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Articles by Tim Newcomb

Tim Newcomb is a sports, education, and pop culture writer based out of Washington state. He is the author of the book “STEM in Sports: Engineering,” published by Mason Crest, and a father to three girls.

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Articles by Tim Newcomb

Teacher Job-Search App Focuses on Diversity in Education

Virtual Solution to a Math Emergency at a Rural Wyoming School

Big Spark: Opening the World of STEM for Girls in New Orleans

Free SAT Boot Camp & Tutoring Platform Is Getting Noticed by States, Colleges

Nonprofit Brings Businesses to Life in the Classroom — to the Tune of 400G

Inside GameCon: New Convention Celebrates ‘Gameschooling’ & Making Learning Fun

With an Online Community & Summer Camp, Scratch Brings Coding to 42 Million Kids

North Dakota’s Summer of STEM Is Attacking Learning Loss Head-On

AI-Powered Tutor Filling COVID Need for Students and Teachers

Zoom-Based Program Links Young Students With One-on-One Reading Tutors — Right in Their Own Classrooms

Ex-Teacher’s Mission: Making Sure Ed Tech Really Works in the Classroom￼

Award-Winning App Brings Native American Culture to Life

Young Entrepreneurs: State Contest Catapults HS Team to $1 Million Valuation

Reading, Writing and ... R&D? How Students Helped Logitech Beta-Test New Stylus

The Next Big Thing in Education Technology for 2022 — and Beyond

Breaking Taboos & Barriers to Swimming, Science

New Digital SEL Tool Helps Teachers, Students Connect

$165K in Grants Bring STEM Education to Underserved Kids

Camp Invention Hands-on Summer STEM Program Goes Virtual

Online STEM Summer Bootcamps Target COVID Learning Loss

The Changing Face of Ed Tech Amid the Pandemic

Online SEL Platform Offers One-on-One Counseling for K-12 Students

SXSW EDU Launch Winner Inspirit Creates Interactive 3D Science Models

Equal Access to Tutoring for K-12 Students Nationwide

Virtual Reality for All Students — Wherever They're Learning

HS Senior’s Research on COVID in High-Needs Areas Adopted by Congressional Coronavirus Task Force — & Puts Her in the Running for Top Science Contest Prize

With Income Share Agreements Instead of Student Loans, Purdue University Pioneered Program That ‘Makes School Available to Those Who Want to Come’

Amira Literacy Uses Artificial Intelligence to Analyze and Support K-3 Students’ Reading Skills, Opens Up Greater At-Home Learning Options

App That Matches Students With Community Service Takes a Virtual Pivot During Pandemic & Opens Up Fresh Opportunities

From Blue Light Glasses & Noise-Canceling Earphones to Tablets & Masks for Kids, a New World of Student Technology in the Age of COVID

This 12-Year-Old Won Nation’s Largest Middle School Science Contest for Her Study of Color, Vision and the Human Brain — and $25,000

What Would Schools Be Like If They Were More Like Children’s Museums? Designers of New Pittsburgh K-6 School Are Finding Out

Minecraft: Education Edition Using In-Game Virtual Worlds to Teach SEL Skills, Expand Girls’ & MS Students’ Interest in STEM During Pandemic

Educators Spend $13 Billion a Year on Ed Tech for K-12 Classrooms. EdTech Genome Project Is Looking to Help Them Make Better Choices

Labster Brings Virtual Laboratories — and Coronavirus Research — to K-12 Students

Reopening Classrooms With ‘Equity by Design’: How One NYC School Network Partnered With Architects and Designers on a Pandemic Plan That Prioritizes the Most Vulnerable Students

Schools Tell Ed Tech Leader They Expect Lots More Blended, Hybrid Learning in the Fall. What This Means for Teachers and Students

One-Way Hallways, See-Through Partitions, Handwashing Stations & Lunch in Class — Architects’ Models for Socially Distanced Schools

L.A. District & Snapchat Created a Celebrity Book Club for Students. More Online Engagement Is in the Works

Football’s San Francisco 49ers Turn Their Stadium STEAM Lab Into a Digital Playbook for At-Home Learning

These Florida Tech Team Teens Are Now the Genius Bar for Their Middle School’s Teachers and Students During Remote Learning

WATCH: In This Age of Social Distancing, Class of 2020 Graduations Go Virtual, Mobile and Robotic

Barack Obama, LeBron James, the Jonas Brothers Headline Nationally Simulcast HS ‘Graduate Together’ Event on Saturday Evening

Technology Shortage Hits Schools: As Remote Learning Jolts Demand for Chromebooks and iPads, Districts Warn Communities’ Needed Supplies Could Take Months

From Coding and Origami for Robots to Electrical Circuits and Animation, 9 Online Sources That Bring Hands-On Technical Learning Home

‘Why Do I Want Digital Experiences for My Kids If It Looks Like This?’ — Experts Fear Parent Backlash Against Online Learning

Current Events, Science, Politics — National Geographic Opens Up Learn-at-Home Resources for Grades K-12. 2 Students Check Them Out

Need Help Sorting Through the Avalanche of Online Resources for Kids Who Are Now Learning at Home? 11 Sites for Parents to Look At

With Coronavirus Closing Their School, Massachusetts Engineering College Seniors Hold Joyous, Last-Minute ‘Fauxmencement’ Exercises

Rat Brains, Ants & Underwater Robotics: Pilot Program Brings Live Virtual Reality STEM Education to Rural North Carolina Students

Meet the Etsy of Education: Online Marketplace Lets Teachers Buy — and Sell — Millions of Classroom Materials and Lessons

Remote-Controlled High-Tech Microscope Brings Cutting-Edge Science to Tennessee HS. And Now, More Underserved Schools Are Getting In on It

Middle School Marvel: For Her Science Project, This 14-Year-Old Invented a Way to Eliminate a Car’s Blind Spot. Now She’s Won $25,000 — and Volvo Is Intrigued

From Artificial Intelligence to Augmented Reality to Peer-to-Peer Learning, 7 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2020

Equity Maps App Tracks Student Discussions for Better Understanding of Dialogue Skills, Conversation Flow and Inclusion

For 30 Million Teachers, Coaches, Parents & Students, Remind Enables Secure 2-Way Communication in 6 Languages. It Delivers Academic Content, Too

CodeMonkey’s Banana Quest Game Gives Learning Coding a Certain Appeal for Students and Teachers

Guild Education Links Employers, Universities and Employees to Make Additional Schooling a Company Benefit for Workers

Building a Smarter (and Cheaper) School Bus System: How a Boston-MIT Partnership Led to New Routes That Are 20% More Efficient and Saved the District $5 Million

Kindi, the Uber of English Reading, Links Syrian Refugee Students to Language Pals — & American Schools Are Getting In on the Act

From Teaching Architecture Through ‘Minecraft’ to Giving Spanish Lessons via Taylor Swift Lyrics, Outschool Is ‘the Netflix of Learning’

New LiftEd App Puts Special Education Data to Work for Teachers, Specialists, Therapists, Parents and Students

AdmitHub: How Conversations With a Chatbot Are Helping Students Get Into College — and Then Stay Enrolled

As Both College Student and Entrepreneur, Jessica Sun Is Instilling Confidence in the Thousands of Kids at Her Debate Camp — and in Herself

CareerVillage Offers Underserved High Schoolers a Crowdsourced Portal for Career Advice — and Now, Google Wants to Help It Grow

Whether Through Texts or Apps, Schools Are Using Technology to Get the Message Out to Students’ Families

Hands-On AP Computer Science Principles Course Has Broad Appeal for Diverse Groups of Students — and Is Changing How They See Themselves

74 Interview: NovoEd’s Andrew Linford on Blockchain, the Sharing Economy, Student Feedback in the Classroom & Shifting Teacher Mindset

Possip Text-Messaging Service Enables Easy Two-Way Communications Between Families and Schools

CottageClass: A Microschool Hub That Connects Families With Small-Scale Teachers — & Takes Care of the Business Side

Meet Iowa’s Waukee Innovation & Learning Center, the High School That Apple’s CEO Called ‘a Model for the Country’

New Book Helps Teachers Unlock Secrets of Virtual and Augmented Reality With Lessons, Apps, and Strategies for the Classroom

With Goal of Hiring 100,000 STEM Teachers in Sight, 100Kin10 Asks: Why Is It So Hard to Find and Keep Great Teachers in STEM?

A New Way to Teach Kids About Money — and Debt: How the Award-Winning CreditStacker App Has Turned Financial Literacy Into a Popular Game

FIRST Robotics: How an Afterschool STEM Program That’s Grown to Inspire More Than 530,000 Students a Year Is Now Being Used to Shape Curriculum in the Classroom

New App to Help Disadvantaged High Schoolers Pick the Right College — and Know What to Expect When They Get There

Why a School’s Floor Plan Is So Important: New Research Shows That 78 Feet Can Make All the Difference in Helping Teachers Collaborate With Struggling Colleagues

After the Tornado, an Innovation in School Design: How Joplin’s Rebuilt High School Is Protecting Students From Mother Nature — and Peer Conflict

Ex-Teacher’s Mission: Making Sure Ed Tech Really Works in the Classroom