eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2021

30, 2021 – VHS Learning, a nonprofit empowering schools with the industry’s best teacher-led online learning programs, today announced that schools in New Jersey, North Carolina, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, along with Sierra Leone, are now offering their students access to more than 250 core and elective courses online.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Large school districts in different parts of the United States have now developed systematic ways to increase diverse students’ access to advanced courses, and the districts are also providing other important aspects of an equitable education that prepares the students for 21st century careers. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

VHS Learning’s new partnership with the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) has helped over 100 students from rural schools take Advanced Placement courses that would have been unavailable to them. The partnership enabled the schools to enroll the students in VHS Learning’s AP courses via a NMSI grant program. AP Biology.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. This story also appeared in USA Today Falling off that path can lock students out of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2021

Three Massachusetts schools are the latest to join the hundreds of schools around the world in choosing VHS Learning as an online course provider for their students. Students at participating schools enroll in any VHS Learning course of their choice as long as they meet course prerequisites.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In Nevada, just 4 percent of students who took a career-oriented science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) course in the 2019-20 school year — 88 students total — were Black, even though Black students make up more than 11 percent of the state’s public school enrollment.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Then, they can develop their interest in taking other STEM courses as they continue in middle school and high school. I got to teach a brand new course in our district last school year. I got to teach a brand new course in our district last school year. We had a computer science unit that was built into the course.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

For school counselors, what’s key is that school counselors have the ability to look at the demographics of a school, to look at where students are going in terms of course placement. In my classroom, we talk of course about Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace, who was the world’s first programmer. It’s completely free and very accessible.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It’s also the result of a years-long campaign to identify and promote more students from underrepresented backgrounds into the district’s most challenging math courses. The school district now uses multiple pathways to get more students, especially those from underrepresented groups, into its accelerated courses.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Through its partnership with VHS Learning, the Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA) provides schools throughout the continent with access to professional development. Together, they offer free enrollments in VHS Learning’s Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles course to high school students in rural areas.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

Here are my notes from today’s 2015 Iowa STEM Summit … Welcome , Lt. STEM should be a catalyst for active learning. Launching a STEM Council Seal of Approval for programs (e.g. Over 5,100 applications were submitted for STEM Scale-Up Grants. Numerous STEM externships are available for teachers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

9, 2021 – At the fifth annual CSforALL Summit, VHS Learning announced its plans to further its commitment to expanding student access to computer science education. The longstanding nonprofit revealed its new statewide initiative with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Boston – Nov. About VHS Learning.

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

Positive response to the courses offered by The Virtual High School (VHS Inc.),a The Lincoln Public School Department in Lincoln, Rhode Island, is expanding the number of VHS semester course enrollments available to its students to 120.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

The district enrolls more than 187,000 students in its elementary and secondary schools as well as alternative programs. Offering students apprenticeships, opportunities to earn professional credentials, and access to professional tools and technology are ways to better ensure their experience aligns with related career fields.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2020

The district enrolls more than 187,000 students in its elementary and secondary schools as well as alternative programs. Offering students apprenticeships, opportunities to earn professional credentials, and access to professional tools and technology are ways to better ensure their experience aligns with related career fields.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Secondary trends, found in only a few of the reviewed resources, included: blended learning, dashboards and learning analytics, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. As the conversation continued, Joosten discussed the importance of design in online course development, a primary finding in the scan.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2020

VHS Learning renewed its commitment to expand access to computer science education for all students at the 2020 CSforALL virtual showcase held recently. Technology courses currently offered by VHS Learning include CAD, Video Game Design, Java Programming, Programming in Visual Basic, and Creative Programming with Scratch.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

Yet does it make sense for calculus to have such an influential role in college admission when so few college majors actually require the course? A handful of states — Ohio , Oregon and New Jersey among them — are piloting high school data science courses or adding them to their K-12 math standards.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Harris is well-known as an astronaut, but throughout his career he’s also collected an impressive list of STEM credentials, including an M.D., In response, NMSI runs programs designed to boost the number of STEM teachers, increase student access to AP courses and train existing teachers. I think it can be.

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MindSpark

MAY 26, 2022

STEM and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) have been at the heart of everything we do at MindSpark Learning. Exemplary STEM education operates with an infinite mindset marked by ecosystems that: Iteratively solve authentic , open-ended problems driven by economic needs. That’s why STEM is so important.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

On an ordinary June morning, kids descend on the campus of Auburn University to try science experiments at the college of education’s annual STEM camp. Not to mention the widespread suffering stemming from a virus that’s killed 100,000 Americans. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. By now, you can probably list them by heart.

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MindSpark

APRIL 26, 2023

by Rose Gaylen Teaching Career Literacy in Early Grades: Why it Matters It’s not too early for both primary and secondary students to begin their work-based learning and career exploration journeys. And we need to narrow or even eliminate the opportunity gap and decrease underrepresentation in STEM.

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Digital Promise

JULY 19, 2018

No student (or teacher) leaves their language patterns at the door when they enter a classroom – even classes like math and science, where language is often seen as secondary. One of the biggest challenges is that, in STEM, word problems, questions, texts and directions often contain unfamiliar terms, both technical and nontechnical. “We

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

In addition to online telescope access, this new solution provides elementary through college-level teachers integrated curriculum-based lesson plans that can be used with students and ongoing professional development to help educators easily use the technology. Most schools have microscopes, yet do not have access to telescopes.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2018

STEMpath is a joint effort between multiple organizations, including the nonprofit mindSpark Learning; Couragion; Metropolitan State University; and Colorado Succeeds—which are all geared toward educators interested in pursuing STEM-CS credentials. AP courses aren’t the biggest area of need [for teachers].

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high school students prepare for the Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1 Exam. MOOC uses new AP Physics curriculum, could aid both students and teachers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

The challenge: how students can complete lab work without access to a science lab. But the state also approved college credit for courses completed online. But in the world of science education, the lack of lab access has led educators to seek alternatives. This will turn into a long-term interest, I hope,” he says.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

using the board game "Diplomacy" in sections of their remedial writing courses could possibly combat a lack of student motivation and critical thinking skills. We targeted math skills for STEM majors who want to go into GIS because we found that there was a need to help them remediate,” Crocco says. “A

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techlearning

OCTOBER 29, 2018

as their online course solution for students in the upcoming academic year. Schools expand their local course offerings by incorporating the VHS catalog into their program of studies. Partnering with VHS enables schools to provide courses to students that would otherwise be unavailable. Bo ston – Oct.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 4, 2016

Most do not have access to a high-level laboratory such as the ones used for the winning contestants, creating a high visible barrier of entry to research for the average high school student. The accessibility of the topic allows ANYONE to produce meaningful results and impact the world.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

On December 15, the University of New Hampshire (UNH) will host the finals of the state’s Cyber Robotics Coding Competition (CRCC), being held by the New Hampshire Department of Education (NH DOE) and the Intelitek STEM and CTE Education Foundation ( ISCEF ). The NH CRCC will be held from mid-October to mid-December.

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2017

According to Zane State’s Provost and Chief Academic Officer Richard Woodfield, that can mean students who have not taken AP courses, have lower ACT scores or Accuplacer scores, or otherwise have shown interest in college but lack some preparation efforts. Carving out courses and pathways. On-campus and on-track.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2021

With free financial literacy courses for high school and middle school, social-emotional learning, and digital literacy classes, today we highlight six ways you can help students learn real-world skills. Today’s show features six ideas for courses with this in mind and is sponsored by Everfi. Free Courses Mentioned in the Show.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

“Everyone is saying ‘we are in a digital world,’ so how do we support every student, especially those that might not have WiFi access at home?” We also know that prioritizing underserved students means better literacy tools that support ELL students, which requires more internet access for students.”.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2015

In fact, from 2011 to 2015, government business intelligence company Onvia awarded $1,809,298 in 3D printer and supply contracts to 44 primary, secondary and higher education institutions and school districts across the United States. Featured on eSchool News Resource STEM Top News 3D printers construction engineering maker movement'

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2016

And though interest in computer science education, and access to it, is growing, the report found that not enough students are taking high-quality computer science classes at the high school and university levels. Establish more STEM-intensive public charter high schools. Establish more STEM-intensive public charter high schools.

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