Wis. students learn math while watching an eagles' nest Students at an elementary school in Wisconsin are learning math and other core subjects while watching a live video feed of an eagles' nest. The birds, Larry and Lucy, are part of a program called Eagles 4 Kids. "One of our big lessons lately is exactly writing two step story problems. So we go on there and find how many views we've had on certain days and then do some comparison problem solving," said teacher Darrin Briggs. WKBT-TV (La Crosse, Wis.) (3/5) Mich. students use week at a museum to learn math, reading A group of Michigan third-grade students recently spent a week at a local museum learning math, writing and reading. The students studied Native American throwing devices, then designed their own and measured the distance they could throw them. "I think they're going to remember the things they learned this week, because they've had the hands-on experience," said teacher Jaime Cramer. MLive.com (Michigan) (free registration) (3/5) Other News  | Try Lexia Reading Core5 FREE!
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 | Alaska school district teaches alternative problem-solving methods Alaska's Anchorage School District has implemented a math program that aims to give children more flexibility in choosing problem-solving methods. Students in the program are exposed to alternative problem-solving methods as well as traditional ones. "The way you think of a math problem may be very different from the way I think of it," said Bobbi Jo Erb, school district administrator. "And if either one of us is forced to do it one specific way, we are going to lose all of that education that came before." KTUU-TV (Anchorage, Alaska) (3/5) Other News  |
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 |  | Common Core results are in. In a study of more than 250 urban schools, the schools that used the Ready® program on average had 30% more students score "proficient" on the New York State Assessment in Mathematics—a measure of student mastery on the Common Core—than schools that did not use Ready. See more results and download free sample lessons. | | N.Y. tech students learn workplace skills through capstoning Capstoning is allowing students at the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center in Medina, N.Y., to use machines that aren't available in their classrooms. In this case, capstoning refers to the arrangement the tech center has with local employers to give students workplace experience. "You learn a lot more than when you are in class because you are an actual part of the workforce and are treated just like an employee," student Josh White said. The Journal-Register (Medina, N.Y.) (3/5) | Obama proposes universal preschool, new grant competition in budget President Barack Obama's proposed fiscal 2015 budget includes $69 billion for education, a call for universal preschool for all 4-year-old students, additional support for teachers, a new Race to the Top–Equity and Opportunity grant competition and $70 million to expand state data-collection systems. Obama announced his budget proposal Tuesday at an elementary school in Washington, D.C. U.S. News & World Report (3/4) | 2014 Lifetime Achievement Recipients NCTM's Mathematics Education Trust (MET) has selected Miriam Leiva and Christian Hirsch as recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. The award honors NCTM members who have exhibited a lifetime of achievement in mathematics education at the national level. Leiva and Hirsch will be recognized during the Presentation of the 2014 NCTM Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2014 NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans.
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