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Arts-based Teaching in Elementary Schools

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The ultimate goal is for elementary teachers to enter and continue in the profession with the ability to effectively teach integrated lessons that incorporate multiple subject areas and the arts, including STEM aspects. From STEM to STEAM: Using brain-compatible strategies to integrate the arts. Why Arts-based Teaching? and Pilecki, T.

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QS World University Rankings 2018: The Global Trends

EdNews Daily

The 2018 QS World University Rankings are the largest guide to global higher education performance that QS, a London-based higher education think-tank, has produced since its inaugural edition of 2004. The Rise of STEM Institutions. The ascendancy of STEM-intensive institutions is visible throughout the tables.

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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. Then, tune in on HAUL!

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A New Social Science? Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

TeachThought - Learn better.

Statistics Outgrows All Other STEM Fields From 2010-2013. The ASA analyzed data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on 160 STEM bachelor’s degree categories granted by U.S. FASTEST-GROWING STEM UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES 2010–2013. From a press release. public and nonprofit colleges and universities.

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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. 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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Gifted classes may not help talented students move ahead faster

The Hechinger Report

In other words, smart third graders, those who tend to be a couple grade levels ahead, are largely studying the same third-grade topics that their supposedly “non-gifted” classmates are learning. The researchers did not disclose the names of the three states they studied but said they were located in the South and Midwest.

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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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