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Five Tips for Teaching Kids Science at Home Stephanie Ryan earned her Ph.D. in the Learning Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago January 16, 2021 14:06 ET | Source: Ryan Education Consulting Ryan Education Consulting Carmel, Indiana Carmel, Indiana , Jan. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For millions of parents across the world, this is the first time ever that they will have had to take on a homeschooling role. The pandemic has shut schools down completely – on more than one occasion in some locations – and it has und...

5 Tips to Take the Scary Out of Science for Parent-Teachers Everywhere Pinterest No one could predict that 2020 would turn ordinary parents and teachers’ kitchens into science labs. However, education must go on, even during a pandemic, so parents everywhere had to play the hand they were dealt. Ask any parent who has opened the science homework packet from school. and most would confess they felt a little queasy at the sight of it. For many parents, science is not easy. But science isn’t just a book with facts to memorize and “get right”. It’s much more, and it aims to explain...

Emmons named interim dean of ULLS January 08, 2021 Mark Emmons has been appointed interim dean of the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences (ULLS), effective Jan. 1, following the retirement of Interim Dean Fran Wilkinson. Emmons served as the associate dean of public services within the ULLS since 2015. He brings more than 30 years of professional experience and research as an academic librarian to his new position. Emmons will continue navigating the ULLS response to the pandemic to ensure the safety of students, staff and faculty while maintaining the college’s commitme...

Her most current research work, a six-year project funded by NIH in which she serves as the principal investigator is the “Environmental Health Research Experiences for Teachers in High-Poverty Schools: A Professional Development Program.” This project provides teachers from high need schools across North Carolina with knowledge in environmental health research sciences. The NIH-funded program, which is a collaboration with faculty from the Department of Biological Sciences at NC State and hosted at the Center for Human Health and the Environment, enables teachers to gain specialized envi...

They come from different education and career backgrounds, and they work in distant divisions at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. But after only a few minutes of conversation, it’s abundantly clear that Kyra Donovan and Dr. Julie Miles share a passion for learning and a strong conviction that assessment is essential to creating the best educational outcomes for students of all abilities. Assessments have long played a central role in traditional education, but the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for smarter, faster and more seamless options. Kyra Donovan, an Associate Partner at Ho...