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Let’s invest in black kids who pursue STEM the way we do black kids on the football field

The Hechinger Report

It’s a prime event to draw attention to black talent in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Investment in black STEM workers and entrepreneurs is not only an investment in the black workforce, it’s an investment in the growth of the economy. And investment in STEM must go beyond the schoolhouse.

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Exploring Design Thinking Micro-credentials in the Classroom

Digital Promise

I learned that it was deeper than simply understanding content: Students had not developed the mindsets or foundational skills necessary to tackle complex problems in STEM. Preliminary research suggests that design thinking improves metacognition in K-12 students, and ultimately improves STEM performance.

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The Key to Fixing the Gender Gap in Math and Science: Boost Women’s Confidence

Digital Promise

The gender gap varies across STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and math. My team’s recent study finds women are 12 percent less likely to earn math-heavy STEM degrees than men. My colleagues and I have studied gender gaps in STEM for several years, examining U.S. Ability Beliefs, Girls, and STEM.

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How to make the upcoming eclipse an incredible STEM lesson

eSchool News

Later this summer, science and STEM teachers will have the opportunity to engage students in a truly unique—and rare—learning opportunity as a total solar eclipse will span portions of the United States for the first time in 38 years. Next page: How to turn the Eclipse into an incredible STEM lesson).

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To attract more blacks and Hispanics to STEM, universities must address racial issues on campus

The Hechinger Report

Students of color studying science, technology, engineering and math (collectively known as STEM) are underrepresented at schools around the country and even though most don’t face overt racism they face a set of challenges that have led to persistent issues of under-representation at the graduate levels and across STEM professions.

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Don’t Rely on Cute Apps and Games to Teach Coding. Turn to Your Students Instead.

Edsurge

Congrats, Mr. Principal, on your middle school’s new STEM curriculum. There’s an outsized focus today on science, technology, engineering and math, known as STEM (or STEAM if you prefer to include “arts”) and for good reason. In 2002, I founded a summer coding camp, SummerTech, located on the campus of Purchase College, SUNY.

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If girls are bad at math, should we blame their mothers?

The Hechinger Report

Related: The biggest hole in the STEM pipeline starts before kindergarten. This study analyzed families who started having kids between 1994 and 2002 and sent them to public schools between 2002 and 2012. Related: The problem with high-stakes testing and women in STEM. Figlio says no. “Parenting is really hard.

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