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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

Edsurge

Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too. Many rural students have also struggled to access high-quality STEM education because of a lack of resources. This barrier is top of mind for Schneider.

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Put your outside helpers to work

Dangerously Irrelevant

Workshop 4 (secondary teachers / instructional coaches) = redesigning secondary lessons for deeper learning. But long-term transformations don’t stem from short-term engagements. When it comes to educators and technology… Learn about robust, technology-infused learning at the 2013 Iowa 1:1 Institute. Related Posts.

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Is STEM getting ‘IT’ right for female students?

eSchool News

and Ireland to inspire young women to pursue STEM careers. The STEMettes were founded in 2013 by a math and science prodigy who had been motivated by the fact that only three of the 70 students in her math and computer science class in college were female. When an effort is made to engage girls in STEM, great things will result.

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Verizon Innovative App Challenge for Secondary Students

The Innovative Educator

Created to ignite interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), The Verizon Innovative App Challenge opens student''s eyes to exciting new possibilities for their futures, opening doors they may never have known were there. Cell phones in Education STEM Verizon' Registration is open.

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The school that connects STEM, badging, and life beyond the classroom

eSchool News

These are important skills for students to master, not least because of the growing demand for science and STEM professionals. Here in California, like other states nationwide, the STEM job market is rapidly growing but students are still graduating without the skills and knowledge needed to fill these high-paying jobs.

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Announcing the 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference & Call for Proposals

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We are pleased to announce the Global 2013 STEMx Education Conference , the world’s first massively open online conference for educators which focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and more. The conference will be held online, around the clock, over the course of three days, September 19 - 21, 2013, and will be free to attend!

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The Innovative Educator

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