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

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A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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Researchers looked at how early STEM stereotypes begin for kids. They found them every step of the way.

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Early in elementary school, many children already believe that boys are more interested than girls in computer science and engineering. In the report, Master and her co-authors concluded that such stereotypes “may send girls a signal that they do not belong and dissuade them from developing an interest in these fields.”.

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What the research says about the best way to engage parents

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Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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Is it finally time for year-round school?

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Credit: Darcy Sprague for the Hechinger Report. Credit: Darcy Sprague for the Hechinger Report. In 2012, Socorro, a low-income district, was lagging behind other districts in Texas on new state assessments of academic readiness, despite using the model. There are plans for camps, possibly for fine arts, robotics or coding. “We

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

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In 2012, budget shortfalls led Beaverton to axe more than 40 school librarian positions. For example, Tressa Norris, a library media specialist at Joppa View Elementary School, recently worked with second-graders on multimedia presentations about American symbols to bolster a unit about patriotism being taught by their classroom teacher.

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Creating A Fire For Inquiry Starts At The Beginning

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When the world talks about STEM education for the most part they talk around elementary teachers rather than to elementary school teachers. A 2012 report on student motivation toward STEM career, out of The University of Nevada, (How to Motivate US Students to Pursue STEM Careers by Md. Mokter Hossain, Michael G.

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An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM

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North Star is part of the Uncommon Schools network, which has elementary, middle and high schools in Newark. We’re very obsessive about trying to figure out what would best prepare our students for the careers of their choice,” says Syrena Burnam, the school’s science chair, who arrived in 2012. Photo: Stuart Miller.

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