Written by Tanya Macedo In 2014, I was a new middle grade science teacher at the American School of Rio de Janeiro (EARJ), Brazil. I was a career-changer, enjoying a newly found passion for teaching after leaving a career in pharmaceuticals. Beginning a new job in a...
By Shauna Hobbs, Director of Teaching and Learning at Graded, The American School of Sao Paulo “By raising standards for everyone,” explains Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League, schools “you can help bridge the education achievement gap and...
Written by the Atlas Team featuring resources prepared by Janet Hale, Education Consultant and Author Standards aid teachers in designing aligned curriculum that represents what students need to know, understand, and be able to do in each grade level or course. Janet...
By Rubicon International, featuring Janet Hale, Educational Consultant States across the nation are adopting and adapting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The NGSS represent more than just a list of expectations students are supposed to meet – they are a...
By Anna Murphy, Rubicon International Translation: العربيةThe United Arab Emirates began piloting its Moral Education program in January 2017, and by September 2017, implementation is expected across schools in the UAE for grades K-9 (the rollout of Grades 10-12 will...
Curriculum developers, state boards of education, and teachers have been trying to crack the code for 3D NGSS assessments since the NGSS was introduced in 2013. As teachers, we now have a better understanding of what an NGSS classroom looks like and how to approach...
