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Guidance counselors could help female high schoolers erase the STEM gender gap

eSchool News

In 2013, the Texas legislature introduced “endorsements,” which function like college majors to provide high school students the opportunity to specialize in an area aligned with their long-term goals. As a result, the gender gap in completing the STEM endorsement in HISD almost completely disappeared, declining from 6.2%

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The Importance of Developing Spatial Skills for STEM Success

MIND Research Institute

Having a deep conceptual understanding of math creates the problem-solving foundation that all areas of STEM are built on, and early math skills are powerful predictors of later learning. Having well-developed spatial skills is very important for advanced STEM coursework, and many STEM-related occupations.

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A Classroom Lesson Never Taught… Plus 20 Basketball Classroom Links for NCAA 2022

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I would like to bring practical and affordable PBL, STEM, and Standards Based Technology Workshops to your school of conference. A Classroom Lesson Never Taught : Welcome to my PBL Reflection… it really is a good read… but if you want the links right away… scroll down. Students were beginning to enter and fill the classroom.

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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

The Hechinger Report

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. 30 minutes per week — recommended time students spend on classroom-based Khan Academy tool.

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How K–12 Schools Can Use Technology to Combat Absenteeism

EdTech Magazine

In 2013, only six states kept records of chronic absenteeism, notes the Johns Hopkins report. A 2018 Harvard University study found that parents often underestimate how often their children miss school. Immersive Classroom Technologies Can Improve Attendance. Nudges and Collaboration Platforms Can Get Parents to Help.

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How K–12 Schools Can Use Technology to Combat Absenteeism

EdTech Magazine

In 2013, only six states kept records of chronic absenteeism, notes the Johns Hopkins report. A 2018 Harvard University study found that parents often underestimate how often their children miss school. Immersive Classroom Technologies Can Improve Attendance. Nudges and Collaboration Platforms Can Get Parents to Help.

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How K–12 Schools Can Use Technology to Combat Absenteeism

EdTech Magazine

In 2013, only six states kept records of chronic absenteeism, notes the Johns Hopkins report. A 2018 Harvard University study found that parents often underestimate how often their children miss school. Immersive Classroom Technologies Can Improve Attendance. Nudges and Collaboration Platforms Can Get Parents to Help.