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Empowering girls with STEM education to build tomorrow’s tech industry

eSchool News

Some progress has been made–for example, the number of women earning science and engineering bachelor’s degrees increased by 34 percent between 2011 and 2020–yet there’s still much ground to be made up. As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, the need to address this gap is becoming vital.

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MasteryConnect Cuts 30 Percent of Staff, Brings Co-Founder Mick Hewitt Back as CEO

Edsurge

The layoffs ranged from junior-level employees to the very top: Cory Reid, who joined in April 2011 and was named CEO in June 2014, is out. MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. Before these cuts, MasteryConnect had grown at a steady clip.

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Open letter to teachers who feel trapped in racist schools

The Hechinger Report

In 2011, South Carolina established academic standards for what students should learn in social studies classes, including “the economic necessity of slave labor.”. We plant the seeds of racism when all children don’t learn black history, which is a question of policy about state academic standards.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

And we're serving more and more students who are just learning English. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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Tighter standards put college-level courses at risk

eSchool News

Advanced high school courses could be at risk under new standards. Indiana state education officials are working on a plan to address tighter academic standards for those teaching Indiana high school classes in which students also can earn college credit. “This will have a detrimental effect on dual credit in our state.”

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Seeking advantage, colleges are increasingly admitting students as sophomores

The Hechinger Report

million fewer college students in the spring semester just ended than at the last peak in 2011, the National Student Clearinghouse reports. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Most require that the students meet minimum academic standards and earn a predetermined number of credits. Choose as many as you like.

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A National Innovation Symposium To Explore New School Models

TeachThought - Learn better.

The Mind Trust created its Charter School Incubator in 2011 to launch or expand excellent public charter schools in Indianapolis. In exchange for this freedom, the schools are held to the highest academic standards.