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With investment, STEM surges in Colorado

eSchool News

STEM education took center stage at the Colorado Convention Center, where Lockheed Martin announced an $800,000 STEM investment in partnership with Project Lead The Way and the Denver Public Schools Foundation to expand STEM programming for Denver Public Schools (DPS) students. million in STEM talent by 2020 in the U.S.,

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Can After-School Programs Help Children Recover From the Pandemic?

Edsurge

In Afterschool Alliance’s “America After 3PM” report released last year, the organization found that between 2014 and 2020, participation in after-school programming decreased and barriers to participation and unmet demand grew. They shifted all of their programming online, which included visual arts, media and STEM offerings.

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mindSpark Learning Impacts Record Number of Eductors Amid COVID-19 with 207% Rise in Professional Learning Participants

eSchool News

Since March 2020, MindSpark has impacted more than 10,000 educators across 1,800 schools and districts around the world. I’m also piloting a 6-week program with an elementary leadership club using the tools I’ve learned from mindSpark Learning.”. About mindSpark Learning.

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Virtual Reality and Learning Mini-Conference on March 29th: Accepted Sessions (and Keynotes) Announcement!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Prior to her time in California, Jones held positions in Nevada libraries for 25 years, including serving as the Carson City Library Director, the Elko-LanderEureka County Library System Director and Youth Services Coordinator, and Nevada State Librarian and Administrator of the State Library and Archives from 2000-2007. Get Your Free!

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. They knew not all their children were especially brilliant — they just wanted to get into the best elementary school in the city. Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report.

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Next Week - "Virtual Reality and Learning" Mini-Conference on Tuesday, March 29th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Prior to her time in California, Jones held positions in Nevada libraries for 25 years, including serving as the Carson City Library Director, the Elko-LanderEureka County Library System Director and Youth Services Coordinator, and Nevada State Librarian and Administrator of the State Library and Archives from 2000-2007. Get Your Free!

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Schedule Announced for Virtual Reality and Learning Mini-Conference on March 29th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Prior to her time in California, Jones held positions in Nevada libraries for 25 years, including serving as the Carson City Library Director, the Elko-LanderEureka County Library System Director and Youth Services Coordinator, and Nevada State Librarian and Administrator of the State Library and Archives from 2000-2007. Get Your Free!