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Jen SabourinAugust 12, 2019 0

SummerSTEM 2019: Data is all the Buzz!

We’ve been hosting SummerSTEM teachers for 5 years now and it just keeps getting better and better. This year, our focus was on data, which is central to SAS’s mission and also an important component of project-based learning (PBL). If you’re not familiar, the SummerSTEM program is led by Wake

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Gaby MatalonOctober 31, 2018 0

Curriculum Pathways: The Intern's Tale

As an intern for Curriculum Pathways this last summer, I have spent my days learning about the resources from the inside out. As I settled in, I became familiar with the nuts and bolts of the Curriculum Pathways process: who makes the resources, how we code our lessons, and what

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Ralph MooreMarch 19, 2018 0

How free edtech can help connect distant families

A few years back my daughter and her husband announced that a great job would be taking them from the North Carolina of their birth to upstate New York. Now, if you know anything about the demographics of North Carolina over the past decade or more, you will identify this

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Lucy KosturkoDecember 5, 2017 0

What's New for December 2017

Happy Holidays! Just as we're sure you are, we've been busy this holiday season. Browse below to see our new lessons and resources for December 2017. We also added a new asynchronous online professional development course—just in time for winter break! English Language Arts The Harlem Voices of Langston Hughes'

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Lucy KosturkoOctober 27, 2017 0

What's New for November 2017

Our Curriculum Pathways team has been hard at work to modernize existing resources and create new ones for you to use in your classroom this year. As always, please let us know if you cannot find a resource on a topic you're teaching. We'd love to add your suggestion to the queue! English

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Lucy KosturkoSeptember 28, 2017 0

What's New for October 2017

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Scott McQuigganJanuary 31, 2017 0

2017 Curriculum Pathways Teacher Institute

See 2018 call for applications! We always say "in-service teachers are our number-one source for new features and vital to our development process." For these reasons, we are excited to host a cohort of educators this summer at SAS headquarters in Cary, NC. The Teacher Institute cohort will work closely

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Scott McQuigganMarch 22, 2016 0

SAS Curriculum Pathways Teacher Institute

See 2018 call for applications! We at SAS Curriculum Pathways are excited to announce our inaugural Summer Teacher Institute! The application is open and ready for your submission. We always say "in-service teachers are our number-one source for new features and vital to our development process." For these reasons, we are excited to host a

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Ralph MooreDecember 1, 2015 0

Taking My Own Advice: Using the Writing Reviser Google Add-on

Since we launched the Writing Reviser Google Doc Add-on, I’ve been recommending it to everyone I meet: professional development participants, friends, colleagues, waiters, strangers at gas stations, everyone. Simply put, it’s an exciting, free tool that will improve your written work. But truth be told, while I have long familiarity

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Lucy KosturkoJuly 1, 2014 0

FAQ: How do students turn in their work? What is the Portfolio?

The Portfolio provides an organized space to save, manage, and send your work. Once logged into Curriculum Pathways, users with individual student/teacher/parent accounts can access their Portfolio from the home page. Types of saved work Because our 1,700+ resources are diverse, the Portfolio stores two types of saved work: reloadable

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Brandy MannApril 22, 2014 0

SAS Science Adventures with Kelvin!

Kelvin (the N.C. Science Festival robot) came to SAS in preparation for the N.C. Science Festival. He had a grand ole time meeting new faces and, even better, new technologies. And I am not going to lie, I enjoyed touring the campus to find more fun things I didn't even

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Brandy MannApril 4, 2014 0

Oobleck: Non-newtonian suspension fun at work

We love being a sponsor of the NC Science Festival every year – and today we thought we would have a little fun with science! Many of us here at Curriculum Pathways are parents and our kids loved playing with "slime." We figured Kelvin would too, so we raided our cabinets, got

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Ralph MooreOctober 29, 2013 0

FAQ: How is Curriculum Pathways provided at no cost?

A few years back we were in Orlando for the Blended and Online Learning Symposium. In addition to our conference sessions, we had the opportunity to introduce new users to Curriculum Pathways in our booth. Again and again we heard the same refrain, "You can’t really be free!" Actually we get that

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Brandy MannAugust 14, 2013 0

So what is SAS?

Actually, we get that question a lot. Curriculum Pathways is just one education product of SAS, a global leader in data analytics – that “Big Data” thing you may have heard about. In fact, SAS has over 200 software solutions, many for helping education. While Curriculum Pathways has been around

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