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Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing

ViewSonic Education

Between 2018 and 2019 the number of leagues that facilitate esports in schools nearly doubled. In 2018, the Pew Research Center reported that 97% of teen boys and 83% of teen girls played video games. A 2003 analysis of 15 cases of school shooters found all but two suffered from social rejection. STEM careers.

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Discovery Education Acquires Mystery Science in $140 Million Deal

Edsurge

Discovery Education was formed in 2003 as a division of its then-parent company Discovery Communications, known for its broadcast television programs. In February 2018, private equity firm Francisco Partners invested $120 million to acquire a controlling stake in Discovery Education.

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Kelly Educational Staffing® and iteach® Announce Partnership

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and DENTON, Texas (October 9, 2018) – Kelly Educational Staffing ® (KES®), the nation’s leading provider of educational staffing, today announced a strategic partnership with iteach ® , a premier teacher certification program. Imagine the positive impact a former engineer could make teaching a STEM-related subject to middle school students.

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As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

The Hechinger Report

Before the pandemic, the number of Black families homeschooling was rising swiftly, doubling between 2003 and 2018. Principal Alice Hom speaking to parents and theater club students at P.S. 124 in 2018. Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, co-founder of the education activism coalition Racial Justice NOW! Kids are scared.”

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How Harry Potter Has Brought Magic To Classrooms For More Than 20 Years

MindShift

The series had a steady presence on this list and even topped it at times, through 2003. She says all of the pushback she has gotten stems from the theme of witchcraft in the books. Copyright 2018 NPR. A year after the first book’s U.S. Parents in many states tried to push school boards and districts to ban the books.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

He added that the number of students graduating with majors in STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – has doubled since the introduction of predictive analytics. But some STEM majors are tougher than others. Low-income students who are the first in their families to attend college have “benefited the most,” he said.

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How to build an engineer: Start young

The Hechinger Report

Some, like the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program , have been inordinately successful at guiding underrepresented students, including many young women, from middle school algebra through to a college degree in a STEM subject. Related: Alaska Native students pursue STEM with great success. Scientific American, August 2018.

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