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Mayra PedrazaOctober 16, 2017 0

How SAS can help your career

Professionals with deep analytical knowledge, particularly using SAS, are in high demand. But to build a successful career, you first have to acquire the necessary analytical skills. Recently, I interviewed Andrea Baroni, a graduate from Lancaster University, and asked him to share his experience learning SAS and how it has helped advance his professional career. Your background Mayra

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Ralph MooreOctober 16, 2017 0

FAQ: Four Ways to Get Started with Writing Reviser

Writing Reviser, the free Curriculum Pathways writing tool, allows student writers to focus on purpose and audience, essay structure, and expressiveness in their own drafts — rather than in some abstract textbook example in which they have no investment and (alas, too often) little interest. Available on the web and as a

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LeeEllen HarmerOctober 12, 2017 0

Guest Teacher Blog: Engaging Science Students of Varying Ability

Editor's Note: Heather DeLuca-Nestor teaches 8th grade science at South Middle School in Morgantown, West Virginia. In this guest post, she describes how Curriculum Pathways resources meet the critical-thinking needs of her science students. This is the first in a series of blog posts written by West Virginia educators sharing how they have integrated digital

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Anabel GutierrezOctober 10, 2017 0

Inspiring students to re-think marketing for the digital economy

Industry-University relationships can be very complex, yet at Regent’s University London (RUL), we are very proud to report on the success of our first joint SAS-RUL project. In June 2016, as part of SAS Academy activities at Regent’s, I started a research collaboration with Mike Turner and Neil Griffin from

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Analytics | Data for Good | Students & Educators

Nadja YoungOctober 6, 2017 0

Equity in education: Achievement gap demands good data

The latest post in our Equity in Education series focuses on the achievement gap. National achievement data show that our public education systems work well for students with means. And not so well for disadvantaged students. Racial achievement gaps are found in the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), also

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Staci LyonOctober 2, 2017 0

Teaching Math 1? We Can Help.

More than five years ago, the Curriculum Pathways team released a comprehensive and FREE online Algebra 1 course. It includes 46 engaging lessons that use videos and real-world examples, along with interactive elements to develop students’ problem-solving, reasoning, and critical-thinking skills. Since the course's release, some states and districts have chosen not to

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Lucy KosturkoSeptember 28, 2017 0

What's New for October 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

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Tim McBrideSeptember 27, 2017 0

Writing Reviser Add-on + Animated Bulldog = Improved Student Essays

Working to reinforce the virtues extolled in our Writing Reviser, we’ve prepared a series of English language arts videos starring a lovable pit-bull named Muggs—aptly named after a dog owned by the famous American writer James Thurber.  The synergy between the two tools has helped many students learn to write more forcefully,

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Mimi StapletonSeptember 26, 2017 0

Free Online Professional Development to Meet Teachers' Needs

The all-new online professional development offerings from Curriculum Pathways enable teachers to learn about new ideas and resources specific to their discipline areas and grade levels. Equally important, teachers focus on resources that model effective technology integration. This model fills a vital need identified by teachers, the National Schools Boards Association, the Center

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Tim McBrideSeptember 25, 2017 0

Students can Quickly and Easily Document Research with the Writing Reviser

The Byzantine particulars of documenting sources within a research paper and correctly formatting a final Works Cited page have frustrated students and teachers since the invention of papyrus. Worse, struggling to research the proper way to cite research sources steals valuable time from activities central to any writing class: refining the essay’s

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Mimi StapletonSeptember 22, 2017 0

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

This morning I had changua for breakfast. This typical breakfast soup is made with leche (milk), agua (water), cebolla (onion), cilantro, pan (bread) and un huevo tibio (a poached egg). Changua is a common Colombian dish that my parents served often. They are from Bogotá, so we often had other

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Tim McBrideSeptember 19, 2017 0

Writing Reviser: Cut Needless Phrases with a free Google Doc Add-on

Strings of choppy prepositional phrases often cripple student writing—especially when those phrases attempt to compensate for a weak verb, a tactic akin to filling up your radiator as a remedy for running out of gas. Consider this defilement of my first sentence: A common type of failing in writing by

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Analytics | SAS Events | Students & Educators

Larry LaRussoSeptember 18, 2017 0

Addressing the gender gap in analytics

Though I'm more of a marketer than a technologist, I do work at a technology company, which means I'm acutely aware of the well-documented shortage of analytical professionals. But there's another shortage in the field that doesn't get nearly the attention: the dearth of women in analytics. During her Analytics Experience 2017 keynote address, Reshma Saujani highlighted the issue,

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Tim McBrideSeptember 11, 2017 0

Problem Relatives: Google Doc Add-on vs. Wordy and Misplaced Clauses

A simple problem has long prevented students from revising their papers to correct mistakes with relative clauses: they can’t identify those clauses. Writing Reviser eliminates that problem. We highlight all the relative pronouns in an essay and present arrows pointing toward the word to which it relates. Students simply follow

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Tim McBrideSeptember 7, 2017 0

Spot Verbs in Nouns' Clothing: Use Writing Reviser Google Doc Add-on

Too often beginning writers revise their work without a clear sense of purpose. Sadly, that often results in a paper that becomes different rather than better, a process akin to someone blindly twisting and re-twisting a Rubik’s cube, uniformed by a larger strategy. The process can be painful to watch.

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Tim McBrideSeptember 6, 2017 0

Help Students Vary Sentence Length with Writing Reviser Google Doc Add-on

One of the easiest ways to lose a reader is to write a series of sentences with the exact same structure: “See Spot run. Watch him jump. Pet his head.” Compare that juvenile effect to one in which the student purposefully varies her sentence lengths: “Sitting in an expensive restaurant,

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Tim McBrideSeptember 6, 2017 0

Actively Combat Passive Voice with a Google Doc Add-on

“Prefer active voice” may be the single most frequently dispensed injunction to improve writing. Strunk and White, George Orwell, and all student handbooks of the past 50 years extol the virtue of active verbs. But two problems often go unremarked: Students cannot reliably identify passive constructions in their own work.

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Tim McBrideSeptember 5, 2017 0

Track Big-Picture Stats with the Writing Reviser Google Doc Add-on

Open the Statistics feature in the free Writing Reviser Google Doc Add-on, and you’ll see an elaborate but easy-to-read analysis of your entire essay. It’s the writerly equivalent of a blood test report, except that instead of listing your cholesterol level and lipid profile, we diagnose statistics crucial to the revision process.

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Sean RussellSeptember 5, 2017 0

The 6.5 Ingredients of a Mobile Creation Station

The buzz about "maker" spaces has reached epidemic proportions. Schools everywhere are repurposing extra classrooms, renovating computer labs, retooling media centers, and rehabbing teacher lounges to accommodate creative workstations, materials, and tools. That’s fantastic. But what if the school doesn’t have an extra room? Or has an anemic budget? What

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Ralph MooreAugust 30, 2017 0

On Labor Day, Help Students Think about Labor!

Labor Day is somewhat of a lost holiday. We enjoy the long weekend, but its significance is a bit muddled. This is particularly true for students. Essentially, Labor Day is just a Monday off that helps to break up the start of the school year. Curriculum Pathways social studies resources

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Lucy KosturkoAugust 29, 2017 0

New Feature! Saving and Sending Work with Portfolio

There's a new tab in town...meet Portfolio! After several requests from students and educators around the world, we're happy to introduce Portfolio. It allows students to save, organize, and send their work directly from Curriculum Pathways. From the Portfolio tab on user home, you can do the following: View your work.

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Sarah CutlerAugust 28, 2017 0

A First Year Teacher’s Top 10 Tech Resources

"The first year of teaching is the toughest.” After making it through my first year as a high school math teacher, I have a much better understanding of why people always say this. There are so many challenges: adapting to a new environment, staying organized, learning curriculum, making professional connections,

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Lucy KosturkoAugust 25, 2017 0

What's new for Back to School 2017

This summer we've been busy creating new lessons, adding new features, and revamping our professional development offerings. New and Updated Lessons With the help of our Summer Teacher Institute participants, we're thrilled to kick off the school year with several new and updated interactive lessons (all of which, of course,

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips | Students & Educators

Matt ScicchitanoAugust 24, 2017 0

How to prepare for a SAS Certification Exam

I have been working in the field of Professional Certification and Licensure for roughly 10 years. In that time, I've worked with and observed close to 40 IT certification programs and there has been a recurring question I've encountered at each stop. While it is often phrased differently, it means mostly the same

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Rachel NisbetAugust 24, 2017 0

Attention Clever Users: Access Curriculum Pathways Today!

If you're a Clever customer who’d like to use over 1,700 free tools, resources, and apps, you can start by simply going to Curriculum Pathways and clicking on one of the Log In buttons. You'll then see the following screen: After clicking the blue Clever button, you are presented with this screen. As you

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Andrea SantyAugust 22, 2017 0

Help us generate tomorrow’s conservationists

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) invests in education and training to create the next generation of conservation leaders from around the world. These leaders go on to have a powerful influence on the fate of the world’s most biodiverse and vulnerable places. While scores of leaders benefit from WWF’s support, many

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Lucy KosturkoAugust 15, 2017 0

Please vote for our SXSWEdu sessions!

As in years past, the South by Southwest Edu annual conference truly values the opinions of the community. To this end, the conference uses Panel Picker to gather input on what sessions should make it into the final program. The SXSWEdu mission is to drive innovation in everything related to teaching and learning, which

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Mayra PedrazaAugust 14, 2017 0

Learning experience from a real internship

At the SAS UK Office in Marlow we are very fortunate to have a number of interns working here. I’m always amazed at how professional, prepared and just downright smart these students are. I recently asked one of our interns: Josie Comber, who is a student at the University of

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Amy WilkinsonAugust 10, 2017 0

What is coding and why do kids need it?

In June I had the opportunity to attend EdCamp Code at the Friday Institute in Wake County. As the magnet coordinator for a gifted and talented magnet elementary school, I am constantly trying to find new ways to help teachers update our elective offerings. We have offered computer coding and robotics

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Students & Educators | Work & Life at SAS

Fareena QamarAugust 4, 2017 0

What I learned this summer interning at SAS

If I had a dime for every time I heard the word “SAS” during the past nine years of living in Cary, North Carolina, I would probably be a millionaire by now. SAS is a hidden gem located in the heart of Cary, but until you visit the campus, you

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