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How to Encourage Girls in Your Classroom to Get Involved in STEM

Waterford

Did you know that despite similar interests and abilities in STEM subjects (defined here as science, technology, engineering, and math), women are considerably less likely to end up in STEM careers? The good news: educating and empowering girls in STEM from a young age can overcome some of these barriers.

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10 Popular Educational Trends and What You Need to Know

Waterford

You may be familiar with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curriculum and how it prepares students to enter the workforce with practical, high-demand skills. But adding the arts alongside these subjects (thus creating STEAM: STEM plus arts) can improve your students’ academic performance. STEAM Curriculum. Genius Hour.

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With Students Lagging Globally in Science, the U.S. Looks to Inspire an Untapped Resource

A Principal's Reflections

students in global assessments in math and science is another troubling statistic: According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, fifteen-year-old girls in 65 countries generally outperformed boys worldwide, but in the United States, boys outperformed girls in quantitative studies. News STEM Summit 2012.

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Foreign Language Classes are Becoming More Scarce

Digital Promise

For the purpose of the Modern Language Association study, programs are course offerings during a given semester, not entire departments. Part of the problem I see is that so few students in the United States – just 20 percent – study a foreign language at the K-12 level. begin language study in middle or high school.

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Is AI a Pathway to Better Teaching and Learning?

Edsurge

Indeed, premium private schools have a lot more scope to harness the potential of AI than the vast majority of public or state schools, many of which are underfunded and struggling to ensure that their students have equitable access to the subjects they want to study and their desired career paths.

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Universities and colleges struggle to stem big drops in enrollment

The Hechinger Report

The number of internships is being expanded, along with short-term study-abroad opportunities. million fewer than there were in the fall of 2011, the most recent peak, the National Student Clearinghouse reports. Ohio Wesleyan is a case study for this. The data also showed that students wanted internships and international study.

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Arts-based Teaching in Elementary Schools

EdNews Daily

Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, writes that arts in education is more important than ever and that “in the global economy, creativity is essential” (PCAH, 2011, p. Goldberg (2011) advocates teaching about, with, and through the arts. PCAH, 2011, p. Arts-based Teaching Models in Elementary Schools. Observe accurately.