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How Silicon Valley schools are trying to boost lower-income students into high-tech jobs

The Hechinger Report

The day after the launch, for example, Espino and classmate Jaime Sanchez were learning Python programming through Udacity, an online education platform that offers “nanodegrees.” For example, the Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s summer program, Elevate Math, is raising algebra readiness, a critical first step on the STEM success track.

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How to Differentiate Instruction in Elementary Math

The CoolCatTeacher

Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development. Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development where she served as Chair of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy, and Co-Director of the University’s Institutes on Academic Diversity.

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How Internships Connect First Generation College Bound Students to STEM Careers

MindShift

This story on STEM education was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about higher education. However, educators realize that getting students on track academically isn’t enough. SAN JOSE, Calif. —

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The Progression of our Lower School Technology Integration

Tech Helpful

This is the progression of technology integration at CCS lower school since I came on staff in January of 2004 as a part-time related arts computer teacher. Mobile technology was becoming more pronounced in the educational arena and I was asked “can we do without a lab?” We've come a long way baby!

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A Glimpse Into the Playful World of Seymour Papert

Edsurge

My mentor and collaborator, Seymour Papert, was a brilliant mathematician, a distinguished computer scientist, an innovative learning theorist, a humanitarian and a visionary for technology-based education change to empower every children. Constructionism. Playful Learning and Hard Fun.

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How One Teacher Founded A Whole New High School

EdNews Daily

Scott Heister, an engineering and physics teacher, began mentoring his high school’s FIRST Robotics Competition team in his home state of Michigan 19 years ago. The Grizzly Robotics team acts as a safe haven for Heister’s students and has inspired positive transformations. tweet_box]. Two major factors come to mind.

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Why Design Thinking Isn't Just for Techies

Graphite Blog

" Founded in 2004 by a few Stanford professors including faculty director David Kelley , the d.School offers courses to all students at Stanford, no matter their major. They also have made their approach available to a variety of industries, including education.