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Analytics | Students & Educators

Mark FrankishDecember 11, 2017 0

Mentors, data science and learning

What is the ideal training and development programme for data scientists? Discuss. This ‘exam question’ crops up time and time again in discussions with students, academics, data scientists, and across the business community. This is in large part because in a fast-moving field like data science, the quality of training

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Students & Educators

Scott McQuigganDecember 11, 2017 0

What an Hour of Code Looks Like in 2017

When Andy Williams first sang "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," I don't think he had visions of Computer Science Education Week and millions of students completing an Hour of Code. He may not even have known that this "time of the year" includes Grace Hopper's birthday. But what a wonderful time it's

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Students & Educators

Scott McQuigganDecember 9, 2017 0

Bugg Report: Coding in Science with Loops during CSEdWeek

This week we are immersing computer science across the elementary curriculum at Bugg Elementary in Raleigh, NC. Each day we will be teaching new and existing lesson ideas that engage students in their regular classroom content areas with a coding twist. Students will use CodeSnaps to explore their mastery of

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Students & Educators

Scott McQuigganDecember 8, 2017 0

Bugg Report: Coding in English Language Arts during CSEdWeek

This week we are immersing computer science across the elementary curriculum at Bugg Elementary in Raleigh, NC. Each day we will be teaching new and existing lesson ideas that engage students in their regular classroom content areas with a coding twist. Students will use CodeSnaps to explore their mastery of

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Students & Educators

Scott McQuigganDecember 7, 2017 0

Bugg Report: Coding in Math during CSEdWeek

This week we are immersing computer science across the elementary curriculum at Bugg Elementary in Raleigh, NC. Each day we will be teaching new and existing lesson ideas that engage students in their regular classroom content areas with a coding twist. Students will use CodeSnaps to explore their mastery of

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Students & Educators

Scott McQuigganDecember 6, 2017 0

Bugg Report: Coding in Spanish Language Learning during CSEdWeek

This week we are immersing computer science across the elementary curriculum at Bugg Elementary in Raleigh, NC. Each day we will be teaching new and existing lesson ideas that engage students in their regular classroom content areas with a coding twist. Students will use CodeSnaps to explore their mastery of

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Students & Educators

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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Students & Educators

Scott McQuigganDecember 5, 2017 0

Bugg Report: Coding in Music during CSEdWeek

This week we are immersing computer science across the elementary curriculum at Bugg Elementary in Raleigh, NC. Each day we will be teaching new and existing lesson ideas that engage students in their regular classroom content areas with a coding twist. Students will use CodeSnaps to explore their mastery of

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Advanced Analytics | Students & Educators

Lucy BiasiDecember 5, 2017 0

Employability: how will changes to the world of work change the skills students need?

We already know that work and workplaces are changing. But what do these changes mean for the skills that students should be developing to improve their employability? Previous generations had a simple recipe for success in their jobs: They chose a profession, acquired foundational knowledge and slowly became an expert

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Students & Educators

Jessica PeacockNovember 29, 2017 0

3 Things Your Cooperating Teacher Forgot to Share

As a student teacher, I adored my cooperating teacher. Anyone could tell that she loved teaching and spent a lot of time perfecting her craft. However, when it came time for me to construct my own classroom, I found myself very, very overwhelmed. What anchor charts do I need? Who

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Students & Educators

Staci LyonNovember 29, 2017 0

Teaching Middle School Math? Need Data Analysis/Statistics Resources?

A new Star Wars movie debuts in just a few weeks! Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be the next chapter in the saga we’ve all come to love. The first film, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, debuted in 1977. So, math teachers, how old were you when that

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Students & Educators

Terry HardisonNovember 28, 2017 0

Supporting Competency-Based Writing

It goes by many names. Proficiency-based education, mastery-based education, standards-based education, and—perhaps the most commonly used appellation these days—competency-based education. Whatever name you know it by, you’ve probably noticed that schools at every level are increasingly making the transition from a seat-time system of grade levels and courses to one

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Students & Educators

Nadja YoungNovember 27, 2017 0

Teaching lessons learned from a falconer

You never know where you’ll see great teaching in action. That was made abundantly clear to me when my family ventured to rural Lillington, North Carolina to learn about falconry, civilization’s oldest form of hunting. We are not hunters ourselves, but my husband is fascinated by birds of prey and

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Education | Government

SAS Events | Students & Educators | Work & Life at SAS

Becky GraebeNovember 21, 2017 0

Temple Grandin: 'We need different kinds of minds working together'

Fifth annual STEM Showcase draws 350 students Temple Grandin, a prominent author and speaker on autism and animal behavior, and professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, was shocked this past August to see how many students on her college campus seemed oblivious to the solar eclipse – despite

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Learn SAS | Students & Educators

Sharon JonesNovember 20, 2017 0

Using SAS to Help Girl Scouts Grow Cookie Sales!

Motivating students is one of the major challenges teachers and student advocates face on a daily basis and encouraging students to be interested in analytics is a whole other mountain to climb, or is it? What motivates students? Often we make assumptions that students are not motivated or are not

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Students & Educators

Markus GrauNovember 14, 2017 0

SAS Analytics Zertifikat für weitere 51 Studenten in der Schweiz

SAS Applied Business Analytics - Im Rahmen ihrer Ausbildung zum Bachelor Wirtschaftsinformatik erhielten dieses Jahr weitere 51 Studenten an der SML der ZHAW (Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften) das begehrte Zertifikat SAS Applied Business Analytics. Dieses wird von SAS an Studenten vergeben, welche einen umfassenden Anforderungskatalog an Aufgaben – unter anderem

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Students & Educators

Molly FarrowNovember 10, 2017 0

Expand the Vision: Cook up Some Primary-Source Analysis Activities with Sizzle

Hey NCSS 2017 attendees! Don't let STEM classes have all the fun. It is time to add some sizzle to the challenging critical thinking task outlined in the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards. Explore: Primary Sources offers a collection of over 250 FREE text and audio resources

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Students & Educators

Ralph MooreNovember 8, 2017 0

Show with Code: Integrate Coding in Core Curriculum

Are you ready to code in your ELA, math, science, and social studies classes? We now have lessons to support coding across the curriculum. Our new Show with Code series challenges students to demonstrate mastery of certain concepts through CodeSnaps coding activities. The initial lessons in the series include these titles and disciplines: Show with

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Students & Educators | Work & Life at SAS

Erin ArizziNovember 6, 2017 0

Building the STEM pipeline one story at a time

When she was a little girl, SAS Senior User Experience Designer Khaliah Cothran’s parents gave her a creativity building set. She fell in love with building models of all kinds, from cars and trains to merry-go-rounds. And just like that, an engineer was born. A few years later, Cothran happened

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Students & Educators

Molly FarrowOctober 30, 2017 0

Celebrate Bridging the Digital Equity Gap

The world’s largest and most comprehensive social studies professional development conference is NCSS. This year's gathering of teaching professionals from across the country offers a perfect opportunity to showcase the latest FREE online social studies lessons from Curriculum Pathways. It offers 600+ free social studies tools and resources, each addressing the enhanced rigor and critical

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Students & Educators

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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Students & Educators

LeeEllen HarmerOctober 20, 2017 0

Guest Teacher Post: How I Increased Student Engagement

Editor's Note: Susan Lyons teaches social studies at McKinley Middle School in Saint Albans, West Virginia. In this guest post, Susan describes how she uses Curriculum Pathways in her 1:1 iPad classroom. This is the third in a series of blog posts written by West Virginia educators sharing how they have integrated digital content in their

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Students & Educators

Lucy KosturkoOctober 19, 2017 0

Win a Sphero SPRK+ for your classroom!

Have a great lesson idea for using Sphero and CodeSnaps in your classroom? Already using our CodeSnaps lessons and want to show your Sphero in action? Everyone who shares their idea or lesson in action on Twitter using #CodeSnapsGiveaway will be entered to win a Sphero SPRK+. We'll draw one

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Students & Educators

Staci LyonOctober 18, 2017 0

The most-asked math question: When will I ever use this?

What a powerful question! And it's one commonly posed to math teachers all over the world. Need help with an answer? Here are a few to consider. Suppose you're asked the question about a piecewise function. Let's start with the standard definition: "a combination of two or more functions, each represented

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Students & Educators

LeeEllen HarmerOctober 18, 2017 0

Guest Teacher Post: Developing Critical-Thinking Skills with Adaptive Lessons

Editor's Note: Justin Allar teaches social studies at Clay-Battelle Middle/High School in Blackville, West Virginia. In this guest post, he describes how Curriculum Pathways resources meet the critical-thinking needs of his social studies students. This is the second in a series of blog posts written by West Virginia educators sharing how they have integrated digital content

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Students & Educators

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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Students & Educators

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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Students & Educators

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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Students & Educators

Anabel Gutierrez

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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Education | Government

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