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Black students need more STEM career exposure

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The information comes from the 2024 Black Students and STEM Report from YouScience , a technology provider dedicated to solving the skills gap crisis for students and employers, and Black Girls Do STEM , a nonprofit organization empowering Black girls to achieve equitable STEM representation.

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

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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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Georgia Power Launches Interactive STEM-Based Educational Videos

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ATLANTA – July 22, 2020 – For parents looking for new ways to help keep children learning while outside of the classroom this summer, Georgia Power’s education team has created a series of interactive videos that allow students to discover science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through activities at home. About Georgia Power.

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How one organization is changing the STEM education landscape

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Six years ago, I founded 100Kin10 , a national network focused on training and retaining excellent K-12 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers. There simply aren’t enough qualified educators to meet the needs of our students, especially in STEM. 100,000 teachers by 2021. It’s an exciting milestone.

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10 Popular Educational Trends and What You Need to Know

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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.

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Crunch the Numbers:New Data on Student Wellbeing, the Skills Gap Crisis, and Tech Usage in Utah

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The Social Institute , whose mission is to empower millions of students to navigate their social world — including social media and technology — in positive, healthy, and high-character ways, released its 2024 Student Insights Report: How Social Media, Tech, and Current Events Impact Student Well-Being. Canada, and Puerto Rico.

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Want to Break Stereotypes in STEM and Computing? Take a Look at Computer History

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Thanks to this movie and the book, searching for “human computers” today yields far more articles and images than those I found in 2011 when I first found the NASA photo for my lesson. Hidden Figures” is not just a story of space research, but of women, notably black women in STEM. See my article and class lesson plan on Grace Hopper.

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