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This Month at DE: September

Discovery Education

Congress passed a law to commemorate the day as “Citizenship Day” in 1952, and a new law renamed the holiday “Constitution Day” in 2004. An Interactive STEM Learning Adventure on September 22! On September 17, 1787, delegates from the newly-formed states signed the Constitution of the United States. Learn More.

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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. The launch marked the latest effort by the 5-year-old charter school, to expose students to the skills they’ll need to access high-tech jobs. Read more about higher education.

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Grad school is changing by race, nationality, gender, and discipline

Bryan Alexander

The Council of Graduate Schools issued a new report looking at trends for 2004-2014, offering a fine glimpse into where things have gone, and hints about the future ( pdf ). Disciplines STEM fields, education, and business grew, while the social science and humanities aren’t doing well, generally. at the doctoral-level.”

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

The Hechinger Report

The launch marked the latest effort by the 5-year-old charter school, to expose students to the skills they’ll need to access high-tech jobs. 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. No physics in high school.

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Using Learning Science to Create Action on Equity

edWeb.net

Charoscar Coleman earned a dual degree in economics and business from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in secondary education from The George Washington University, and a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Maryland College Park. at Fordham University.

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New early-college high school to pair students with neuroscientists

The Hechinger Report

Particularly when these schools serve low-income teens and others who are underrepresented on college campuses, they represent a powerful way to increase college access and success, generally at no cost to students. And in partnerships with local businesses, or in FAU’s case, researchers, they can fast-track students’ careers.

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Five Compelling Reasons For Teaching Spatial Reasoning To Young Children

MindShift

There are numerous research studies that demonstrate the relationship between spatial reasoning and what we typically think of as mathematical ability. For example, one research study found that the quality of block play at four years of age was a predictor of high school mathematics achievement (Wolfgang et al.,

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