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A Surprising Approach to Science Labs for Online Students Boosts Access to STEM Fields

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But ASU has an explicit mission to help more people access higher education — including, Austin says, students from low-income families and students from underrepresented minority groups. Yet how we devised the traditional education system, they can’t be accepted the way they are. Online education opens the door to be inclusive.

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PROOF POINTS: It’s easier and easier to get an A in math

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This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The latest warning sign comes from college admissions test maker ACT, which compared students’ ACT test scores with their self-reported high school grades between 2010 and 2022. A’s on the rise Percentage of ACT test takers with a grade point average of A, B, or C from 2010 to 2022 by subject.

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YouScience Releases Career Insights Report on Women, STEM, and the Talent Shortage

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AMERICAN FORK, Utah, March 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — YouScience , a leader in aptitude-based assessments, personalized career guidance, and industry-recognized certifications that support college and career success, today announced the release of a new national report, Career Insights: Women, STEM, and the Talent Shortage.

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When Education Giants Stumbled and Data Ruled

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This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Computers were still housed in labs or on carts, but one-to-one computing and internet accessibility were hot topics. They were the most powerful companies in education. The largest companies in 2010 were the textbook providers.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

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Whittenberg, a public elementary school in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, that focuses on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in its curriculum. Whittenberg has been around since 2010, when Greenville County Schools opened it as a magnet school in an area that is historically low-income and majority Black.

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Two Great Academic Writing Cheat Sheets for Student Researchers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For instance, “Mewburn (2010) argues…” is kinder than “Mewburn (2010) asserts…” (a scholar who asserts is not really a scholar at all). Click on this link to access, download and print the original cheat sheet. This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

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Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM. STEM gives me challenges to think about.

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