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littleBits Teams Up with National PTA to Further Engage Parents and Kids in STEM

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littleBits , the inventor of the electronic building block, today announced a partnership and new grant program with National PTA , the nation’s oldest and largest child advocacy association. According to research from Ernst & Young , only 36 percent of boys and 11 percent of girls opt to pursue STEM careers after high school.

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A school administrator tries to shame poverty away

The Hechinger Report

Although 12 percent of public school students attended a high-poverty school in 2000, this figure rose to 20 percent by 2011. In 2011, 37 percent of students in city schools went to high-poverty schools , as opposed to 10 percent in rural schools, 14 percent in suburban schools, and 15 percent in town schools.

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Final Schedule - "Wholehearted Libraries" Online Mini-Conference on Tuesday, March 10th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

[link] Loida Garcia-Febo International Library Consultant @loidagarciafebo Loida Garcia-Febo is an international library consultant, researcher and expert on topics such as human rights, advocacy and services to multicultural populations. She is the Immediate Past President of the American Library Association.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

The No Child Left Behind targets, set in 2001, became more flexible in 2011, after U.S. Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM. Department of Education officials estimated that 82 percent of schools would fall short.

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What Asian American Educator Stories Reveal About Racial Nuances Within ‘People of Color’

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percent of STEM undergraduate and 17.4 percent of STEM master’s degrees.[i] Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) contains markers like socioeconomic status, financial security, educational attainment, and life expectancy, all of which tells a story of Asian American progress and achievement.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“The Vastmanland court ruled Tuesday the Malardalen University ’s two-year program ‘Analytical Finance’ that Connie Askenback attended from 2011 to 2013 ‘had no practical value.’” “ Report: California public colleges not producing enough STEM degrees.” ” No, Salon.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Dr. Beate W. Global Citizen.