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Digital Civics: How IEA Spyglass Students are Advocating for Positive Change

August 24, 2020

By Nicole Endacott, Senior Program Coordinator How we use technology is more important than ever these days – our education, advocacy, work and social lives are primarily limited to online settings. In light of…

Reflections on Teaching This Summer: Slowing Down and Observing Carefully

August 17, 2020

By Lucy Blagg Earlier this year, I read a book called Slow Looking by Shari Tishman. Tishman is a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education whose research “focuses on the development of…

Virtual Learning Lab: Creative Problem Solving III – Working Backwards

August 12, 2020

Creative Problem Solving III – Working Backwards In this video, 2023 CDB Scholar Arul Kolla continues the series of videos about creative problem solving by talking about working backward. Sometimes, we’re given the end…

On Kindness: Reflections from Virtual Yunasa

August 10, 2020

By Qiao Li, IEA Program Coordinator “Asking if Yunasa is worth it is like asking if a diamond sparkles. This camp has given me so much and I truly hope that I can give…

Virtual Learning Lab: Japanese History, Lecture 1, Early and Feudal Japan

August 6, 2020

This series of videos, presented by Umar Ahmed Badami (CDB 2021 and CEO of Brilliants, a tutoring organization dedicated to helping underrepresented minorities) will discuss the history and cultural evolution of Japan, from ancient…

A Spyglass Sit-In

August 4, 2020

By Jennifer de la Haye This week, I had an opportunity to observe a session of Spyglass, IEA’s new distance learning program that brings professionals and students together via Zoom for specialized workshops. This…

Virtual Learning Lab: Creative Problem Solving II – Changing Your Point of View

July 24, 2020

Creative Problem Solving II – Changing Your Point of View In this video, 2023 CDB Scholar Arul Kolla continues the series of videos about creative problem solving by talking about changing your point of…

Virtual Learning Lab: Mathematical Poetry – Topology

July 23, 2020

Mathematical Poetry – Topology This is the third part of a series of new poetry workshops, pairing up math and poetry. In this video, Cassidy Kao will introduce the basic concept of Topology, teach…

Finding Self-Kindness: An Interview with Yunasa Fellow Dan Tichenor

July 20, 2020

By Jennifer De La Haye Dan Tichenor is a beloved Yunasa Fellow and friend of IEA. During our virtual Yunasa West session, Dan led a workshop about self-kindness, a topic that seems especially…

Summer Reads 2020 for Kids, Young Adults and Adults

July 13, 2020

By Amber McClarin, IEA Enrollment Coordinator Summer plans may not be shaping up the way we had imagined, but that doesn’t mean that traveling to new and exciting places are off the table. There…

Virtual Learning Lab: Creative Problem Solving 1, Unusual Patterns

July 10, 2020

Creative Problem Solving It seems that everyone today talks about creative problem-solving. Curriculum guides list problem-solving skills as key objectives at all levels, and professional organizations recommend that creative problem solving becomes the focus…

Virtual Learning Lab: Mathematical Poetry – Fractals by Cassidy Kao

June 23, 2020

This is the second part of a series of new poetry workshops, pairing up math and poetry. In this video, Cassidy Kao will introduce basic fractals and teach students to create their own fractal…

Enhance your summer experience with engaging virtual programs from the Institute for Educational Advancement

June 16, 2020

By Ashley Prior, Marketing and Communications Coordinator This summer’s ever-changing landscape provides children and youth of all ages an opportunity to participate in fun, challenging learning through IEA’s virtual programs. When the Institute for…

Listening, Learning and Taking Action for Social Justice

June 11, 2020

Dear IEA Families, The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) is deeply saddened by the most recent examples of the horrific injustice that has plagued our nation’s Black community for far too long. We join communities around…

Virtual Learning Lab: Special Relativity, Part 3, Relativistic Effects and Paradoxes!

June 8, 2020

Physics seems to work well on human scales, but why does classical physics seem to break at the largest and smallest ones? This series of videos, presented by Umar Ahmed Badami (CDB 2021 and…

Preview Patsy Kumekawa’s New Book with Unreleased Chapter “Lessons”

May 26, 2020

Patsy Kumekawa and her husband Michael are well known in the gifted community through their organization, Scholar Search Associates. For several years, IEA has partnered with Scholar Search to represent our organization and programs…

Virtual Learning Lab: Special Relativity, Part 2: Math Time!

May 15, 2020

Physics seems to work well on human scales, but why does classical physics seem to break at the largest and smallest ones? This series of videos, presented by Umar Ahmed Badami (CDB 2021 and…

Academy Student Showcase: Spring 2020

May 12, 2020

By Nicole Endacott, Program Coordinator Each person on the Academy team misses our extraordinary students! I, for one, am looking forward to being back in person to check progress on Rubik’s Cube solving times,…

Teacher Appreciation Week: Thank You Academy Spring Teachers!

May 5, 2020

By Alexis Hopper, Program Coordinator In celebration and in honor of Teacher Appreciation week, I’d like to take this opportunity to send a very special thank you to each of our Spring Academy instructors….

Learning in the Time of COVID

April 27, 2020

By Jennifer De La Haye “The word ‘education’ comes from the Latin ‘educere’= e (out of) + ducere (to draw). Education is not just about putting information in. We have forgotten that it,…

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