased workload, lack of guidance, logistical difficulties, unfamiliarity with active learning, lack of...
 
 
 
Edutopia
How to Maslow Before Bloom, All Day Long
Morning meetings are a good place to start, but what you really need is a toolkit of strategies to meet your students’ social and emotional needs all day long.
 
 
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