"Symbiosis" is a word that few people would expect to hear a 3-year-old say, much less understand. At GEMS World Academy Chicago, an entire preschool...
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Technology has the potential to spark fundamental change in how students learn and how teachers teach.
As the U.S. Department of...
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This post was written by Johanna Schooley, librarian at GEMS World Academy Chicago.
Gone are the days when the only educational connections/links...
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Walk into the Design & Innovation Lab at GEMS World Academy Chicago, and you'll likely find yourself gripped by the desire to make something.
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Parents and educators can find it challenging to get children of all ages motivated and excited about reading, especially in the digital age. A...
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Every year, global finance company Bloomberg conducts an exhaustive survey of recruiters to find out what skills are most in demand by employers, and...
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A group of teachers from GEMS World Academy Chicago recently visited Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab, which deploys robotics in an effort to...
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GEMS Middle School math teacher Richard Getzel writes this blog post about how the use of games in math class can help students master math concepts...
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For years, the use of robotics in science and math lessons has been heralded as a way to bring an innovative and exciting teaching model to the...
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